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TFRRS Performance Profile

* All-West Region *

Personal bests (thru 2017):

  • 5,000: 13:54.40
  • 10,000: 28:51.56
  • 1,500: 3:48.09
  • Two mile: 9:07.52c
  • Mile: 4:10.48i
  • 3,000: 8:10.55i

As a fifth-year senior (2016-17):
Outdoors

  • Won Stanford Athletic Board Jake Gimbel Award for leadership.
  • Reached NCAA West Prelims for the fourth time.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

Cross country

  • No. 5 runner on NCAA runner-up team.
  • All-West Region selection.

As a senior (2015-16):
Outdoors

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

Cross country

  • All-West Region.
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
  • Placed 64th at 2015 NCAA Championships, helping Stanford to third.

As a junior (2014-15):
Outdoors

  • Won the second section of the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational in a personal best 28:51.56.
  • Fourth in the 10,000 at the Pac-12 Championships (29:42.82).
  • Set 5,000 PB of 13:54.40 at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
  • Fifth in the steeplechase at the Big Meet.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

  • Ran a sub-14:00 5,000 and set a personal record by nine seconds when he ran 13:59.30 to place third at the MPSF Championships.
  • Ran in two races during the indoor season, also setting a personal best in the 3,000 (8:10.55) while placing 10th at the Razorback Invitational.

Cross country

  • No. 6 runner on second-place NCAA team.
  • Placed 68th at the 2014 NCAA Championships.
  • Placed 21st in 2014 Pac-12 meet and 29th at NCAA West Regionals.
  • Stanford's No. 1 at the Washington Invitational.

As a sophomore (2013-14):
Outdoors 

  • Finished 13th in the 10,000 at the Pac-12 Championships (31:08.44).
  • Set a personal record in the 5,000 of 14:08.43 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, placing sixth in the fourth section.
  • Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000 and placed 32nd in 14:40.98, and did not advance.
  • 10th in the Big Meet 3,000.
  • Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

  • Broke personal best in the 3,000 with an 8:10.92 for eighth in the invite race at the Penn State National on Feb. 1.
  • Set a mile PB at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview with a 4:10.48.

Cross country

  • Competed in first NCAA Championships meet.
  • Ran No. 5 for Stanford at the 2013 Pac-12 and West Region championships, finishing 31st in the latter as the Cardinal won the title, and was team's No. 6 at 2013 NCAA's.

As a freshman (2012-13):
Outdoors 

  • Redshirted, but ran unattached.
  • Set personal best in the 5,000 at the Stanford Invitational, running 14:10.86.
  • Also ran 14:14.78 at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
  • Set 1,500 personal best of 3:48.09 at the Portland Track Festival.

Indoors

  • Placed 16th in the MPSF Championships in the 5,000 in 14:26.03.
  • Also was 24th at MPSF's in the 3,000, in 8:20.93.
  • Had season mile best of 4:18.66 from the UW Preview.
  • Competed in four meets, running the 3,000 and 5,000 twice each, and the mile once.

Cross Country

  • Did not compete.

High School:

  • Third in the 2010 Illinois state 3A championships in the 3,200 (9:14.34) and fourth in 2012 (9:09.21).
  • Four-time Madison County and Southwestern Conference cross-country champion.
  • Ran 9:06.07 at the Belleville West Invitational to break a 3,200 meet record held by two-time world cross-country champion Craig Virgin since 1972.
  • Set personal record of 9:04.46 on his home track.
  • Tied the school record of 14:20 on the three-mile cross country state course.
  • Two-year cross country captain, and 2012 track captain.
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro 2012 Cross Country Runner of the Year.
  • A three-time regional and two-time sectional champion in cross country.
  • Led Edwardsville to four county titles and four trips to the Illinois state meet.
  • Helped Edwardsville capture the 2008 conference, region and section titles.
  • Also a three-time all-state performer in track.
  • Won three 3,200 and two 1,600 conference titles.

Personal:

  • Parents are Andy and Valerie Sweatt.
  • Majoring in biology.
  • Has a goal of becoming a cancer researcher.
  • Father competed on the swim team at Tennessee.
  • Uncle William Sweatt was a quartermiler on the Naval Academy track team.
  • Has two older brothers, Willie and Eli, and a younger sister, Allie.

Career results:

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf. RegionalNCAA
2016-17Outdoors (5)10,00029:36.269 (29:36.2633 (31:12.08)--
5,00014:08.28------
1,5003:55.87------
3,0008:15.40------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (6)8K24:09.114 (24:48.6)----
10K30:08.2--23 (30:08.2)73 (30:42.2)
2015-16Outdoors (5)10,00029:15.675 (29:15.67)24 (30:27.16)--
5,00014:06.90------
1,5003:55.19------
3,0008:27.11------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (6)8K23:27.216 (23:41.7----
10K30:41.5--20 (31:35.0)64  (30:41.5)
2014-15Outdoors (5)10,00028:51.564 (29:42.82)15 (30:28.14)--
5,00013:54.40------
Steeple9:40.54------
Indoors (2)5,00013:59.306 (13:59.30)----
3,0008:10.55------
Cross country (6)8K23:4021 (24:15)----
10K30:07.2--29 (30:07.2)68 (31:15.5)
2013-14Outdoors (5)10,00031:08.4413 (31:08.44)----
5,00014:08.43--32 (14:40.98)--
3,0008:37.82------
1,5003:54.71------
Indoors (2)3,0008:10.92------
Mile4:10.48------
Cross country (6)8K24:5934 (26:09----
10K30:35--31 (30:35)196 (32:14.5)
2012-13Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (3)5,00014:26.0316 (14:26.03)----
3,0008:20.9324 (8:20.93)----
Mile4:18.66------
Cross country (0)----------
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2012-13
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2014-15
Distances
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2015-16
Distances
Sweatt_Garrett
2017-18
Distance