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2024-25 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

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Sun Belt

Ethan Blackwelder

  • Class Senior
  • Event Cross Country/Distance
  • Hometown Jersey City, N.J.
  • High School St. Peters

Biography

    CCU Personal Bests   
 Cross Country
 5K       19:02.3
 8K       26:02.9
 10K       34:23.9
 Outdoor
 800-meters        2:07.39
 1500-meters        4:10.89
 3000-meters        9:29.46
 5000-meters      15:49.91
 3000-meter steeplechase          9:42.14


ETHAN BLACKWELDER TFRRS PAGE

2024 (Redshirt Senior)
Cross Country
  • Participated in four events
  • Finished fourth in the Chanticleer Challenge 8k with a personal-best time of 26:02.9
  • Recorded a 10th-place finish in the 6k at the Charleston Southern Buccaneer Open 

2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Cross Country
  • Competed in four of the six cross country meets during the 2023 fall season
  • His personal-best time of the season came in the 6k of the Adidas XC Challenge where he finished with a 19:19.5 time 
  • His highest placement of the season came in the 6k of the Buccaneer Open, coming in 28th
  • He capped off his third season with the Chants at the SBC Championship with a 48th place finish and a 28:45 final time

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Outdoor Season
  • Ran in six meets during the outdoor season for the Chants
  • Posted four top-10 individual finishes
  • Raced to a runner-up finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 9:42.14 at the UF Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
  • Finished fifth overall in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:54.52 at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
  • Turned in a personal-best time of 15:49.91 to place ninth in the 5000-meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
  • Recorded a 10th-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:43.60 at the UNF East Coast Relays
  • Posted a time of 4:14.38 in the 1500-meters at the Weems Baskin Relays
  • Finished 14th overall in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 9:49.02

2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Cross Country
  • Ran in four cross country meets on the season for the Chants
  • Posted a season-best 5k time of 19:02.3 at the Carolina Challenge (5k), finishing 23rd overall
  • Placed 35th overall with a season-best 8k time of 26:33.2 at the ECU Pirate Invitational (8k)
  • Also finished 35th overall for the Chants at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships (8k) with a time of 26:37.4
  • Crossed the finish line with a time of 28:32.6 at the Firetower Project Run (8k)
  • Was the lone finisher for CCU at the 2022 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (10k) with a career-best time of 34:23.9

2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season
  • Competed in four meets over the outdoor season
  • Competed over four events - 800-meters, 1500-meters, 3000-meters, and 3000-meter steeplechase
  • Finished 13th overall in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:00.73 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
  • Posted a season-best time of 9:29.46 in the 3000-meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, placing 15th overall
  • Recorded a season-best time of 4:10.89 in the 1500-meters at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational
  • Placed fifth overall in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a season-best time of 9:56.15 at the USC Open
  • Finished seventh in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:14.16 at the Weems Baskin Relays
  • Also posted a season-best time of 2:07.39 in the 800-meters at the Weems Baskin Relays

2021 (Freshman)
Cross Country
  • Did not compete for the Chanticleers

High School
  • Ranked as the No. 1 freshman in Dade County in 2017
  • Turned in the fifth-fastest time among all runners in the state of New Jersey in 2020
  • Also lived in Bay Harbor Isles, Fla., and Princeton, N.J.
  • Born in Manhattan, N.Y.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Cross Country/Distance
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Cross Country/Distance
  • 2023-24Junior

    Cross Country/Distance
  • 2024-25Senior

    Cross Country/Distance