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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

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David Arthur, USI Photography
David Arthur, USI Photography
David Arthur, USI Photography

James Cecil

  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Owensboro, KY
  • Highschool
    Daviess County
  • Major
    Exercise Science (Pre-Physical Therapy)

Biography

Career XC Results | Career T&F Results

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY:
Collected All-GLVC accolades for the second straight season after finishing 11th at the GLVC Championships...was 40th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships and 111th at the NCAA II National Championships...appeared in six meets, running top seven in each race...was USI's top finisher at the season-opening Covered Bridge Open when he finished fourth out of 126 competitors...earned GLVC Runner of the Week honors for his effort at the Covered Bridge Open...also was USI's No. 2 finisher at the Stegemoller Classic, finishing 10th out of 140 racers. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Appeared in the mile and the 3,000 meters in a combined five meets throughout the indoor season...was fourth in the mile and eighth in the 3,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...posted a pair of first-place finishes in the mile. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned second-team All-GLVC honors after finishing second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and seventh in the 1,500 meters at the GLVC Championships...competed in seven meets and five events--1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters, 2,000-meter steeplechase and the 3,000-meter steeplechase--during the outdoor season...posted a provisional qualifying time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

2016-17
CROSS COUNTRY:
Finished in USI’s top-seven in all seven meets during the season highlighted by an All-GLVC performance with a 10th-place finish at the GLVC Championships…also earned Academic All-GLVC...finished 43rd at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships and 129th at the NCAA II Championships. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in the 800-meters, mile, 3,000-meters, and 5,000-meters as a junior…finished seventh in both the 3,000-meters and 5,000-meters at the GLVC Championships. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed mainly in the 3,000-meter steeplechase where he qualified for the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships…moved into eighth in USI history with a time of 9:02.78 at the Dr. Keeler Invitational…earned all-region in the event and second-team All-GLVC honors with a runner-up performance in the steeple at the GLVC Championships…also competed in the 1,500-meters at the conference meet, finishing fifth…made a single appearance in the 5,000-meters during 2017...honored with an Academic All-GLVC award.

2015-16
CROSS COUNTRY: Appeared in five meets, including the GLVC Championships where he finished 32nd...ran in USI's top seven at the Stegemoller Classic. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in six different events during the indoor season, including the 800 meters, the 1,000 meters, the mile, the 3,000 meters, the 5,000 meters, and the 4x400-meter relay...finished 10th in the mile at the GLVC Championships. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Participated primarily in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he finished sixth at the GLVC Championships...also competed in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season.

2014-15
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets as a freshman, finishing 76th at the GLVC Championships. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in the 800 meters, the mile, the 3,000 meters, and the 4x400-meter relay during the season...finished 21st in the 800 meters at the GLVC Championships. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Participated primarily in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he finished 12th at the GLVC Championships...also competed in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Daviess County High School in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he was a three-time state qualifier on the cross country course and as well as a state qualifier in the 800 meters on the track...finished 38th at the KHSAA Championships as a senior in 2013...was 56th at the state meet as a junior and 77th at the state meet as a sophomore...finished 14th in the 800 meters at the 2014 KHSAA Track & Field Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior