2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CROSS COUNTRY
CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)
| 5K |
17:22.7 |
Carolina Challenge (9/3/2016) |
| 6K |
20:35.9 |
adidas XC Challence (9/20/2019) |
| 8K |
27:58.8 |
13th-Annual Sand Shark Invitational (10/19/2019) |
FRESHMAN (2019): Ran in all six meets … Began his collegiate career with a 19th-place finish in a time of 17:22.7 in the 5K at the Carolina Challenge (Aug. 31) … Ran the 6K at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20) in a time of 20:35.9 … Turned in an 8K time of 28:43.0 at the Queen City Invite (Sept. 27) … Shaved three seconds off his 8K time, posting a time of 28:40.9 at the Disney Cross Country Classic (Oct. 12) … Posted a season best in the 8K with a time of 27:58.8 and a 29th-place finish at the 13th-Annual Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 19) … Closed out the season with a time of 28:52.0 in the 8K at the Southern Conference Cross Country Championships (Nov. 2).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity letters in cross country and three more in track … Set personal records in the 3-mile (16:02), 1,000-meter race (2:38), 1,600-meter (4:33), long jump (20’ 11.5”), triple jump (34’ 11”), 800-meter race (2:00) and high jump (5’ 6”) as a senior … Set personal records in the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter race (4:14) as a junior … Helped guide cross country team to the state championship as a sophomore … Played football as a freshman and was on the varsity wrestling team in both eighth and ninth grades … Earned the Scholar Athlete Award as a senior and the Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award as a junior … Was an Honor Roll athlete as a junior and senior.
PERSONAL: Full name is William Howard Eggers … Son of Daniel and Rebecca Eggers … Father is a 1997 graduate of The Citadel … Major is intelligence and security studies.
