2022-23 Track and Field Roster
Stidam, Skylar

Skylar Stidam
- Weight:
- null
- Position:
- Distance
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Floyds Knobs, Ind.
- High School:
- Christian Academy of Indiana
Bio
TFFRS PROFILE |
2023-2024
Cross Country:
Opened the season with a 5th place finish at Redhawk Rumble 6K in 18:12.60 … crossed the line in 3rd at John McNichols Invitational 8K in a new personal best of 24:19.4 … finished with a time of 24:27.3 in the Loyola Lakefront Invitational 8K … ran a new personal best of 23:52.7 at Arturo Barrios Invitational 8K … crossed the finish line with a time of 26:07.8 at the Big Ten Championships … ran a personal best time of 30:40.2, finishing 39th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet.
Indoor:
Opened up his season with first-place finish in the 5000 meters (14:28.83) and a lifetime best in the mile (4:07.65) at the Indiana Invitational … ran a 13:52.22 to finish seventh in the 5k at Boston University’s John Thomas Terrier Classic … crossed the finish with a lifetime best in the 3000 meters (7:55.14) at the Badger’s Windy City Invite … finished fourth in two events, 3000 meters (7:58.67) and the 5000 meters (14:01.17) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten honoree … set the school record in the 10,000 meters in his outdoor season opener, running a record-breaking time of 28:32.41 at the Raleigh Relays … set a lifetime best in the 5000 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational with a time of 13:50.65 … ran the 1500 meters with a personal-best time of 3:46.51 at the Billy Hayes Invitational … was crowned Big Ten Champion in the 5000 meters in a time of 13:56.43 … scored points in the 10,000 meters after earning a spot on the podium with a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships … finished fifth in the 10k with a time of 29:14.79 to qualify for the outdoor championships and finished 24th in the 5k (14:15.70) at the NCAA East First Round … earned USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention honors after finishing 23rd in the 10k (30:23.47) in his first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
2023-2024
Cross Country:
Opened the season with a 5th place finish at Redhawk Rumble 6K in 18:12.60 … crossed the line in 3rd at John McNichols Invitational 8K in a new personal best of 24:19.4 … finished with a time of 24:27.3 in the Loyola Lakefront Invitational 8K … ran a new personal best of 23:52.7 at Arturo Barrios Invitational 8K … crossed the finish line with a time of 26:07.8 at the Big Ten Championships … ran a personal best time of 30:40.2, finishing 39th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet.
2022-23
Cross Country:
Finished the Coaching Tree Invitational 8K in 25:38.2 ... ran 24:40.0 at Paul Short Invite 8K ... completed the Nuttycombe Invitational 8K in 25:55.7 ... appeared at Big Ten Championships with mark of 26:11.1.
Indoor:
Finished fifth in the 3000 meters at the Commodore Challenge in 8:15.70 ... ran the mile at the Gladstein Invitational ... ran 14:28.53 in the 5000 meters at the Windy City Invite ... contested the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Outdoor:
Opened his outdoor season in the 5000 meters in 14:27.95 at the Tennessee Invite ... ran 8:26.58 over 3000 meters at the Indiana Invitational ... clocked a time of 14:14.55 in the 5000 meters at the Penn Relays ... ran the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Championships.
2021-22
Cross Country:
Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... garnered a personal best in the 10K with a time of 30:40.6 and placed 34th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional … acquired a time of 25:45.2 at the Big Ten Championship to place 32nd … crossed third in the 8K with a personal best time of 24:28.6 at the John McNichols Invitational … clocked a time of 24:51.9 in the five mile at the Joe Piane Invitational…saw a time of 25:00.3 in the 8K at the Nuttycombe Invitational.
Indoor:
Set a personal record in the 5000 meters at Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 14:06.52 … placed fourth in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:23.97 at the Hoosier Open … saw a time of 14:16.62 in the 5000 meters at IU Relays … took bronze in the 3000 meters with a personal best of 8:15.02 at Hoosier Hills.
Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... clocked a personal best of 30:19.98 in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Championships … part of the 4x1500 relay team that crossed second at Tennessee Relays … took sixth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:46.12 at the Indiana Invitational.
2020-21
Cross Country:
All-Big Ten Second Team selection … raced a personal record of 32:48.8 in the NCAA National Championship 10K…picked up 13th in the Big Ten Championship 8K and personal best time of 24:22.9.
Indoor:
Made the Big Ten Indoor Championships roster in the 5000 meters … set a personal record of 8:18.70 in the 3000 meters at the Gladstein Invitational … notched a personal best at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:24.05.
Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten Honoree … got the chance to compete in 10,000 meters at Big Ten Outdoor Championships and locked down a personal record of 30:32.86 … took third in the 10,000m with a time of 30:40.08 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 2 … placed fifth with the 4x1600 relay squad at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays … also set a personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:00.08 at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays.
2019-20
Cross Country:
Was runner-up at the Miami Opener and clocked a time of 25:54.9 … picked up 20th with a time of 24:58.3 at the Commodore Classic.
Indoor:
Academic All-Big Ten Honoree ... saw the opportunity to compete in the 5000 meters at Big Ten Championships … raced to third in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:22.15 at IU vs. Tennessee Duals … secured second in the 5000 meters at Meyo Invitational in a time of 14:30.42 … won with the 4x800 relay squad at Gladstein Invitational.
Outdoor:
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was canceled.
2018-19
Cross Country:
Did not compete in a meet.
Indoor:
Did not compete in a meet.
Outdoor:
Did not compete in a meet.
Prior to Indiana:
Personal Bests: 3200m: 9:09.69, 5K XC: 15:23.80
3rd at 2016 and 2017 IHSAA State Cross Country Championships
2018 IHSAA State Champion (3200m)
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