Troy Reeder''s Personal Bests
Senior Year (2016-17): Repeated as a first team All-American in the 3,000m Steeplechase, placing eighth with a time of 8:38.64 at the NCAA Championships…set Paladin records in the mile (4:02.90) and the 3,000m (8:00.07) indoors…a member of the Paladin DMR team that took the title with a time of 10:05.42 at the league indoor meet…won the mile title at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a time of 4:14.06…posted a season-best time of 4:02.90 in the mile at the Tiger Indoor Tune-Up to set a new Furman record…crossed the line in the 3,000m in 8:00.07 at the Iowa State Indoor Invitational, establishing a new Paladin record…qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries with a time of 8:40.57 in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Stanford Outdoor Invitational, taking fourth place…placed fourth with a time of 3:44.83 in the 1,500m at the Raleigh Relays…finished 13th in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the prestigious Payton Jordan Outdoor Invitational…won the 1,500m (3:46.46) and finished second in the 5,000m (14:39.03) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…finished eighth with a time of 8:44.48 in the quarterfinals of the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminaries, punching his ticket through to the NCAA Championships…posted a 10th-place finish in the semifinals of the 3,000m, crossing the line in 8:43.57…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2015-16): Earned All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships during the outdoor season…led the Paladins with a second-place finish (24:13.8) at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, earning All-SoCon honors…finished 29th with a time of 30:20.8 at the Southeast Regional Cross Country meet…garnered All-SoCon accolades after placing second in the 3,000m (8:17.4) and third in the mile (4:11.4) at the league indoor meet…finished fourth with a time of 14:51.5 in the 5,000m at the SoCon Indoor Championships…posted a season-best time of 4:04.9 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational, placing fifth…set a new Paladin record with a time of 13:59.86 in the 5,000m at the Raleigh Relays to open the outdoor season…won the 1,500m (3:47.2) and finished second in the 5,000m (14:56.5) at the league outdoor meet, capturing All-SoCon honors…placed tenth in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminaries…broke the Paladin record with a time of 8:36.51 in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA Semifinals to place tenth and secure a spot in the finals.
Sophomore Year (2014-15): Earned a spot on the All-SoCon first team after placing second with a time of 24:18.83 at the league cross country championships…garnered all-region accolades after posting a time of 30:29.5 for 14th place at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships…placed third at the Furman Cross Country Invitational…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team during the indoor season for the mile and 5,000m…set a new Furman record with a time of 8:02.73 in the 3,000m at the Iowa State Indoor Classic…won the mile with a time of 4:08.21 at the SoCon Indoor Championships…placed sixth with a time of 14:44.16 in the 5,000m at the league indoor meet.
Freshman Year (2013-14): Honored as the 2013 SoCon Men''s Cross Country Freshman of the Year and named to the All-SoCon first team and the SoCon All-Freshman team after finishing seventh with a time of 25:16.45 at the league championships…placed fourth with a time of 24:04.8 at the Furman Cross Country Invitational…a member of the Furman 4x1500m relay team that set a new Paladin record with a time of 15:45.98 at the Raleigh Relays, breaking the old record of 15:47.52, set in 2012…finished fifth with a time of 4:14.41 in the mile at the Blue Shoes Invitational…posted a time of 4:01.13 to claim ninth pace in the 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…ran 3:59.75 to finish tenth in the 1,500m at the Hokie Twilight meet.
High School: Won the 2013 state championship in the 1,600m as a senior after placing second in the event his junior year...finished third at the 2012 state cross country meet...top prep times: 1,600m (4:07.11), 3,200m (9:07), cross country 5K (15:19.70).
Personal: Troy Lee Reeder was born on August 8, 1994, in Dayton, Ohio...son of Todd and Rita Reeder...is undecided on his major.
