Reed Connor
The Woodlands High School
Impact Statement
Connor excelled on the cross country courses in high school and continued while at the University of Wisconsin.
Biography
The 6-foot-1 Connor was named the Gatorade National Boys Runner of the Year after winning the Nike Cross Nationals Championship in 2008 in a course-record time of 15:13.6. He also set a course record in the Nike South Regional final. In the Class 5A state tournament Connor’s winning time of 14:47.19 was the second-fastest in the history of the Texas state meet.
Connor slashed nearly two minutes off the time he ran in the state meet as a junior and won the race by 12 seconds. He also set course records in the Andy Wells Invitational and the Aldine Invitational and became the third runner ever to break 15 minutes in the Chile Pepper Festival race in Arkansas. Also an outstanding student with a 3.7 grade-point average, he will attend the University of Wisconsin.
His freshman year, he was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Track & Field and won the outdoor Big Ten title in the 5,000 meters. He was named as a Second team All American in both the indoor 3,000 meters and the outdoor 5,000 meters. He continued to excel and went on to win two more Big Ten Championships in 2014 in the 10,000 meters and 3,000 meters. He was also named the Big Team Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He was earned All American honors in 2013 in the outdoor 5,000 meters and in 2014 in the indoor 5,000 meters. He also earned All American honors in 2011 and 2012 in Cross Country.
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