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Interdisciplinary Studies major … Kansas prep state distance champion who immediately became one of OC’s top distance runners … His parents, Justin and Amy Pearce, both are OC alumni … Has personal-best times of 1:56.90 in the 800 meters, 3:53.87 in the 1,500 meters, 4:27.46 in the mile, 8:30.38 in the 3,000 meters, 14:51.19 in the 5,000 meters, 25:42.0 in 8,000-meter cross country and 33:14.1 in 10,000-meter cross country …
2020-21: All-Lone Star Conference (second team) in indoor track … During cross country season, competed in four meets … In Lone Star Conference Championship race in San Angelo, Texas, ran a season-best 8,000-meter time of 25:47 to finish 19th, helping OC to a runner-up team finish … In Division II XC National Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, placed 26th with a time of 33:16 over 10,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Posted career-best mile time of 4:27.46 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … In that meet, was part of OC distance medley relay team that posted a NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 10:00.02 … Was the runner-up in both the 3,000 meters (8:30.38) and distance medley relay (10:29.69) in the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas … Earned All-LSC honors as a result of those performances … During indoor track season, competed in seven meets … Recorded career-best 1,500-meter time of 3:53.87 in the Wichita State Open … Won the 5,000 meters in the University of Oklahoma’s Sooner Invitational with a time of 14:55.18 … Posted career-best time of 1:56.90 in the 800 meters in the Kip Janvrin Open in Indianola, Iowa … In LSC Outdoor Championships in Canyon, Texas, took fourth in the 1,500 meters in 4:04.97 … At the Lee University Last Chance Meet, recorded a career-best time of 14:51.19 in the 5,000 meters …
2019-20: Two-time Lone Star Conference freshman cross country runner of the week … Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors in cross country … During cross country season, competed in six meets … In collegiate debut, finished 11th in the Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond, covering the four miles in 20:52.2 … Ran his season-best 8,000-meter time of 25:42.0 in the Chile Pepper Festival, good for a 118th-place finish … That performance earned him recognition as the Lone Star Conference freshman runner of the week … Repeated that honor the next week after running in the South Central Region Preview in Canyon, Texas, winning top individual honors with a time of 26:01.3 over 8,000 meters … Placed 24th in the Lone Star Conference Championship race in Silver City, N.M., with a time of 26:46.1 … In the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship race in Canyon, Texas, placed 50th with a time of 33:14.1 over 10,000 meters … Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor track seasons …
Previous school: Attended Kingman High School … Won the 3,200-meter title in Kansas Class 3A as both a sophomore and junior and took third in the 1,600 meters as a junior.
