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Honors
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2026)
Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024; Spring 2024, 2025)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025, 2026)
2025
Indoor: Finished first in the 3000m running 8:20.02 at the Mark Colligan Memorial…Ran 4:13.25, earning ninth in the mile at the Graduate Classic…Contributed to a first-place finish in the distance medley relay (9:48.71) and 10th-place finish in the mile (4:08.90) at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational…Finished 15th in the 3000m at the Big Ten Championships, running 8:21.31, and contributed to an 11th-place finish in the distance medley relay (9:48.68).
2024
Indoor: Placed 21st in the 3000m (8:19.21) and eighth in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Championships…finished 20th in the mile at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 4:12.16…placed sixth in the 3000m (8:21.78) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and in the mile (4:12.69) at the Mark Colligan Memorial…brought in a 3000m win at the Graduate Classic with a time of 8:27.82.
Outdoor: Placed 25th in the 5,000m at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 14:55.80…finished 11th in the 5,000m at the Drake Relays (14:26.60), 31st at the Bryan Clay Invitational (14:18.28) and 29th at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (14:31.34).
Cross Country: Ran a 25:14.80 (137th) at the Big Ten Championships and a 32:14.32 (147th) at the NCAA Midwest Regional…Finished in ninth at the Augustana Twilight with a 4-mile time of 18:46.23…Placed 28th with an 8k time of 25:45.87 at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational…Ran a personal-best 8k time of 24:26.60 to finish 66th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational.
2023
Cross Country: Finished 153rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional (10K, 33:34.0) and 93rd at the Big Ten Championship (8K, 26:41.6)...Placed seventh at the Platte River Rumble with a time of 24:49.0 (8K) and 23rd at the Augustana Twilight with a time of 20:11.4 (4M).
2022
Cros Country: Finished 88th with a time of 26:14.9 at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite.
Before Nebraska
Attended Millard West High School…four-year letterwinner in cross country and track…letter two seasons in swimming…was an all-state and super state selection in cross country and track…helped Wildcats to a runner-up finish at state meet in three of four seasons.
Personal
Parents are Scott and Carol Kirchner…has one sister, Leah…majoring in management.