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2021-22 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

Aaron Socha, Georgia Southern Athletics
Aaron Socha, Georgia Southern Athletics
Aaron Socha, Georgia Southern Athletics

Monroe Thompkins

  • Class Junior
  • Event Cross Country/Distance
  • Hometown Conway, S.C.
  • High School Conway

Biography

   CCU Personal Bests   
 Cross Country
 5k      17:42.3   
 8k      25:23.0
 10k      35:20.5
 Indoor
 Mile      5:00.54
 5000-meters    16:36.23
 Outdoor
 Mile      4:42.11   
 3000-meters      9:04.76
 5000-meters    15:43.64
 10000-meters    34.55.96     
 4x400      3:33.14 


MONROE THOMPKINS TFRRS PAGE
 

2021 (Junior)
Cross Country

  • Competed in four meets on the season for the Chanticleers
  • Finished 17th overall at the ECU Pirate Invitational (8k) with a time of 26:00.0
  • Placed 41st overall with a season-best time of 25:23.0 at the Queen City Invite (8k)
  • Recorded a time of 28:11.1 at the Covered Bridge Open (8k) 
  • Competed for the Chants at the 2021 NCAA DI Southeast Regional Championships (10k), finishing with a time of 35:20.5


2021 (Sophomore)
Outdoor Season

  • Competed in six meets on the outdoor season
  • Turned in personal-best times of 9:04.76 in the 3000-meters, 15:43.64 in the 5000-meters, 4:42.11 in the mile run, and 34:55.96 in the 10,000-meters on the season
  • Placed 17th overall in the 10,000-meters with a time of 34:55.96 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Raced to a second-place finish in the 3000-meters with a time of 9:04.76 at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
  • Finished 11th overall in the 3000-meters at 9:20.71 at the CCU Chanticleer Challenge
  • Finished 13th and 14th, respectively, in the mile run (4:42.11) and 5000-meters (15:43.64) at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
  • Also ran the 5000-meters at the Gamecock Invitational and the North Florida Invite
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished first overall at the CCU Chanticleer Challenge with a time of 3:33.14
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 spring semester


2020 (Sophomore)
Cross Country

  • Turned in a time of 29:36.88 at the 2020 GATA Cross Country Classic (8K)
  • Placed seventh overall with a time of 30:12.5 at the 2020 Chanticleer Challenge (8K)
  • Fall of 2020 (3.00-3.49 GPA)


2020 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season (*Season Ended Early Due To Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic*)

  • No competition in the outdoor season
  • Competed unattached in two meets in the indoors season
  • Posted a time of 5.00.54 in the mile run at the Carolina Challenge 
  • Also turned in a time of 16:36.23 in the 5000-meters at the South Carolina Invitational
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for both the 2019 fall and 2020 spring semesters

2019 (Freshman)
Cross Country
  • Competed in five meets on the season
  • Had personal-best times of 17:42.3 in the 5K and 29:22.0 in the 8K
  • Placed 15th in the Coastal Carolina Invitational (5K) with a time of 17:42.3
  • Also finished 48th at the Winthrop/Adidas Cross Country Invitational (8K) with a time of 29:44.8
  • Also ran at the Queen City Invite (8K) (29:22.0), Lehigh Paul Short Run (8K) (29:59.7), and the ECU Pirate XC Invitational (8K) (30:14.0)

High School
  • Earned all-region honors all four years at Conway High School
  • Was a state qualifier during both his junior and senior year
  • Posted personal-best times of 16:33 (5K), 4:47 (school-record - 1600-meters), and 2:03 (800-meters) 
  • A member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, English Honor Society Science Honor Society, and Math Honor Society

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Cross Country/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Cross Country/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Cross Country/Distance
    5'9"