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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

Justin Spoon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbus, Ind.
  • Prev School Columbus North H.S.
  • Major Psychology

Biography

(Freshman) 2017- Placed 15th with a time of 16:48.06 for the Eagles at the Berea/Centre College Jamboree... In the Mount Saint Joseph Meet placed second out of 42 runners... led the men with a personal best with a time of 29:02.49 in the 8K, placed 21st out of 99 runners at the River States Cross Country Championship.

(Sophomore) 2018 - Finished 34th place out of 275 runners setting a new personal best time of 27:02.06 at the Greater Louisville Classic... In the Fast Cats Invitational ran a time of 27:45 placing 13th place out of the 153... won the individual championship with a time of 27:02.6 for the fastest performance ever by an Asbury runner at the Asbury Chick-fil-A Invitational... qualified to compete in the NAIA National Cross Country Meet with a third place in the River States Conference Championship with a time of 26:38, personal best placing him the eleventh fastest cross country runner in school history placed...3rd place in the RSC Championship...new personal record of 26:17.20 at the NAIA Championship for a spot of 177th out of 330 runners.

(Junior) 2019 - Recorded a time of 26:31, placing 115th out of 335 runners establishing his finish the best in the NAIA Championship from Asbury in over 20 years...individual runner up in the RSC Championship Meet...finished as the River States Runner-Up as well as qualifying for Nationals...placed with the top individual finish winning the race with a time of 16:51 at the "Water Barrel" race...recorded a team-best third-place finish with a time of 28:08 at the Rio Grande Invitational...led the AU men placing 51st out of 371 runners with a time of 26:63 at the Wilmington College Invite... defended his title repeating as individual champion at the Chick-fil-A Invitational...Named NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

(Senior) 2020 - Finished first in the Eagle Opener meet with a cross country Asbury school record for 5K of 15:53.78. Finished 1st in the IU East "Run with the Wolves" with a margin of victory of 30 seconds over the 2nd place runner. Finished 1st in the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic with his personal best time for 8K of 26:11.4. River State Conference Runner of the Week on three occasions. Nominated for NAIA National Runner of the Week twice. Named RSC and NAIA Scholar-Athlete.  Season ended prematurely due to serious health concerns just prior to the conference championship competition. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior