Hunter Smith

Bio

2017-18 at Taylor:

Indoor: Garnered All-Crossroads League honors in the 3,000-meter dash after a second-place finish with a time of 8:54.11 at the Crossroads League Championships … Won the 5,000-meter race at the University of Indianapolis Invitational with a time of 16:09.97 in his only race of the season in the event.

Outdoor: Finished 19th at the NAIA National Championships in the 5,000-meter race … Tabbed All-Crossroads League in the 3,000-meter steeplechase after a first-place finish with a time of 9:33.85 … Finished second at the Little State Championships with a season-best time and eighth-best time in program history of 9:27.68 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Ball State Invitational … Finished first in the 5,000-meter race at the George Glass Invitational … Recorded a season-best time and sixth-best time in program history of 14:50.78 at the Hillsdale Invitational in the 5,000-meters.

2016-17 at Taylor:

Indoor: NAIA National qualifier in the 4x800-meter relay … Ran a season-best time of 9:03.93 in the 3,000-meters at the IWU Classic … Had a season-best time of 16:43.46 in the 5,000-meters at the Crossroads League Invite … Helped the TU 4x800 relay to a season-best time of 7:58.09 at the Crossroads League Invite.

Outdoor: Earned a season-best time of 9:16.83 in the 3,000-meter at the Tennessee Invite … Ran a season-best time of 15:32.54 in the 5,000-meters at the Hanover Invite … Secured a season-best time of 10:04.73 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Little State Championships.

Prep: Four-time varsity letterman in cross country and three-time letter winner in track and field for Blaine Williams at Greenwood High … Indiana state qualifier … Regional runner-up … Claimed a Mid-State Conference Championship … Earned Core 40 Diploma … Graduated with Academic Honors.

Personal: Son of Nathan and Pam Smith … Prep teammate of fellow TU runner, Garrett Henderson … Majoring in youth ministries.