2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Terry Griffin
Hudson Harkness, Drury Sports Communications
Libby Price, UIS Athletics Communications
Jared McFarlane, GLVC Communications
Terry Griffin

Tyler Harris

  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Springfield, Mo.
  • High School Kickapoo
  • Major Architecture

Biography

Honors
  • 2025 – 10,000-Meter All-Region, Track
  • 2024-25 – Academic All-GLVC
  • 2024-25 – Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar (4.0 GPA, presented by the GLVC)
  • 2024 – All-Region, Cross Country
  • 2024 – DMR Second Team All-GLVC, Track
  • 2024 – All-GLVC, Cross Country
  • 2023-24 – Academic All-GLVC
  • 2023 – All-GLVC, Cross Country
2024-25
Outdoor Track and Field

Placed first in the 10,000 meters (31:10.26) at the GLVC Championship... Broke the school record in the 10,000 meters (29:32.17) at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Season-best 5,000 meters (14:28.11) at the WashU Distance Carnival. 

Indoor Track and Field
Broke the school record in the 3,000 meters (8:23.10) at the Bearcat Invite, placed third... Finished second in the mile (4:12.03) at the Rumble in the Jungle Invitational for the third-fastest in school history... Helped break the school record in the DMR (9:55.10).

Cross Country
First men's cross country runner to represent the program at the NCAA-II National Championship since 2010... Finished 89th out of 261 national qualifiers in the 10,000 meters (31:15.4)... Finished first in the 8,000 meters (25:22.16) at the Springfield Twilight... Season-best 8,000 meters (19:52.30) at the Bearcat Classic.

2023-24
Cross Country

Averaged 3:10 per kilometer in six meets...Ran the third fastest 8,000m in school history (24:47.6) at the UAH Chargers XC Invitational...Ran the second fastest 10,000m in school history (31:39.8) at the NCAA DII Midwest Region...All-Conference Selection

High School
Competed at Kickapoo... Was a three-time All-State cross country finisher... Harris was a member of Kickapoo's 2021 state championship team... Was awarded as the Valedictorian for Kickapoo High in 2023.

Personal
Son of Jeremy and Erica Harris... Born on Dec. 13, 2004... Majoring in Architecture with a minor in Asian Studies.

Personal Preferences
Favorite class: Studio Art
Hobbies: Running, drawing, playing guitar
Favorite app: Apple Weather, Apple Maps
Athlete you most admire: Kyle Keltner 
Person that most inspires you: Erica Harris

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    0 lbs
  • 2024Sophomore

    6'0" 0 lbs
  • 2025Junior

    6'0" 160 lbs