Kyle Burks

Weight:
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Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Bloomington, Ind.
High School:
Bloomington South

2018-19 (R-SENIOR)
Cross Country:
Named Indiana’s Big Ten Sportsmanship award honoree…Ran a season best time of 24:42.7 at Nuttycombe in the championship race…had back-to-back top-20 finishes at Miami Opener (19^th; 26:04.40) and Meet of Champions (16^th; 25:50.5)…competed in Pre-Nationals where he clocked a time of 25:52.8…ran in the Big Ten Championship, crossed the finish line in a time of 24:46.9.

2017-18 (R-JUNIOR)
Cross Country:
Placed 27^th in 25 minutes flat at the Coast-to-Coast Battle…was the fourth Hoosier and eighth overall to cross the finish line at the Sam Bell invitational (24:54.47)…competed in Big Ten Championships where he placed 52^nd in a time of 25:21.0…ran the 10K at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships.

Indoor:
Took a 14^th place finish in the 1,000-meter at the Hoosier Open (2:37.26)…finished second in the one-mile (4:24.85) and placed 5^th in the 800-meter (2:01.60) as part of the Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals.

Outdoor:
Did not compete.

2016-17 (R-SOPHOMORE):
Cross Country:
Finished fourth at the Hoosier Invitational… crossed in 68^th at the Bradley Classic.

Indoor:
Finished eighth in the 3k at the Hoosier Open… posted fifth place finishes in both the 800m and mile run against Tennessee… claimed eighth place in the mile run at a trio of meets: the Gladstein Invitational, the IU Relays and the Hoosier Hills Invite… member of the winning DMR team at the Hoosier Hills Invitational.

Outdoor:
Started the season with a runner-up finish at the Pac-12 v B1G Challenge and a bronze finish at the Tennessee Relays, both in the steeplechase… added a fourth place finish in the steeplechase at the Louisville Invite… finished third in the 1,500m run at the Rankin/Poehlein Invite… closed out the regular season with a runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the ISU Twilight… secured a ninth place effort in the steeplechase at the Big Ten Championships with a season best time of 9:13.67.

2015-16 (R-FRESHMAN):
Indoor:
Finished seventh at the Indiana Open… took ninth in the 800m run against Tennessee.

Outdoor:
Crossed ninth in the steeplechase at the Big Ten vs. ACC Challenge… finished 10^th versus Purdue in the 3,000m run… took 12^th in the 1,500m run at the Billy Hayes Invitational.

2014-15 (REDSHIRT):
Cross Country:
Redshirted.

Indoor:
Redshirted.

Outdoor:
Redshirted.

PREP & PERONAL:
Varsity letters in track and field, cross country, soccer and football at Bloomington South...Earned all-state honors at the 2013 Indiana state cross country meet ... ran personal best high school times of 9:21.57 in the 3200m run and 4:21.43 at 1600m... 5,000m personal best of 15:16 and earned sectional and regional track and field and cross country individual championships. Son of Brent and Dawn Burks...born September 16, 1995...intended major is Biology...has two siblings, brother Curtis and sister Quinna.