Carson Vickroy
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Earned Academic All-Big 12 Honors for the third time in his career … Kicked off the 2017 season with a fifth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) where he crossed the 6K finish line in 19:17.8 … Took 10th place at the Rim Rock Farm Collegiate Classic (9/30) where he finished the 8K loop in 25:27.7 … Completed the 8K course in 25:35.4 at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) where he placed 238th … Placed 49th at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) after finishing the 8K with a time of 25:18.3 … Competed at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships (11/10) where he recorded an 82nd place finish with a 10K time of 30:32.9.
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Claimed a sixth-place finish at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 30:45.11 … Finished seventh in the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), clocking in at 4:16.76 … Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:54.36, good for eighth-place.
2017 INDOOR (So.)
Posted a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a personal-best time of 8:45.12 … Finished 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Emporia State Relays (4/1), clocking in at 15:09.32.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Competed three times on the year … Opened the season with a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) after completing the 6K in 19:42.1 … Took 25th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) by way of his 8K clocking of 25:25.9 … Posted an 8K time of 27:01.6 and a 29th-place finish in the Open Race at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Took first in the 5,000 meters at the ESU Relays (4/2) with a time of 15:05.13 … Set a personal-best time of 14:58.12 in the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), placing fourth overall … Claimed fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a clocking of 15:15.62.
2016 INDOOR (RS-Fr.)
Placed in the top-10 in his only competition of the season, completing the 3,000-meter race in 8:59.56, good enough for a 10th-place finish.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Competed in all five of the Jayhawks’ meets, finishing among the team’s top-seven in three of those outings … Member of the KU squad that competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13), where he finished 86th overall in a 10K time of 31:50.7 … Finished 50th at the Big 12 Championship (10/31) with an 8K clocking of 26:15.7 … Opened his season with a 15th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) after he completed the 6K course in 19:49.8 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Opened his first outdoor season with a 19th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Texas Relays (3/28) with a time of 15:06.32 … Season’s best 5,000-meter time came in a third-place finish at the Kansas Relays (4/17) when he posted a time of 4:59.24 … Closed out the season with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) and a time of 15:04.65 … Named to the Big 12’s Academic All-Rookie Team.
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2014 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Ran in four meets for the Jayhawks in his first year in Lawrence, finishing among his team’s top five in three outings … Fifth scorer for Kansas at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) after placing 45th with an 8K time of 25:37.5 … Took 101st at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/14) where he completed the 10K in 31:38.9 … Began his season at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) with a 173rd-place finish and an 8K time of 27:17.6.
HIGH SCHOOL
Eight-time letterwinner in cross country (2010-13) and track & field (2011-14) under head coach Roxanne Farris … Helped team to the 2012 5A District VII Track & Field Championship … 3,200 meter 5A District runner-up (2013) … Chosen as his cross country team’s MVP (2011-13) … Selected to the all-district cross country team (2011-13) and all-district track & field team (2013).
PERSONAL
Son of Conrad and Kanan Vickroy … Born in Dallas, Texas … Younger brother of Cameron … Majoring in atmospheric science … Aspires to become a meteorologist.