Bio

Honors & Awards

• 3x NCAA Division III All-American
  • o First Team All-American (outdoor 110 hurdles, 2023)
    o Second Team All-American (indoor 60 hurdles, 2024; outdoor 110 hurdles, 2024)
• 4x NCAA Qualifier
• 5x All-Region
• 6x All-Conference
• 2x School Record Holder
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-American (2024)
• 3x USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual (2022, 23, 24)
• 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 24)
• 2x A-R-C Men’s Track Performer of the Week (1/30/23, 4/8/24)
• 4x All-A-R-C Academic Team (2021-24)
• 5x Letterwinner (2020-24)

2024 | fifth-year

• Earned Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships
• Ran a 14.53 in the 110 meter hurdles in the outdoor event to place 16th and an 8.22 to take 13th in the indoor championships
• Became the first athlete in school history to break eight seconds in the 60 meter hurdles with a 7.95 at the David Hemery Invitational, tied for the 12th-fastest time in DIII history
• Collected three total all-conference honors on the year, highlighted with a silver medal in the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.05
• Garnered all-region accolades in the 60 meter hurdles and 110 meter hurdles
• Anchored the outdoor 4x400 meter relay at the Wartburg Triangular to a time of 3:14.86, the sixth-fastest in school history

2023 | senior

• Became Simpson’s first track and field All-American since 2018 after finishing seventh in the final of the 110 meter hurdles (14.47) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships
• Qualified for the outdoor national championships with a career-best 14.43 at the Augustana Midwest Qualifier, the fourth-fastest time in school history
• Named USTFCCCA all-region in the indoor 60 meter hurdles and the outdoor 110 meter hurdles
• Finished in third place in the 60 meter hurdles final at the conference indoor championships in 8.17, earning his second all-conference honor
• Also took home the bronze and his third all-conference award n the 110 meter hurdles in the conference outdoor championships in 14.69
• Clocked a time of 8.12 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles at the Wartburg Qualifier, just .01 seconds off the school record
• Overall, won six races across the 60 meter and 110 meter hurdles on the year

2022 | junior

• Part of the distance medley relay team that set a school record with a time of 10:08.63 at the A-R-C Indoor Championships, earning all-conference honors with a third-place finish
• Won the 110 meter hurdles at the Simpson-Central Dual in a career-best 14.48, the fourth-fastest time in school history
• Opened his season by winning the indoor 300 meters in 35.64 at the Dutch Holiday Preview, the second fastest time in school history
• Also won the 60 meter hurdles at the same event in a career-best 8.29, the fifth-fastest time in school history

2021 | sophomore

• All-A-R-C Academic Team
• Won two 60-meter hurdle titles during the indoor season
• Anchored the 4x100 relay that captured first at the Central-Nebraska Wesleyan-Simpson Triangular
• Finished first in the 110 hurdles at the Dr. Tucker Open
• Was a member of both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that narrowly missed all-conference recognition with two fourth-place finishes at the outdoor league championships

2020 | freshman

• Won his first collegiate event at the Dutch Athletics Classic, clocking a 8.77 in the 60-meter hurdles
• Outdoor season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

High School

• A 2019 graduate of Indianola High School
• Three-year varsity track and field
• State qualifier in high jump and shuttle hurdle senior year
• Two-year varsity show choir
• Member of NHS

Personal

• Son of David and Terra Cleveland
• Has two siblings, Brinley and Leo
• Majoring in human services, psychology and religion