2016 Cross Country Roster
Carl Smith
- Weight:
- null
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ind.
- High School:
- Bloomington South
2016-17 (R-SENIOR): Cross Country: Academic All-Big Ten selection… crossed 20th at the Bradley Classic… ran as an alternate at the Big Ten Championships. Indoor: crossed seventh in the 3,000m run at the Hoosier Open… finished fifth in the 3k against Tennessee… took 14th in the mile run and 19th in the 800m run at the Gladstein Invitational… claimed seventh at the IU Relays in the mile run. Outdoor: opened the season with a 21st place finish in the 1,500m run at the Pac-12 v B1G Challenge… crossed eighth in the 5k at the Tennessee Relays… placed fourth at the Rankin/Poehlein in the 3k… concluded his Indiana career with a 21st place finish in the 10k at the Big Ten Championships.
2015-16 (R-JUNIOR): Cross Country: Academic All-Big Ten selection… finished 34th in the Great Lakes Regional Meet… crossed 35th at the Big Ten Championships… took 22nd at the Pre-Nationals Meet… finished 10th at the Indiana Open. Indoor: earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 5,000m run at the Hoosier Open and the IU Relays… took seventh against Tennessee in the 3,000m run… finished 10th at the Hoosier Hills Invitational in the 3,000m run. Outdoor: took sixth at the Tiger Track Classic in the 5,000m run… crossed 24th at the Big Ten vs. ACC Challenge in the 1,500m run.
2014-15 (R-SOPHOMORE): Did Not Compete
2013-14 (R-FRESHMAN): Cross Country: finished in eighth-place at the Big Ten Championships in the 8,000m with a time of 24:34.8 to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors... The men's cross country team won the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 1980 and finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships for the third time in the last four years with an eighth-place finish...finished in 15th place at the Great Lakes Regional Championships with a 10K best of 30:42 to earn All-Region honors...was the Hoosiers third runner at the NCAA Championships as he finished in 52nd place in 30:55.5 for the 10K race...finished in fifth-place at the Indiana Intercollegiate Championships in 25:14.8...ran a season-best time of 23:54 to finish in 36th place at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. Indoor: finished in third-place in the 3,000m run at the Indiana-Purdue dual meet in 8:16.05...ran a season-best time of 8:09.2 in the 3K to finish in sixth-place at the Gladstein Invitational. Outdoor: redshirted the outdoor season.
2012-13 (REDSHIRT): Cross Country: Redshirted. Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Redshirted.
PREP: Finished in eight place in the 2011 Indiana state cross country meet to help the Panthers to their second-consecutive third place team finish in the state meet ... placed seventh in the state track and field meet in the 3200m ... was a five-time all-conference honoree ... a 2010 team captain for cross country ... ran best times of 9:09 in the 3200m, 4:22 in the 1600m and 15:26 in 5K ... a National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1993 ... history major ... son of Paul Smith and Kathryn Essex.