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2015 Cross Country Roster

Tyler Morse

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Biography

Career Achievements: All Missouri Valley Conference first team (2015)...All Missouri Valley Conference honorable mention (2014)...won the Illinois State Invitiational (2015)...career-best 8K 24:13 (2015)...career-best 10K 30:56 (2015).

2015

 Senior Tyler Morse competed in five events in his last season at ISU…notched a victory at the ISU Invite where he finished first with a 8K time of 24:23…his personal-best performance was at the MVC Championships with a 8K time of 24:13, which is the fourth fast 8K in school history…placed seventh at the MVC Championships earning all-MVC…placed 12th at the Bradley Classic with a 8K time of 24:18.

2014

Valley Scholar Athlete and second year receiving All-Conference honorable mention…placed 13th his season best-performance at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships with a time of 24:44…8K time of 25:13 at the Country Financial Illinois State Invitational …At the Roy Griak Invitational earned a 8K time of 26:35…clocked a 25:04 at the Bradley Classic which was enough to place in the top 20 ending at 18th….. Morse ended his season at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 30:56. 

2013

All-Conference honorable mention with a 14th place finish at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, clocking a time of 24:59.8…Valley Scholar Athlet …a top-five Redbird finisher, notched a career-best 8K time of 24:43.8 to place third at the Illinois State Invite…ran to an 8K time of 26:14.5 at the esteemed Roy Griak Invitational...clocked an 8K time of 25:09.08 at Pre-NCAA’s…closed out the season with a personal-best 10K time of 31:55.7 at the Midwest Regional, helping the Redbirds to a 15th-place regional ranking. 

2012

Competed in seven events as a true freshman, including the Midwest Regional...Opened up the season with a 6K time of 19:50 at the Illini Challenge...Posted an 8K time of 26:12 to finish 15th at the Bradley Open...Notched a season-best 8K time of 25:36 at the Illinois Intercollegiate...Ran a 25:51 in the 8K at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships to finish 41st...Posted a 33:22 in the 10K at the Midwest Regional to finish 126th.

PRIOR TO ISU

Limestone Community High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and cross country ... finished 19th at the 2011 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class AA State Cross Country Championships with a three-mile time of 15:10.00 ... finished sixth at the 2011 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class AA State Track & Field Championships in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:22.11 ... ran a 9:40.72 to an 11th-place finish in the 3,200-meter run at the 2012 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class AA State Track & Field Championships ... holds personal-best times of 4:20.27 and 9:35.28 in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, respectively ... holds a high school best performance of 16:16.00 in the 5K, while running a personal-best 14:55.00 in the three mile ... was named team Most Valuable Runner all four years ... severed as team captain sophomore through senior years ... was an all-state cross country runner ... named honorable mention for the Peoria Journal Star Runner of the Year in 2012 ... was named a Mid-Illini Conference Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Born 1/23/1994 ... son of James and Tammy Morse ... siblings are Maddie and Alex ... plans to major in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Sophomore

  • 2014Junior

  • 2015Senior