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2022 Men's Cross Country Roster

Tyler Melton

Tyler Melton

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Maumelle, Ark.
  • Highschool:
    Maumelle HS
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

2021 (Outdoor): Set a personal and season best in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 15:27.77 at the Pittsburg State University Tune-Up … Set a personal and season best in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:18.38 at the Emporia State Midwest Classic … Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the David Suenram Gorilla Classic with a time of 15:38.94 ... Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the ORU Invite with a time of 15:43.92 ... Member of relay team that earned a fourth-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay at the Emporia State Midwest Classic with a time of 8:40.04 ...
 
2020-21 (Indoor): Set a personal and season best in the 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 8:49.41 at the MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships … Earned a third-place finish in the 3000-meter run at the 6th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic with a time of 8:51.08 ... Earned a fourth-place finish in the 3000-meter run at the MIAA Rust Buster with a time of 9:17.21 ... Set a personal and season best in the 5000-meter run, finishing with a time of 15:10.41 at the 6th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic … Earned a second-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the Wendy's/PSU MIAA Challenge with a time of 15:42.88 ... Set a personal and season best in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:42.63 at the MIAA Rust Buster …
 
2020 (XC): 2020 season was condensed with no official championship events due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Competed in two events on the season … Finished as a scoring runner for the team two times … Had a best finish of fourth on the season among team runners … Averaged a 4.50 finish among team runners … Had an overall best finish of fifth on the season … Averaged a finish among all competitors of 28.00 … Ran a season best 8K time of 27:16.6 and averaged a time of 27:39.3 in 8K events for the season …
 
Prep: Had a decorated career at Maumelle High School with the Hornets ... Recorded top 10 finishes in seven of his eight races as a senior, including an individual conference championship performance at the Arkansas 5A Central Conference Championships ... Ran fifth overall at the AAA 5A State Cross Country Championships ... The next week, ran 11th overall at the Arkansas-Oklahoma All-Star Duel ... Three-time qualifier for the Arkansas state championships in cross country, also recording finishes of 14th and 20th in his junior and sophomore seasons, respectively ... In track & field, qualified for the indoor and outdoor state championships six times, including a second-place finish in the 3200-meter run at the 2020 indoor championships ... Placed sixth in the 1600-meter run at the 2020 indoor championships ... During his junior outdoor season, claimed the 5A Central Conference Championship in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter events ... In the shortened 2020 outdoor season, set the school record in the 3200-meter with a 10:15.51 and also claimed a personal best in the 1600-meter with a 4:44.67 ...

Personal: Son of Nita and David ... Has one sister, Faith, who played collegiate softball for Ouachita Baptist ... Has a cousin who played collegiate softball at the University of Arkansas ... Majoring in Sport Management ...


 

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