Furman University

Luke Meade's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2020 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (3,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (5,000m, 10,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (3,000m)
2017 Southern Conference All-Freshman Indoor Track (3,000m)

Senior Year (2019-2020):  Won the SoCon 3,000m title with a time of 8:15.38 at the league indoor championships...also took fourth in the mile at the meet with a time of 4:11.73...ran a career best in the 5,000m (14:01.80) at the Husky Invite...set a career best in the mile at the Carolina Challenge, posting a time of 4:03.62...ran 4:10.42 to place 20th in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational...opened the cross country season with a 15:37.9 to place 14th at the Charlotte Cross Country Opener.

Junior Year (2018-19):  Garnered an All-SoCon nod in the 3,000m during indoor season…a member of the All-SoCon team for outdoors in the 5,000m and 10,000m…placed ninth with a personal-best 8K time of 24:14.0 at the Royals Challenge cross country meet…finished third in the 3,000m at the Clemson Indoor Opener…won the 3,000m with a time of 8:30.94 at the Bulldog Indoor Invitational…placed third in the 3,000m at the SoCon indoor meet…notched a personal-best time of 3:54.02 to take second place in the 1,500m at the Terrier Relays…won the 5,000m at the Tennessee Relays and the 1,500m at the USC Outdoor Open…finished second in the 5,000m (14:43.77) and the 10,000m (personal best time of 31:01.66) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…won the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 14:13.73 at the Swarthmore final qualifier meet during outdoor season…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore Year (2017-18):  Finished second in the 3,000m with a time of 8:46.32 at the UNCG Early Bird Indoor Duals…placed tenth with a time of 4:23.91 in the mile at the league indoor meet after qualifying with a personal-best time of 4:23.04…turned in a time of 8:31.24 in the 3,000m at the USC Outdoor Open, taking second place…finished tenth with a personal-best time of 3:59.30 in the 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships.

Freshman Year (2016-17):  Finished second with a time of 8:28.85 in the 3,000m at the Samford Indoor Invitational…posted a third-place finish with a time of 14:52.91 in the 5,000m at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…earned a spot on the SoCon All-Freshman team with a seventh-place finish (8:26.61) in the 3,000m at the league indoor meet.

High School: 

1,600 meters – 4:13.23

2 mile – 9:06.58

5,000 meters (XC) – 15:00.00 

Four-time TSSAA Tennessee State Champion 

Footlocker National Qualifier

8th at New Balance Indoor & Outdoor National Championships – 2 mile 

A four-time Tennessee state champion in cross country and track....qualified for the 2015 Footlocker National Championships with a fifth-place finish at the Footlocker South Regional....won the cross country state championship as a senior...posted a 5K time of 15:00 at the MileStat.com Invitational, the top-ranked time for prep runners in Tennessee...ranked 22nd nationally in the 5K at the time of his signing...won the state championship in the 3,200m for indoor and outdoor track as a junior...won the state championship in the 800m and 1,600m as a senior...garnered Footlocker All-South first team accolades after winning the Footlocker sophomore championship...honored as the Wendy''s High School Heisman state winner in 2015...holds school records in the cross country 5K (15:00), 2 mile (9:06), mile (4:12), 1,600m (4:15), and 800m (1:56).