Furman University

Owen Shifflett's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2024 SoCon Outdoor Track Freshman of the Year
2024 SoCon All-Freshman Team (5,000m & 10,000m Outdoors)
2024 SoCon All-Freshman Team (3,000m & 5,000m Indoors)

Sophomore Year (2024-25):  Placed sixth with a time of 25:05.6 at the Eye Opener XC meet…recorded a 6K PR of 18:32.2 to finish 20th at the Furman XC Invitational…placed sixth with a 3,000m personal-best time of 8:24.95 at the Clemson Indoor Opener…finished third with a time of 14:42.75 in the 5,000m at the SoCon Indoor Championship…placed second in the 10,000m (31:04.83) and fourth in the 5,000m (14:30.20) at the SoCon Outdoor Championship…placed second in the 5,000m (14:24.03) at the Charlotte 49er Outdoor Classic.

Freshman Year (2023-24):  Honored as the SoCon Outdoor Track Freshman of the Year after scoring 15 points for the Paladins at the meet…won the 10,000m with a personal-best time of 30:57.53 and finished fourth in the 5,000m (14:45.33), earning SoCon All-Freshman Team nods in both events…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team during indoors for the 3,000m (fifth place) and 5,000m (sixth place)… posted a 3,000m PR of 8:25.38 at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Indoor Invitational…finished seventh with a 5,000m personal-best time of 14:22.35 at the Wake Forest Outdoor Invitational.

High School
2019 Nike Cross Country Nationals Team 5th Place Finisher 
2021 Nike Cross Country South East Regional Champion
2021 Virginia High School League Cross Country State Champion 
2020-22 Central Virginia Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year