- A three-time all-GLVC performer, including twice in cross country and once in outdoor track
- Finished fifth at the 2021 GLVC Cross Country Championships
- GLVC Champion in the 2021 Outdoor 10,000m race
Collegiate Top Times (Through the 2021-22 School Year):
1,500m- 3:55.79
5,000m- 14:34.15
10,000m- 30:10.94
6,000m (xc)- 18:55.5
7,000m (xc)- 22:27.5
8,000m (xc)- 24:09.9
UIS Cross Country:
2023- GLVC Champion and Runner of the Year after finishing 1st (24:36) at GLVC Championship ... earned All-Region honors after finishing 3rd (31:01) at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... named a USTFCCCA All-American after finishing 18th (29:50) at the NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ... broke the UIS record in the cross country 10k by 25 seconds.
2022- earned All-Region honors after finishing 13th (31:34) at the NCAA Midwest Regional, helping the team earn an at-large bid to NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship ... finished 99th (31:16) at NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship, helping team to sixth place overall.
2021- All-GLVC … competed in five races … among the lead group to finish at the Prairie Star Invitational … finished 11
th at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational … ninth at the UAH Chargers Invitational … was fifth at the GLVC Championships.
2020- Earned All-GLVC honors … competed in all three meets, and finished in the top-four on the team in each race … finished eighth at the GLVC Championships, and was second among GLVC freshmen … was the in the lead group at the finish line at the GLVC Triangular … came in 11
th at the GLVC East Divisional.
UIS Indoor Track and Field:
2022- Redshirted.
2021- Redshirted.
UIS Outdoor Track and Field:
2022- Redshirted.
2021- GLVC Individual Champion … All-GLVC … hit a NCAA provisional mark in the 10,000m, and finished with the 42
nd-fastest time in the nation … won the 10,000m race at the GLVC Championship, and finished fourth in the 5,000m … won the 5,000m race at the Dick Cochran Classic … was runner-up in the 1,500m at the Big Blue Alumni Invite.
UIS Academic Awards:
2022- GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar … GLVC Academic All-Conference.
2021- GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar … GLVC Academic All-Conference.
High School:
Earned all-state cross country honors in 2018, and was also all-conference that season … collected all-state accolades in track in 2019 … was a three-time all-conference runner in track.
Personal:
The son of Michelle and Josh Ross … has three siblings, Nick, Payton, and Emma … an Exercise Science major.
