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2023 Cross Country Roster

Chandler Collins
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Aaron Modrow

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Junction City, Kan.
  • Highschool Chapman

Biography

2023 Cross Country: Competed in four meets…Started the season at the John McNichols Invite placing 172nd in the 8k in 27:36.8…In Columbia Mo., ran in the Gans Creek Classic placing 185th with a time of 27:52.1…Recorded his fastest 8k finish of the season at the Angel Mounds Invitational with a time of 27:22.4 (80th)...During the OVC Championships placed 73rd for his best place of the season finishing in 26:46.67. 

2023 Outdoor: Ran in four meets…Finished the season with three top ten performances…Placed ninth and eighth in the 5000 at the Mississippi State Relays (15:50.52) and the Joey Haines invite (15:13.04)...Crossed the line in the 3000 at 9:24.70 (13th) at the Cougar Classic…Ran the 5000-meter in 16:11.45 for ninth at the Memphis Tiger Invite.

2023 Indoor: Ran in five meets…Placed in the top five at three meets…In the 2023 Redhawks Invite meet ran a time of 8:49.16 (2nd) in the 3000… In the John Gartland Invitational earned a bronze medal in the 5000 for a 15:30.51 finish… Competed in the 2023 Redhawks Open and placed first in the mile while setting a new PR of 4:29.89.

2022 Cross Country: Ran in all six meets…Began the season with a seventh place finish and a new PR in the 6k at the Redhawks XC Invitational running a time of 18:46.2, finishing in third for the SEMO men…Placed fourth overall and third for SEMO at the McKendree Bearcat Classic in the 8k (25:47.6) where SEMO placed first as a team…During the Louisville Classic ran for a time of 26:13.9 in the 8k placing 249th…Set a new personal record in the 8k at the Bradley Pink Classic crossing the finish line in 24:58.7 placing 110th overall but finishing first for the SEMO men’s team…Finished with a time of 26:15.5 at the 2022 OVC Cross Country Championships finishing in 24th place overall and second for SEMO…At the NCAA Midwest Region Championships ran a time of 31:37.5 for a new PR, a 124th overall finish, and a first place finish for SEMO. 

2022 Outdoor: Appeared in six meets…Finished fourth in the 5,000 meters in 15:47.93 at the Joey Haines Invite (4/1-2)…Completed the 4x400 meter relay in 3:41.07 (11th) during that meet…Took third in the 5,000 meters (15:21.54) at the Redbird Challenge (4/15-16)…Completed the 10,000 meters in 33:10.99 (11th) at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (2/23-24)…Also finished the 5,000 meters in 15:30.02 (15th).

2022 Indoor: Ran in five meets…Took ninth in the mile in 4:47.39 at the Redhawks Invite (1/15)…Ran the 5,000 meters in 15:24.67 (17th) at the Indiana Relays (1/28-29)…Set a PR in the 3,000 meters of 8:35.21 for seventh at the Hoosier Hills (2/11)…Completed the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:52.88 (13th) and the 5,000 meters in 15:34.16 (13th) at the OVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24).

2021 Cross Country: Competed in six events in the Fall of 2021…Finished fourth overall at the Soybean Invitational 4M with a personal-best time of 19:53.5…Set a new personal best in the men’s 8K at the Louisville Classic, finishing in 25:22.0 for 20th place…At the Ohio Valley Championship 8K finished the race in 26:46.5 (40th). 


2021 Outdoor: Ran in seven meets…Had two-top-five finishes…Made SEMO outdoor debut at the Southern Illinois Bill Cornell Invite (3/19-20), finishing fifth in the 5,000 meters in 15:22.89…Was the runner-up in the 5,000 meters in 15:24.59 at the Ole Miss Classic (3/26-27)…Posted a PR 800 meters time of 2:06.90 (37th) at the 2021 Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite (4/2-3)…Also ran in the 1,500 meters (4:10.40, 35th) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:38.34, 12th)…Compiled a pair of career-bests in the 3,000 meters (8:50.88, seventh) and 5,000 meters (15:12.57, 16th) at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (4/16-17)…

Notched PR mark of 4:07.37 (29th) in the 1,500 meters at the 2021 Kentucky Invitational (4/30-5/1)…Also finished the 3,000 meters in 8:59.10 (11th)…Completed the 10,000 meters in 31:54.14 (13th) at the 2021 OVC Track & Field Championship (5/13-15).

2020-21 Cross Country: Ran in three meets…Finished in the SEMO top-five three times…Posted a career-best 8K time of 25:58.4 (15th) at the Eastern Illinois Spring Open (2/6)…Finished eighth overall at the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Invitational (2/19) 4.5 mile race in a personal-best 23:37.2…Crossed the finish line in the 8K in 29:53.4 (40th) at the 2020-21 OVC Cross Country Championship (3/1).

2020 Indoor: Ran in one meet…Won the 3,000 meters in 9:26.60 (PR) and completed the mile in 4:41.69 (PR, seventh) at the SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/6/19).

2019 Cross Country: Ran in all six meets…Made Redhawks debut with a 6th-place finish in a personal best 16:35.0 at the 2019 Saluki Invite (9/30)…Completed the Bradley Intercollegiate (9/20) in a PR time of 28:00.6 (57th)…Posted a mark of 28:00.5 for 59th at Missouri’s Gans Creek Classic (9/27)…Registered a career-best 8K mark of 27:00.3 (127th) at the Bradley ‘Pink’ Classic (10/18)…Finished 54th at the 2019 OVC Championship (11/2) at SIUE in Edwardsville, Illinois, in 27:21.8…Concluded the 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15) at Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in a personal best 35:11.5 (181st).

Prep: Competed in cross country and track & field at Chapman High School in Kansas…Graduated in 2019 with a 4.0 GPA and was named to the High Honor Roll in 2016, 2017 and 2018…As a senior was the Kansas 4A 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters State Champion…Was named an AAU All-American for the 3,000 meters (fourth)…As a junior, earned USA Track & Field All-American honors in the 3,000 meters as the runner-up…Also, was an AAU All-American for the 1,500 meters (second) and 3,000 meters (fifth)…Was awarded Cross Country Most Valuable Runner and Hardest Working Runner in 2017, 2018 and 2019…Competed for Track & Field United and was coached by Forika and Fawn McDougald.

 

Personal: Born September 7, 2000…Son of Lisa Modrow...Majoring in Tech Management: Construction Management/Design. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2020Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2021Junior

    5'11"
  • 2022Senior

    5'11"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    5'11"