Furman University

Mason Coppi's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2019 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (5,000m, 10,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (5,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (3,000m, 5,000m)
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2018 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (5,000m)
2018 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (3,000m, 5,000m)
2017 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2017 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2017 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (5,000m)
2017 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (5,000m)
2016 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)

Senior Year (2019-2020):  Did not compete for the Paladins and earned a redshirt. 

Junior Year (2018-19):  Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in both the 5,000m and 10,000m during outdoor season…finished 26^th with a time of 14:33.20 in the 5,000m and 32^nd at 30:37.21 in the 10,000m at the meet…named to the All-SoCon first team after finishing fourth with a time of 25:27.1 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…also earned All-SoCon accolades for the 3,00m and 5,000m indoors and the 5,000m outdoors…finished third with a time of 25:52.0 at the Eye Opener cross country meet…placed sixth in the mile at the Bulldog Indoor Invitational…notched a personal-best time of 2:07.35 in the 800m at the Bulldog Indoor Invitational…finished second in the 3,000m (8:29.79) and third in the 5,000m (14:38.56) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…recorded a personal-best time of 29:43.17 in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays, taking fourth place and qualifying for the NCAA prelims…placed sixth with a personal-best time of 14:02.93 in the 5,000m at the Cardinal Classic, good for sixth place and a spot at the NCAA prelims…finished third in the 5,000m (14:50.88) and fifth in the 10,000m (31:21.07) at the league outdoor meet…honored with the Southern Conference Pinnacle Award, which is given yearly to the individual with the highest GPA on each championship team…named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for track and field…a member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2017-18): Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 5,000m outdoors after posting a personal-best time of 14:10.31 at the Raleigh Relays…finished 42^nd in the event at the NCAA East Preliminaries with a time of 14:55.40…earned a spot on the All-Southeast Region cross country team after placing 25^th with a time of 29:49.2…named to the All-SoCon first team after finishing seventh with a time of 24:22.7 at the league cross country championships…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships...finished second in both the 3,000m (8:17.76) and the 5,000m (14:29.76) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…recorded a personal-best time of 3:50.45 in the 1,500m at the Oregon Twilight meet…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for both cross country and track and field.

Freshman Year (2016-17): Competed in the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries in the 5,000m, where he placed 22^nd with a time of 14:32.62…earned Southern Conference All-Freshman team honors for cross country, indoor (5,000m), and outdoor (5,000m and 10,000m) track…claimed All-SoCon honors with a sixth-place finish at the league cross country meet…placed second with a time of 24:51.7 at the Furman Invitational…finished 28^th at the Southeast Regional Cross Country meet…won the 5,000m title at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…placed fifth with a time of 14:36.7 in the 5,000m at the SoCon indoor meet…finished third in the 5,000m (14:43.9) and seventh in the 10,000m (31:59.0) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…qualified for the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries with a time of 14:10.60 in the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for track and field.

High School:

1,600 meters – 4:13.01

3,200 meters – 8:55.53

5,000 meters – 14:42.38

New Balance Nationals Runner-Up 5,000 meters

NSAF High School All-American

Two-time NXN Nationals Qualifier 

USATF World Youth Track and Field Champion – 3,000 meters

9th at 2015 World Youth Championships – 3,000 meters

Took runner-up honors with a personal-best time of 14:42.38 in the 5,000m at the prestigious New Balance National Track and Field Championships...represented Team USA at the international level at the 2015 Youth World Championships...won the 3,000m at the USATF World Youth Track and Field Trials...placed eighth at the IAAF World Youth Championships....joins high school teammate Jake Odgen on the Paladin team.