2021 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
TFRRS Profile
Awards & Honors
- 2021 USTFCCCA Academic All-American
- 2021 Academic All-OAC
- 2021 Great Lakes All-Region
- 2021 First Team All-OAC
- 2019 Great Lakes All-Region
- 2019 Second Team All-OAC
- 2019 USTFCCA Academic All-American
- 2018 All-Ohio Division III Freshman of the Year
- 2018 Great Lakes All-Region
2021 Cross Country
- Made his cross country debut at the 2021 All-Ohio Championships, placing 18th with a time of 25:45.8. (09/17)
- Finished 131st with a time of 25:02.1 in the Men's Gold Division of the Paul Short Invitational. (10/01)
- Placed 14th (306 overall runners) to help the Blue Streaks win the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with a time of 26:03.9. (10/16)
- Finished 5th at the OAC Championships (25:22.7) to earn 1st team All-OAC honors and help lead his team to the first conference win in program history. (10/30)
- Pierson placed 19th at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championship in a time of 25:22.2, earing All-Region honors and helping his team to a first place finish. (11/13)
- Made his last cross country appearance at the 2021 NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships, placing 81st with a time of 24:41.8 and helping the team place 4th in the country. (11/20)
2019 Cross Country
- Won the Sudeck Classic Stampede with a time of (19:19.9)
- Finished 12th overall at the Knight Invitational with a time of (25:34.7)
- Finished 34th overall at Pre-Nats against nationally ranked teams with a time of 25.09 (10/5)
- Placed 10th in a Runner-up team performance at the OAC Championships with a time of 26:12.6, earning second team All-OAC (11/2)
- Placed 11th in the DIII Great Lakes Regional Championship with a time of 24:30.49 to help his team to a (program best) third overall finish (11/16)
- Contributed to the 19th place finish at the 2019 Division III NCAA Championships, best in program history, with a 229th place finish and a time of 5:17.8
2018 Cross Country
- Participated in The National Catholic Invitational championship race placing 19th (27:05.02)
- Received top Freshman Honors at the All-Ohio championship race placing 12th (25:22.7)
- Ran in the Pre-Nationals playing 89th (26:18.6)
- Competed in the OAC Championships placing 22nd (27:23.9)
- Finished the season at regionals placing 26th (25:56.9)
High School
- Ran for coach Diane Krumpak and Mark Bush at South Range High School
- 4x Varsity Letter Honor
- State Qualifier in both cross country and track
- School Record Holder in the 1600 with a 4:22.84
- Top 5 XC Time in high school with a 16:26
- Involved with Student Council
- Participated in both cross country and track
- Earned spot on Honor Roll
Academics & Personal
- Son of Edward and Karen Pierson
- Dean's List in the fall of 2018
- Member of the American Marketing Association
- Uncle Scott Daum ('95), aunt Kelly Daum ('95), uncle Otto Dreiling ('56), great unclue Thomas McGunigal ('57), cousin Ryan Farragher ('16), cousin Thomas McGunigal Jr. ('82) and cousin Dan Dreiling ('86) are all JCU graduates
- Chose JCU because "of the academics and running programs coaching staff"
Historical Player Information
