Biography
Nursing major … State-champion cross country runner from Texas who rebounded after missing two seasons to earn All-Heartland Conference honors in 2016 … Older brother of former OC women’s cross country/track team member Molly McQuirk … Has personal-best times of 25:02.5 in 8,000-meter cross country, 15:13.12 in the 5,000 meters, 8:44.27 in the 3,000 meters, 4:01.50 in the 1,500 meters and 2:01.2 in the 800 meters … 2017-18: All-Heartland Conference honorable mention in cross country … Named as an All-Academic cross country runner by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award …Competed in four cross country meets … In Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., earned All-Heartland honorable mention recognition by finishing 14th in 26:11 over the 8,000-meter course … In the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Canyon, Texas, placed 56th in 33:04 on the 10,000-meter course … During indoor track season, ran in two meets … Posted career-best 3,000-meter time of 8:44.27 in the Pittsburg State Invitational … In Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic, recorded another career-best time, this of 15:13.12 in the 5,000 meters … During outdoor track season, ran in one meet, the Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark. … At the GAC meet, he finished 11th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:30.15 … 2016-17: Ran in six cross country races, earning All-Heartland Conference first-team honors … Named as an All-Academic cross country runner by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In collegiate cross country debut, covered the four-mile Central Oklahoma Land Run in 20:21.4 to finish fourth individually … Posted sixth-place individual finishes in the Missouri Southern Stampede (8,000 meters/25:02.5) and Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree’s College Division (8,000 meters/26:51.9) … In Heartland Conference Championship in Mansfield, Texas, finished ninth in 25:29.4 over the 8,000-meter course, earning him All-Heartland honors and helping the Eagles to a runner-up team finish … At the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Denver, placed 52nd in 33:26.8 over 10,000 meters … Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor track seasons … 2015-16: Did not race during cross country season … Earned All-Great American Conference honors in track and field … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … During indoor track season, competed mostly in long-distance events … Ran 8:50.76 in the 3,000 meters in the Missouri Southern Open Invitational … Best 5,000-meter time was 15:31.25 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … Ran twice on OC distance medley relay teams, with a top time of 10:21.72 in the Nebraska Tune-Up, good for a second-place finish in the event … During outdoor track season, ran on OC DMR team in the Texas Relays that posted a time of 10:17.73 … Ran career-best 1,500-meter time of 4:01.50 at the Southwestern (Kan.) Relays, finishing as the race runner-up … Earned All-GAC second-team honors with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the GAC Championships in Shawnee, posting career-best time of 15:19.81 … 2014-15: Redshirted in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … Previous school: Starred at Van Alstyne High School, winning the Texas Class 2A cross country title as a senior, posting a time of 16:03.79 over the 5,000-meter course in Round Rock, almost seven seconds ahead of the second-place runner … Had earlier won the 2A Region II title as a senior … As a junior, he was the regional runner-up and finished 46th at the state meet … In track, finished third in the 3,200 meters at the 2A meet as a senior in a time of 9:40.14 and seventh in the 1,600 meters as a junior.
