CAREER RESULTS
Career Highlights |
Outdoor School Record - 3:39.17 (1,500m) |
Meet Record (1:22.36) - Coughlan-Malloy Cup (600m) |
Meet Record (1:53.49) - Coughlan-Malloy Cup (800m) |
2021 MVC Outdoor Champion (800m) |
4/14/21 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete |
2020 MVC Indoor Champion (800m) |
2/25/20 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
12/10/19 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
2019 Outdoor First Team All-America (1,500m) |
2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American |
2019 MVC Outdoor Champion (800m) |
2019 MVC Indoor Champion (Mile) |
2019 MVC Indoor Champion (DMR) |
4/23/19 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
4/16/19 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
2/12/19 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
1/15/19 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
2018 MVC Outdoor Champion (1,500m) |
4/3/18 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
3/27/18 - MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week |
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
2020 MVC Scholar-Athlete |
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete |
2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete |
2020-21 OUTDOOR (5th-Sr.): Raced at six meets during his final season of eligibility for the Redbirds...Opened the season with a win in the 800-meter run at the Redbird Invite...Ran a personal-best time of 3:39.17 in the 1,500-meter run at the Joe Walker Invite, setting a new school record and the Valley record at the time...Earned MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the Joe Walker Invite...Helped the 4x800-meter relay to the second-fastest time in school history combining for a time of 7:22.58 to place third at the Drake Relays...Earned All-Valley honors in the 1,500-meter run with second-place finish...Crowned MVC Champion in the 800-meter run with a season-best time of 1:49.49...Competed in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, finishing 14th overall with a time of 3:40.87.
2020-21 INDOOR (5th-Sr.): No remaining eligibility.
2019-20 OUTDOOR (Sr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 INDOOR (Sr.): Raced at seven meets during his final indoor season as a Redbird...Opened the season running a personal-best time of 8:16.89 in the 3,000m at the GVSU Holiday Open, which is the ninth-fastest time in ISU track & field history...Won both the mile and the 600m at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup, setting a meet record in the 600m with a personal-best time of 1:22.36...Ran the second sub-four-minute mile of his career at the UW Last Chance College Elite Meet, clocking in at 3:59.93 to place second...Crowned MVC Champion in the 800m with a time of 1:52.14 and helped the DMR to a second-place finish with a combined time of 10:08.10 at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished the season with the 34th-fastest mile time in the nation (3:59.93).
2018-19 OUTDOOR (Jr.): Earned First Team All-America honors in the 1,500-meter run, finishing seventh with a time of 3:42.73 at the NCAA Championships (6/5-8)...Recorded a personal-best time and ISU school record in the 1,500 at the NCAA West Prelims (5/23-25), clocking in at 3:41.81 to advance to the NCAA Championships...Crowned the MVC Champion in the 800 with a time of 1:49.82 and scored points in the 1,500, finishing fourth with a time of 3:52.61 at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12)...Clocked in at 3:42.82 in the 1,500-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17-19)...Notched a personal-best time of 1:48.78 in the 800 to finish second and helped the DMR to a fourth-place finish at the Tennessee Relays (4/11)...Won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.27 at the Redbird Invitational (4/6)...Finished fourth in the 1,500 with a time of 3:44.07 and fifth in the 800 with a time of 1:50.11 at the Stanford Invitational (3/29-30).
2018-19 INDOOR (Jr.): Crowned MVC Champion in the mile and the DMR at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24), finishing with a time of 4:13.18 in the mile and helping the DMR to a combined time of 9:57.06...Recorded a personal-best time of 3:59.66 in the mile at Iowa State Classic (2/8-9), finishing third...Posted a fifth-place finish in the mile at the Meyo Invitational (2/1-2), clocking in at 4:02.22...Won the mile with a time of 4:08.08 at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26)...Clocked in at 2:23.58 in the 1,000-meter run, recording a personal-best time to win the event at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19)...Won the 800-meter run at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12) with a time of 1:53.49...Placed first in the 1,000 with a time of 2:24.25 at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8).
2017-18 OUTDOOR (So.): Won the 1,500-meter at the 2018 MVC Championships, breaking the tape in 3:49.32...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round for the second-straight year, this time in the 1,500-meter...after finishing fourth in his first-round heat in 3:45.23, Anstey advanced to the quarterfinal round of the West Prelims...fell just short of qualifying for the NCAA Championships, finishing 14th in the quarterfinals with a time of 3:44.96...posted personal-best 800-meter time of 1:49.56 at the Wisconsin Twilight, finishing second and capturing the sixth-fastest time in ISU history...captured personal-record 1,500-meter time at the Stanford Invitational, finishing 12th among 63 runners in 3:43.22...mark ranks second on Illinois State's top-10 list...for this performance, named the MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week on 4/3 and MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on 4/4...also named the MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week on 3/27.
2017-18 INDOOR (So.): 2018 MVC Runner-Up in the mile run, crossing the finish line in 4:24.02...also earned All-Valley honors in the distance medley relay, running a leg on the 'Birds team that placed third in 10:06.02...won the 800-meter run at the Notre Dame Invite, clocking in at 1:52.66...posted personal-best 800-meter time of 1:51.16 at the GVSU Big Meet, finishing third among 61 runners...ran a leg on the Redbirds' distance medley relay team that clocked in at 9:58.62 at the Meyo Invite, a time that ranks fifth on ISU's top-10 list.
2016-17 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Placed third and recorded personal-best time in the 800-meter run (1:50.12) at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic...mark ranks tenth in Illinois State history...finished second and posted a personal record of 3:46.85 in the 1,500-meter run at Illinois Twilight Meet...time stands as fifth-fastest in Redbird history...finished ninth in the 1,500-meter run at MVC Championships...placed 11th in the 800-meter run at MVC Championships...qualified for the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round in the 800-meter.
2016-17 INDOOR (Fr.): Won the 800-meter run at the John Craft Invitational...recorded personal-best mile time (4:07.62) at the Meyo Invitational...time is tenth-fastest in Redbird history...captured personal-record in the 3,000-meter run (8:29.23) at the MVC Championships...placed second and earned All-MVC honors in the distance medley relay at MVC Championships.
TOOWOOMBA STATE HIGH SCHOOL: Ran cross country and track and field…. National (Australia) bronze medalist in the 800-meter run…state (Queenland, Australia) champion in the 800m, 1500m, and 8K in cross country his senior year…was the state champion in the 800m and state runner-up in the 8K in cross country his junior year…school record and regional record holder in the 800m and 1500m…his personal-best 800 is at a time of 1:50.11 and his personal-best 1500m is at a time of 3:48.60.
PERSONAL: Born 4/08/97…native of Toowoomba, Queenland Australia…son of Gail…plans to major in physical education.