TFRRS Page
COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Mile – 4:19.94, 3000m – 8:28.95, 5000m – 14:22.69, 10,000m – 30:19.13, 6K (XC) – 18:16.9, 8K (XC) – 26:27.4, 5-Mile (XC) – 25:23.3
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
2x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
5x Academic All-Big Ten (Sp. ’23, F ’22, Sp. ’22, F ’21, Sp. ’21)
2023 Outdoor
Season: Did not compete.
2023 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
2022 Cross Country
Season: Set 6K and five-mile PRs, competing in four meets across the 2022 season.
Dolan Duals (9/2): Placed fifth in the 6K meet with an 18:16.9 PR. Joe Piane Invitational (9/30): Achieved a new five-mile PR with a 25:23.3.
2022 Outdoor
Season: Ran in three meets, including Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Set his 10K PR with a 30:19.13 to finish 20th overall. Penn Relays (4/28-30): Set a 5K PR with a 14:22.69 at the Penn Relays. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15): Ran in 5000m (14:58.28) and 10,000m (31:50.26) at the conference championships.
2022 Indoor
Season: Ran in five events in four meets with two top-five finishes.
Penn State National Open (1/21-22): Set his mile PR with a 4:19.94…Finished fifth in the 5K with a 14:43.92.
2021 Cross Country
Season: Ran in four races, including Big Ten Cross Country Championship.
Dolan Duals (9/2): Finished the 6K in 18:31.0. Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/29): Ran a season-best 26:47.2 in the 5.2-mile race for 77th in the conference.
2021 Outdoor
Season: Ran in three meets during the outdoor season.
Maryland B1G Invite (3/26-27): Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 5000m, going 14:51.03. Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (4/23): Clocked a season-best 14:45.48 in the 5K.
2021 Indoor
Season: Competed in one meet during indoor season.
Nittany Lion Opener (1/16): Made his collegiate track debut with an 8:43.13 in the 3K, finishing seventh overall.
2020 Cross Country
Season: Competed in the 2020 Big Ten Cross Country Championships in January of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Big Ten Cross Country Championships (1/30): Placed 80th in his first Big Ten Championship with an 8K PR of 26:27.4.
2020 Outdoor
Season: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
2019 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs:: 3200m: 9:21, 1600m: 4:23, 3 Mile: 14:56, 5k: 16:04
Earned three varsity letters in track & field and cross country at Arlington High School...Captured Section 1 cross country championships in 2018 after finishing as runner-up in 2017...Was a member of three Section 1 Class A team cross country championships (2016-2018)...Finished fourth in NYS Class A at state cross country meet (2018)...Won Section 1 Class A Indoor/Outdoor 3200m title (2019)...Was a member of DMR team that won Loucks Games championship...Named all-league, all-county, all-section three times in cross country (2016-2018)...Earned all-state honorable mention in 2017 and first team all-state honors in 2018 in cross country...Was a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Son of Lindsey and Kevin Waters...Has two siblings, Liam and Maggie…Chose Penn State because “Penn State had a great balance of everything I was looking for in a school, mainly the strong engineering program, opportunity to run, and campus atmosphere.”…Graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering...Born in New York.
Freshman2019
Junior2021