2016 Cross Country Roster
Jack Carpenter
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Park Ridge, Ill.
- High School:
- Maine South
Personal Bests (as of June 2017):
Indoor-
Mile: 4:44.95
3,000: 8:53.95
5,000: 15:10.58
Outdoor-
800: 2:02.57
1,500: 4:07.50
3,000:Â 8:55.43
5,000: 15:06.40
10,000: 32:19.62
TRFFS Profile
2016-17:
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs in the indoor season ... Placed second at the Wisconsin SHELL Shocker in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:04.62 ... Placed sixth in the 3,000-meter run at the Jack Johnson Classic (8:54.33).
Outdoor (Jr.): Competed in the 800- and 1,500-meter races in the outdoor season ... Recorded a peronsal-best in the 800-meter race and notched 14th at Marquette Duals with a time of 2:02.57.
Cross Country (Jr.): Competed in the 4.98-mile run, 5-mile run, 8k and 10k races for the cross country season ... Placed top-20 at the UW Parkside Midwest Open in the 4.98-mile run with a time of 27:02.4.
2015-16:
Indoor (So.): Competed in the mile, 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs over the course of three meets for the indoor season ... Recorded a fifth-place finish in the 3,000-meter at the Wisconsin Open (February 19) with a time of 8:56.94 ... Set a personal-best in the 3,000-meter a week later at the BIG EAST Championships (8:53.95).
Outdoor (So.): Competed in the 1,500-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs in the outdoor season ... Took first place in the 5,000-meter with a time of 15:34.91 at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet (May 1) ... Finished top-ten at the Wisconsin Twilight (May 6) in the 3,000 meter at 8:55.43.
Cross Country (So.):Â Ran both 6k and 5k in the 2015 season ... Placed 33rd in the Badger Season Opener on Sept. 4 in the 6k as the team took third place.
2014-15:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs over the course of four meets combined during the indoor season ... Recorded back-to-back top-eight finishes in the 3,000 to open the season, including a third-place finish at the Wisconsin Open (Jan. 17) and an eighth-place finish and personal-best time of 8:54.67 at the John Tierney Tri (Jan. 23) ... Ran the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships and placed 19th with a time of 16:04.56.
Outdoor (Fr.): Took part in five outdoor meets, competing in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters ... Set a personal best in his first outdoor meet at the SIU Spring Classic, turning in a time of 15:06.4 in the 5,000 for a sixth-place finish ... Took 13th place in the 10,000 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a time of 32:19.62.
Cross Country (Fr.): Raced in six of seven meets for the Blue & Gold ... Averaged just over a third-place team finish on the season with three top-3 finishes, including the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 14) where he took 99th overall ... Recorded top-30 finishes in back-to-back meets to open up the year at the Badger Opener (Sept. 5) and National Catholic Invitational (Sept. 19).
Prior to Marquette: Carpenter earned three letters in both cross country and track and field at Maine South High School ... Served as team captain in both sports as a senior ... Three-time all-conference cross country runner, including conference and regional individual champion as a senior ... Was all-state in cross country his senior year with a sixth-place finish at the 3A state meet ... Foot Locker All-Midwest Third Team at the regional meet with a 20th-place finish among all competitors ... Sectional champion in the 3,200-meter run as a senior on the track ... Helped the Hawks to conference and regional cross country championships while qualifying for the state meet as a junior in 2012 ... Graduates with the second-fastest 3,200 time in Maine South High School history at a time of 9:21.
Personal: Carpenter was born in Naperville, Illinois and is the son of Pete and Laura Carpenter ... Has a younger brother, Joe ... Plans to major in business.
Championships History:
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2017-
3,000-meter run: 8th (9:39.92)
5,000-meter run: 3rd (16:26.32) All-BIG EAST
2016-
5,000-meter run: 12th (17:10.72)
2015-
3,000-meter run: 13th (9:49.86)
5,000-meter run:Â 6th (16:36.64)
2014-
3,000-meter run: 13th (10:02.06)
5,000-meter run: 8th (17:06.85)
BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2017-
10,000-meter run:Â 2nd (34:25.78) All-BIG EAST
2016-
10,000-meter run:Â 6th (35:38.82)Â
2015-
5,000-meter run: 3rd (17:15.7) All-BIG EAST
10,000-meter run:Â 7th (35:03.41)
2014-
10,000-meter run: 8th (36:22.37)
NCAA West Preliminaries
2017-
10,000-meter run:Â 16th (35:24.85)
2015-
5,000-meter run: 25th (16:44.62)
Cross Country:
BIG EAST Championships (8k)
2016 - 31st (26:03.2; third on MU)Â
2015 - 61st (25:36.2; ninth on MU)Â
2014 - 64th (26:43.5; eighth on MU)
NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships (10k)
2016 - 163rd (34:00.0; seventh on MU)
2015 -Â DNC
2014 -Â DNC
