Bio

Honors & Awards

• A-R-C Outdoor Track Co-MVP (2023)
• A-R-C Indoor Track MVP (2023)
• All-American cross country performer
• 7x national track and field qualifier
• 2x national cross country qualifier
• 12x all-region track and field performer
• 3x all-region cross country performer
• 5x conference champion in track and field
• 11x all-conference track and field performer
• 3x all-conference cross country performer
• 4x USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual (2019, 2021-23)
• 3x A-R-C Runner of the Week in track (5/15/23, 4/24/23, 2/27/23)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
• SC ESPY Record-Breaking Performer of the Year (2021-22)
• SAAC Male Athlete of the Year (2020-21)
• Two-time All-A-R-C Academic Team (2021-22)
• Two-time Team MVP (2022-23)
• Team Co-MVP (2019)
• Four-year letterwinner (2020-23)

2022-23 | senior

• Became the first Simpson athlete in school history to win the indoor and outdoor track MVP's at the conference championships.
• Won all four races he contested at the indoor and outdoor conference championships.
• Named USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region in four separate events (two indoor, two outdoor).
• Broke his own school record and the conference record in the indoor 5,000 meters in a time of 14:07.35 at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
• Set new school records in the outdoor 5,000 meters (14:04.83) and the 10,000 meters (29:27.19) less than a week apart.
• Set the school record in the indoor mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invite in a time of 4:08.77.
• Broke the previous facility record en route to winning the indoor 3,000 meters at the conference championships in a time of 8:19.11.

2021-22 | junior

• Named USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region in the indoor 3K and 5K and outdoor 1500m, 5K and 10K
• Won SC ESPY Record-Breaking Performer of the Year accolades
• Earned All-A-R-C Academic honors and was named an USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
• Clocked a top-10 finish in the 3K at the NCAA DIII Indoor Championships 
• Broke a 1986 school record in the outdoor 1500-meter run with a time of 3:47.87 at the Dr. Tucker Open
• Lowered his own program record in the outdoor 5K with a time of 14:18.76 at the UW-Platteville inviational
• Ran his first career indoor 5K and broke a 1985 school record with a time of 14:22.41
• Reset his own program record in the 3K twice, once at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (8:18.61) and again at the Bearcat Invite (8:15.14)
• Placed second in the 3K at the A-R-C Indoor Championships for all-conference recognition
• Anchored the indoor distance medley relay that earned all-conference honors 
• Won the 5K at the A-R-C Outdoor Championships in 14:53.00, Simpson's first distance champion since 2012
• Earned all-conference honors in outdoor 10K with a third place finish

2020-21 | sophomore

• Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors
• Named SAAC's Male Athlete of the Year
• All-A-R-C Academic Team
• Named USTFCCCA All-Central Region in the outdoor 1500m and 5000m as well as indoor DMR
• Placed 13th in the 5K at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships (Simpson's first distance qualifier since 1996)
• Broke a 37-year-old school record in the 5K at Simpson's Kip Janvrin Open with a time of 14:26.13
• Tallied all-conference honors in the indoor distance medley relay, outdoor 1500m, and outdoor 10,000m
• Ended the year with school records in the 3,000- and 5,000- meter races, and was a part of the record-setting DMR squad
• Won the outdoor 1500m at the Dr. Tucker Open and the indoor mile at the Dubuque/Loras Triangular

2019-20 | freshman

• Named team's co-MVP
• Broke a 32-year-old school record in the 3000m with a time of 8:34.45
• Missed out on two all-conference honors with fourth-place results in the mile and 4x800 at the championships
• Won the mile at both the Spartan Invitational and Wartburg Select Invitational

High School

• A 2019 graduate of South Central Calhoun High School
• Most Valuable Athlete junior and senior year
• Member of National Honor Society

Personal

• Son of Ellen O'Loughlin
• Majoring in business analytics and data

Updated 1/23/2024