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:
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Regional | NCAA |
2016-17 | Outdoors (5) | 10,000 | 29:36.26 | 9 (29:36.26 | 33 (31:12.08) | -- |
5,000 | 14:08.28 | -- | -- | -- | ||
1,500 | 3:55.87 | -- | -- | -- | ||
3,000 | 8:15.40 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Cross country (6) | 8K | 24:09.1 | 14 (24:48.6) | -- | -- | |
10K | 30:08.2 | -- | 23 (30:08.2) | 73 (30:42.2) | ||
2015-16 | Outdoors (5) | 10,000 | 29:15.67 | 5 (29:15.67) | 24 (30:27.16) | -- |
5,000 | 14:06.90 | -- | -- | -- | ||
1,500 | 3:55.19 | -- | -- | -- | ||
3,000 | 8:27.11 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Cross country (6) | 8K | 23:27.2 | 16 (23:41.7 | -- | -- | |
10K | 30:41.5 | -- | 20 (31:35.0) | 64 (30:41.5) | ||
2014-15 | Outdoors (5) | 10,000 | 28:51.56 | 4 (29:42.82) | 15 (30:28.14) | -- |
5,000 | 13:54.40 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Steeple | 9:40.54 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (2) | 5,000 | 13:59.30 | 6 (13:59.30) | -- | -- | |
3,000 | 8:10.55 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Cross country (6) | 8K | 23:40 | 21 (24:15) | -- | -- | |
10K | 30:07.2 | -- | 29 (30:07.2) | 68 (31:15.5) | ||
2013-14 | Outdoors (5) | 10,000 | 31:08.44 | 13 (31:08.44) | -- | -- |
5,000 | 14:08.43 | -- | 32 (14:40.98) | -- | ||
3,000 | 8:37.82 | -- | -- | -- | ||
1,500 | 3:54.71 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (2) | 3,000 | 8:10.92 | -- | -- | -- | |
Mile | 4:10.48 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Cross country (6) | 8K | 24:59 | 34 (26:09 | -- | -- | |
10K | 30:35 | -- | 31 (30:35) | 196 (32:14.5) | ||
2012-13 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Indoors (3) | 5,000 | 14:26.03 | 16 (14:26.03) | -- | -- | |
3,000 | 8:20.93 | 24 (8:20.93) | -- | -- | ||
Mile | 4:18.66 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |