Clayton Carper

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mason City
Hometown:
Mason City, Iowa

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Earned first-team Academic-All Big 12 honors ... finished 14th in the 10,000-meter run and 20th in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... ran a personal best time in the 10,000-meter run (30:08.92) at the Stanford Invitational … set a personal best time in the 5,000-meter run (14:32.06) at the Mt. SAC Relays INDOOR: Finished 36th in the 3,000-meter run (8:42.88) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … ran a personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run (14:37.39) at the ISU Classic … also competed in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Open (8:35.46) and the Bill Bergan Invitational (8:44.44). XC: Named Academic All-Big 12 ... finished 89th (32:12.57) at the 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional ... competed at the 2010 Big 12 Championships, finishing 41st (25:30.74) .. competed in the Pre-Nationals Invitational (24:39.90) ... competed in the Roy Griak Invitational on the 8,000-meter course (25:36.80).

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Competed in the 10,000-meter run (30:43.00) at the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run (14:52.69) at the Kansas Relays … 29th-place finish in section two of the 10,000-meters (30:30.32) at the Stanford Invitational, a personal best. INDOOR: Set a personal best in the mile (4:24:22) at the ISU Open … competed in the 3,000-meter run (8:41.37) at the Bill Bergan Invitational … competed in the 5,000-meter run (15:10.95) at the ISU Classic. XC: Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (30:25) … competed at the Big 12 Championships (26:35) … ninth-place finish at the Bradley Classic Invitational (25:32).

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: Earned academic All-Big 12 First-Team honors ... finished 10th in the 10,000-meter run (32:03.40) and 22nd in the 5,000-meter run (15:20.77) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... San Francisco State Distance Carnival champion in the 10,000-meter run (30:38.06), a personal-best time ... seventh-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:05.94) at the Kip Janvrin Open ... 13th-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (14:30.03) at the Mount Sac Relays, a personal-best time. INDOOR: Finished 10th at the ISU Open in the 3,000-meter run (8:25.77) ... finished 22nd in the 5,000-meter run (14:41.17) at the ISU Classic. XC: Finished 216th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... earned Academic All-Big 12 First-Team cross country honors ... placed 33rd at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (25:22) on the ISU 8,000-meter course ... first-place finish at the ISU Cross Country Open (25:27) on the ISU 8,000-meter course ... named Big 12 Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week (Sept. 2) ... first-place finish at the 4,000-meter Bulldog Classic (12:13).

2007- 2008: INDOOR: Ran career best 14:43.30 in the 5,000-meter run at the ISU Classic ... clocked personal record in the 3,000-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (8:38.93) ... OUTDOOR: placed seventh in the Drake Relays' 10,000-meter run (31:31.13) ... first-place finish in the 3,000-meters at the Big Bear Invitational (8:44.21) ... XC: competed at two cross country meets.

Before Iowa State: Placed fifth in the 4A Iowa Cross Country State Meet in 2006.

Personal: Born June 2, 1987 ... son of Nancy and Glenn Carper ... civil engineering major.