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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2024 UNK Men's Cross Country Roster

Jay Slagle
Jay Slagle
Jay Slagle
Jay Slagle

Payton Davis

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown David City, NE
  • Highschool Aquinas Catholic
  • Major Social Science Ed. 7-12

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2024)
MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CSC Academic All-District ...  12th at the league championships to earn All-MIAA honors ... was UNK's top runner that day ... 31st at regionals and 157th at nationals ... seventh at the Platte River Gold and ninth overall at the Griffon Invite 


AS A JUNIOR (2023)
MIAA Academic Excellence award for a 4.00 cumulative GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CSC Academic All-District ... was the Lopers fourth runner at NCAA Central Regionals (45th overall) ... also UNK's fourth finisher at UNL's Woody Greeno (29th overall) ... 11th overall the season-opening Griffon Twilight ... 34th place at the MIAA Championships


AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
MIAA Academic Excellence award for a 4.00 cumulative GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... was UNK's third runner at the NCAA Championships (137th overall) ... 257 total finishers ... sixth Loper at both regionals and the MIAA Championships ... fifth scorer (18th) at the Platte River Rumble ... helped the Lopers place first in the team race


AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
MIAA Academic Excellence award for a 4.00 cumulative GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... ran in three meets, finishing 11th at the season-opening UNK Invite 

HIGH SCHOOL
2020 Class D state cross country champ (16:41.1) ... meet held at Kearney C.C. ... efforts helped the Monarchs win the state title ... also state champ in 2019 on the same course (16:55.0) ... team finished as state runners up ... 2021 Class C state champ at 1,600 ... state runner up at 800 and 3,200 ... qualified in all three events in both 2019 and 2018



Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior