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2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Steven Christy
Steven Christy
Steven Christy
Ashlin Penn
Ashlin Penn
Steven Christy
Murray Evans
Steven Christy

Colton Meyers

  • HEIGHT 5-11
  • CLASS Senior
  • HOMETOWN Allen, Texas
  • HIGHSCHOOL Allen HS

Biography

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6434112/Oklahoma_Christian/Colton_Meyers.html

Accounting major … Veteran runner who has established himself as one of the Lone Star Conference’s best, earning All-Conference cross country honors twice … Fared well in the Texas large-school prep ranks … Has career-best times of 33:01.6 in 10,000-meter cross country, 25:24.2 in 8,000-meter cross country, 30:53.06 in the 10,000 meters, 14:44.26 in the 5,000 meters, 9:00.62 in the 3,000 meters, 4:31.26 in the mile and 4:22.41 in the 1,500 meters … 2020-21: All-Lone Star Conference in cross country … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring semester) … Served as cross country representative on OC’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … During cross country season, competed in four meets … Earned All-LSC honors for a second straight season with a seventh-place finish in the LSC Championship race in San Angelo, Texas, covering 8,000 meters in a career-best time of 25:24.2 and helping OC record a runner-up team finish … In the Division II XC National Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, finished 35th with a time of 33:32.2 over 10,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Recorded career-best mile time of 4:31.26 while finishing ninth in the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas … Also took eighth in the 5,000 meters in 15:41.11 … During outdoor track season, competed in five meets … In the Wichita State Open, recorded a career-best time of 30:53.06 in the 10,000 meters … Took fifth in the 10,000 meters in the LSC Outdoor Championships in Canyon, Texas, with time of 31:59.41 … Doubled in the 5,000 meters, placing 13th in 16:00.28 … In the Lee University Last Chance Meet, ran a career-best time of 14:44.26 in the 5,000 meters … 2019-20: All-Lone Star Conference honoree in cross country … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree in cross country … Named to the Lone Star Conference All-Academic team in indoor track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in six meets … Finished eighth in the South Central Region Preview in Canyon, Texas, with a time of 26:33.7 over 8,000 meters … Posted season-best 8,000-meter time of 26:09.2 in the Lone Star Conference Championship race in Silver City, N.M., finishing 13th to earn All-LSC honors … In the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship race in Canyon, Texas, covered 10,000 meters in 33:33.1 to finish 58th … During indoor track season, competed in four meets … Posted a 3,000-meter time of 9:12.33 in the Central Oklahoma Weilert Open in Norman … Had top 5,000-meter time of 15:21.95 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … In the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, finished 11th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:52.70 … Did not compete during outdoor season, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak … 2018-19: All-Heartland Conference (honorable mention) in cross country … All-Great American Conference first-team in the indoor 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters … All-GAC second-team in the outdoor 10,000 meters … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semesters) … Great American Conference Academic All-Conference selection … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In cross country, ran in six meets … Had career-best four-mile XC time of 21:40.8 in the Central Oklahoma Land Run … Placed seventh in the Midwestern State/Red River XC Shootout, covering the 8,000 meters in 26:35.2 … Posted career-best 8K time of 26:07.5 to lead OC in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, earning All-Heartland honorable mention recognition … Had top 10,000-meter XC time in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional in Denver, finishing 58th in 33:01.6, the top time on OC’s squad … During indoor track, ran in five meets … Had career-best 3,000-meter time of 9:00.62 in Pittsburg State’s Rumble in the Jungle Invitational … Set personal-best mile time of 4:32.60 in the Central Oklahoma Invitational in Norman … Career-best 5,000-meter time of 16:16.24 came in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … At the inaugural GAC Indoor Championships in Norman, used a strong final-lap kick to finish second in the 5,000 meters in 15:37.64, then placed third in the 3,000 meters the next day with a time of 9:04.26, earning All-GAC first-team honors in both distance events … During outdoor season, ran in five meets … At the GAC Outdoor Championships in Shawnee, earned All-GAC second-team honors with a fourth-place finish in the 10,000 meters with a time of 32:48.64 … Finished 10th in the 5,000 meters (16:36.16) at the GAC outdoor meet … 2017-18: Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (both semesters) … Ran in four cross country meets … In collegiate debut, ran 21:56 over four miles in the Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond … Top 8,000-meter time of 26:48.6 came in the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., good for a 27th-place finish … During indoor track season, ran in two meets … Best 3,000-meter time was 9:21.57 in the Central Oklahoma Invitational in Norman … Ran a career-best time of 16:08.74 in the 5,000 meters in Missouri Southern’s Lion Open and Multi … During outdoor track season, ran in six meets … Best 1,500-meter time of 4:22.41 was in Texas-Arlington’s Bobby Lane Invitational … Won the 10,000 meters at the Friends Invitational with time of 33:51.70 … At the Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark., finished eighth in the 10,000 meters in 32:55.96 … Previous school: Attended Allen High School … In District 6-6A meet, finished third as a senior and 10th as a junior … As a senior, placed 39th in Texas Class 6A-Region I meet … Also qualified for the region meet as a junior … Named to the All-District first-team list as a senior and second-team list as a junior … As a senior, ran in the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional, finishing 107th.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

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  • 2018Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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  • 2020Senior

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  • 2021Senior

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