Miles Combs
Miles Combs
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Indianola, Iowa
  • High School:
    Indianola

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Five-time letterwinner (2020, 21, 22, 23, 24)
  • Team Most Improved Runner (2023)
2024 | senior
  • Competed in all six races
  • Recorded a season-high fourth place finish at the Bill Buxton Invitational
  • Ran a season-best 8K time of 25:41.5 at the A-R-C Championships
2022 | junior
  • Participated in four races for the Storm
  • Set a career-best in the 6k with a time of 22:52.9 at the Bill Buxton Invitational
  • Clocked a career-best in the 8k at the Platte River Rumble, running a time of 29:13.9
2021 | sophomore
  • Ran in five races
  • Finished 37rd overall at the Bill Buxton Invitational with a time of 23:44.3 over 6k
  • Saw his final three 8k races of the year all go under 30 minutes
2020 | freshman
  • Raced in five meets during rookie season
  • Finished in the top 20 among Storm runners in each race
  • Best overall finish on ninth came in the season-opening race against Nebraska Wesleyan 
High School
  • A 2020 graduate of Indianola High School
  • Earned one letter in cross country
  • Tallied three academic letters
Personal
  • Son of Michelle and Scott Wheeler
  • Has three siblings, Tyler, Rebecca and Josh
  • Double majoring in exercise science and business management with a minor in economics

News Mentions

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Combs leads Simpson at regional meet

Senior Miles Combs led the way for the Storm in his final collegiate race, finishing top 50 in a time of 25:49.8.

November 16, 2024

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Cole Leggett earns all-conference honors at the A-R-C Championships

For the fifth straight year, the Simpson men’s cross country team was led by an all-conference performance, this year Cole Leggett earned...

November 2, 2024

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Storm place third at Platte River Rumble

The Simpson men, led by Cole Leggett, finished top-three in Omaha this afternoon.

October 18, 2024

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Storm hold at No. 10 in latest regional ranking

After a week with no action, the Storm men's cross country team retained their spot at 10 in the latest United States Track and Field & Cross...

October 8, 2024

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Leggett earns top 10 finish as Storm take fourth at the Brissman-Lundeen Invite

The top three pack of Cole Leggett, James Johnson, and Miles Combs earned top-15 finishes to headline the Storm’s fourth place finish at the...

September 28, 2024

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Storm men's cross country take third at Les Duke Invite

The freshman wasted no time making an impact in the 8k with James Johnson pacing the Storm with an eighth place finish at the Les Duke Invitationa...

September 14, 2024

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Simpson men's cross country takes Bill Buxton Invite in season opener

The Storm men’s cross country team earned a season-opening victory at the Bill Buxton Invitational on Friday evening, led by Cole Leggett...

August 30, 2024

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Storm men's cross country ranked ninth in preseason regional rankings

Simpson men's cross country was voted ninth in the USTFCCCA preseason rankings.

August 27, 2024