2020-21 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.): Raced at five meets, including the MVC Championships, during his first outdoor season for ISU...Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run and the 4x400-meter relay at the Redbird Invite...Placed sixth overall with a then-personal-best time of 1:52.53 in the 800-meter run at the Clark-Wood Open...Bettered his best 800-meter time at the Pacesetter Sports Invite, finishing fourth with a time of 1:52.52.
2020-21 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at four meets for the 'Birds, including the MVC Championships...Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 800m with a time of 1:57.23 at the Jack Jennett Invite...Placed third in the 800m at the Don DeNoon Dual with a time of 2:00.78...Took second in the 800m with a season-best time of 1:54.57 at the EIU Friday Night Special...Advanced to the MVC Championships finals in the 800m for the first time, scoring a point for the 'Birds with an eighth-place finish (1:56.96)...Also helped the 'Birds to a fourth-place finish in the distance medley relay, recording a combined time of 10:13.76 at the conference meet.
2019-20 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 INDOOR (So.): Raced at seven meets during the 2019-20 indoor season...Opened the season with a victory in the 800m and the 4x400-meter relay, clocking in at 1:58.27 in the 800m and helping the 4x400m to a combined time of 3:23.93...Placed second in the 800m at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup, recording a time of 1:57.68...Recorded a personal-best time of 2:30.81 in the 1,000m at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing seventh...Finished third in the 800m with a time of 1:55.03 and helped the 4x400 to a second-place finish with a combined time of 3:20.01 at the adidas Classic in Lincoln, Nebraska...Ran a lifetime best time of 1:53.43 in the 800m at the Meyo Invitational...Placed second with a time of 1:57.47 in the 800m at the EIU Friday Night Special...Competed in the 800m at the MVC Indoor Championships, finishing 12th in the prelims with a time of 1:55.29.
2018-19 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Utilized redshirt season.
2018-19 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the 800-meter run at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24), clocking in at 2:04.39...Posted a time of 1:55.96 in the 800 at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...Notched a time of 1:22.59 in the 600 at the Meyo Invitational (2/1-2) to place 13th...Recorded a personal-best time of 1:54.28 in the 800-meter run to finish second at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12)...Made his debut at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8), clocking in at 2:33.53 in the 1,000-meter run.
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: Back-to-back IHSA Class 2A State T&F Champion in the 4x800-meter relay in 2017 and 2018...ran the anchor leg as a senior in 2018 to clinch the state championship for the Pioneers...state-championship winning time of 7:48.13 from 2017 is the University HS school-record...also finished third in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2018 IHSA 2A State T&F Championships...member of the 2017 IHSA Class 2A T&F State Championship-winning team...also a three-time IHSA Class 2A State Cross Country Championship Qualifier...cross country team was the IHSA 2A State Runner-Up in 2017...Academic All-Conference...member of the conference's Academic Honor Roll.
PERSONAL: Born February 19, 2000, in Normal, Illinois...son of Norris and Beth Porter, both of whom attended ISU...has two older brothers, Brock and Drew...plans to major in accounting to practice public accounting as a CPA one day.