Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2023 Cross Country: Ran the 6k at the Redhawks Invite en route to 42nd place, with a finishing time of 22:51.4 as the Redhawk men placed first overall.

2023 Outdoor: Ran at six meets…Notched ten top ten finishes with seven of them being top five… At 2023 Mississippi State Bulldog Relays tallied two fourth place finishes in the 800-meter and 4x400 with times of 1:54.48 and 3:18.37, also grabbed the silver medal in the 4x800 (7:47.75)...Finished with another fourth place finish in the 800 (1:56.11) and posted a first place finish with his 4x400 team, they crossed the line at 3:19.15 at the Joey Haines Invite…Ran the 4x400 in 3:16.78 for eighth at the Georgia Tech Invitational…Attained a new PR in the 800-meter preliminaries then followed that up with a sixth place finish in the finals (1:53.78) at the Ohio Valley Outdoor Championships, also stood atop the podium with his 4x400 team when they ran it in 3:13.00.

2023 Indoor: Ran in seven meets…Recorded nine top five finishes…Started the season posting a PR in the 500-meter finishing with a time of 1:05.26 while placing second and finishing fourth in the 4x400 (3:25.77) at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational…During the Redhawks Invite placed first in the 4x400 recording a time of 3:28.27 and finished second in the 800-meter (2:00.97)...Posted two second place finishes at the John Gartland Invitational in the 600 (1:21.88) and in the 4x400 with a time of 3:22.40… During the 2023 Indiana University Relays he competed in the 4x400 running a 3:19.75 (5th)… At the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic meet he would place fourth in the 4x400 with a run of 3:20.17.. In the 2023 Hoosier Hills Crawford set a new PR in the 600, finishing first in the event with a run of 1:19.52, he also placed second in the 4x400 with a run of 3:22.95…At the OVC championship he finished second in the 4x400 with a run of 3:17.50 and second in the DMR as the team ran 10:09.19.

2022 Cross Country: Did not compete

2022 Outdoor: Competed in six meets…Had seven top-five finishes…Finished the 800 meters in 1:56.10 (11th) and completed the 4x400 meter relay in 3:21.35 (fourth) at the 2022 Joey Haines (4/1-2)…Crossed the finish in 1:55.31 during the 800 meters (35th) at the 2022 Indiana Invitational (4/22-23)…Also was eighth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:29.48)…Took second in the 800 meters (1:57.73) and third in the 4x400 meter relay (3:21.11) at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (4/29-30)…Captured Silver in the 800 meters in 1:54.07 at the 2022 OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/11-13) after setting a PR of 1:54.02 in the prelims…Also earned Bronze in the 4x400 meter relay with 3:18.89.
 
2022 Indoor: Ran in six meets…Had 13 top-five finishes…Set a pair of career bests in the 300 meters (37.62, third) and 500 meters (1:06.29, third) at the Fred Wilt Invitational (12/4)…Also was fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:33.52)…Finished fourth in the 200 meters at the 2022 Redhawks Invite (1/15) in a personal best 24.14…Also won the 4x400 meter relay (3:34.72) and was third in the 800 meters (2:00.02)…Was second in the 800 meters (1:56.34) and third in the 4x400 meter relay (3:25.76) at the John Gartland Invitational (1/21-22)…Posted a personal best 600 meters time of 1:21.47 (fifth) at the 2022 Indiana University Relays (1/28-29)…Completed the 800 meters in 1:55.06 for fourth at the 2022 Hoosier Hills (2/11)…Also was fifth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:22.91)…Secured Bronze in the DMR at the 2022 OVC Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/23-24) in 10:13.62…Also was fifth in the 800 meters (1:54.49) and sixth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:30.72).
 
2021 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021 Indoor: Ran in three meets…Had four top-five finishes…Finished fourth in the distance medley relay (11:29.47) and sixth in the 800 meters (1:59.82) at the Sycamore Team Challenge (1/30)…Won the 800 meters at the Redhawks Invite (2/5) in 2:00.74…Also was part of the first-place finishing 4x400 meter relay team (3:33.81)…Set a PR time of 24.59 in the 200 meters…Finished as the runner-up in the 800 meters at the Redhawks Open (2/20).

2020-21 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2020 Indoor: Ran in seven meets…Had seven top-five finishes and two first-place finishes… Made his Redhawks debut at the SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/6/19), finishing fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:47.20) and fifth in the 800 meters (2:03.69)…Set a personal-best 600 meters time of 1:25.22 (ninth) at the Gene Edmonds Memorial (1/10-11)…Also was fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:29.15) and sixth in the 800 meters (2:03.45)…Placed first in the 4x800 meter relay at the Missouri Intercollegiate (1/17), clocking in at 8:33.60...Also completed the 800 meters in 2:03.66 for third overall…Finished the 4x400 meter relay in 3:28.91 for fifth at the Illini Invitational (1/24-25)…Won the 800 meters at the 2020 Redhawks Open (2/21) in 2:01.08…Scored for the Redhawks at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/26-27), finishing sixth in the 800 with a PR time of 1:55.20.

2019 Cross Country: Did not compete.

Prep: Attended Ladue Horton Watkins High School…Ran cross country and track & field…Coached by Dan Sebbon…Competed in the 800m, 400m, 4x800m relay and 1,600m…Lettered and started all four years…Named MVP as a senior…Set PRs of 1:57 in the 800 meters, 00:49 in the 400 meters and 4:45 in the 1,600 meters…Earned Rookie of the Year during his freshman season…Was a member of the 4x400 meter State Championship relay team as a senior…Finished runners-up at State for the 4x800 meter relay during his junior season and fourth in both his sophomore and senior campaigns…Awarded the Coach Jorgeson Leadership Award…Competed for the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club where he was coached by Melvin Cromer…Graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins in 2019.

Personal: Born Sept. 24, 2000…Son of Markeith and Leah Crawford…Sister, Kaitlen Crawford, is a member of the DePaul track & field team…Father, Markeith, ran track & field at Southeast…Majoring in Business Administration at SEMO.