Junior Year (2013-14): Saw action in one cross country meet for the Paladins, finishing 22nd with a time of 15:53.9 at the Western Carolina Invitational 5K…placed seventh with a time of 15:36.15 in the 5,000m to open the indoor season at the Emory Crossplex Invitational…posted a career-best 15:03.91 to claim tenth place in the 5,000m at the UCS Indoor Invitational…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2012-13): Placed sixth with a time of 15:32.4 at the Gene Mullin Cross Country Invitational…opened the indoor season with a third-place finish in the 3,000m (8:44.1) at the Wake Forest Invitational…won the 5,000m with a time of 15:26.1 at the Emory Crossplex Indoors…finished 13th with a time of 15:15.0 in the 5,000m at the league indoor meet…placed tenth in his section of the 5,000m with a time of 15:22.90 at the Duke Outdoor Invitational…finished eighth in the 1,5000m (4:08.53) at the Blue Shoes Outdoor Track Invitational…a member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.
Freshman Year (2011-12): Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Took second place at the state cross country meet his senior season…a teammate of current Paladins Mitchell Lloyd and Jack Miller at Mountain Brook…helped his prep team to state cross country championships three-consecutive seasons…named to the cross country all-state team as a junior and senior…earned all-state honors as a member of the 4x800m relay team his senior season.
Personal: John Emerson Morgan was born on February 2, 1993 in Birmingham, Ala.…son of John and Desiree Morgan…majoring in biology.
