| Indoor |
Mark |
Date |
| 3000m |
8:42.98 |
2/20/16 |
| 5000m |
15:20.52 |
12/5/15 |
| Mile |
4:26.28 |
2/13/15 |
| Outdoor |
Mark |
Date |
| 3000m |
8:39.43 |
3/21/15 |
| 5000m |
15:00.24 |
4/18/15 |
| 10000m |
31:42.45 |
4/1/16 |
2015-16
Cross Country: Earned All-CAA honors for the first time, placing ninth at the conference championships ... Paired with Faris Sakallah to win the season-opening CNU Relays ... Sixth overall at the W&M Invitational ... Also ran on the varsity team at Princeton, Wisconsin, and the region championships.
Indoor: Best race of the year was the 3,000m at Virginia Tech, where he ran 8:42.98.
Outdoor: Fourth in the 10,000m at the CAA Championships ... Also raced the 5,000m at the conference meet, placing ninth.
2014-15
Cross Country: Redshirted ... Ran three times unattached ... Runner-up at the CNU Invitational ... Took 14th overall at the home meet ... Finished 24th in his season opener at Richmond.
Indoor: Ran a season-best 8:46.66 in the 3,000m at Penn State ... Timed 4:26.28 in the mile at Liberty.
Outdoor: Scored in both the 5,000m (fifth) and 10,000m (sixth) at the CAA Championships ... Also ran the steeplechase at the conference meet ... CAA Commissioner's Award for having a GPA over 3.2.
Prep
Helped lead Osbourn Park to four conference titles and two region championships ... Ranked eighth in the state at 3,200m outdoors his senior year ... Won back-to-back conference titles in the 3,200m outdoors ... Qualified for the state meet both seasons ... All-Conference and all-region in cross country the past two years ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Graduated
summa cum laude ... Was a junior counselor at the VIMS summer program in 2013 ... Member of the Student Council and the Biotechnology Club.
Personal
Son of Scott and Theresa Thompson ... Grandfather, Sidney Tilling, and great-uncle, William Tilling II, both played football at Virginia Tech ... Cousin, William Tilling III, played football at VMI ... Enjoys mountain biking, hockey, reading, and computer games.
