2015-16
2015 XC: Competed a four meets for the Lobos … opened with a scoring effort at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 71st overall (and fourth on the team) with a time of 24:51.5 … scored again a tthe Wisconsin Invitational, placing 139th overall (and fifth on the team) with a time of 24:41.4 … added a scoring performance at the Mountain West Championship, taking 37th in 28:16.58 … ran at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, but did not finish.
2016 Indoors: Did not compete
2016 Outdoors: Ran at six meets, including the NCAA Championships … opened his season with a winning performance in the 800 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, running 1:50.60* … got his first action in the 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, clocking a third-place time of 3:42.09 … took fourth in his race of the 1500 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, running 3:42.30 … won the metric mile at the Mountain West Championships, out-kicking the field on the homestretch for a winning time of 3:50.89 … qualified to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 1500, placing seventh in the 1500 (3:43.67) at the meet to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon … at the NCAA Championships, placed fifth in the prelims via a superb 3:41.08 race, before finishing 10th in the finals in 3:50.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Won the 1500-meter run at the 2015 European Junior Championships, 2015 England Athletics U20 Championships, 2014 Scottish Schools’ and 2015 Scottish Schools’ Championships … took home top honors in the 800 at the 2014 and 2015 Scottish Schools Championships … ran his metric-mile PR of 3:44.12 in a section win at the 2015 BMC Grand Prix … claimed victory in the 1500 and 3000 at the 2014 England Athletics U17 Championships … won the 2014 Scottish National Short Course XC Championships
PERSONAL
Parents are John and Jill Kerr … has one sibling, Jake … favorite food is streak and favorite athlete is Andy Vernon … majoring in exercise science
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
- USTFCCCA First-Team All-American: 2017 (Mile, 1500), 2018 (Mile, 1500)
- USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American: 2016 (1500)
- USTFCCCA Moutain Region Athlete of the Year: 2018 (Outdoor, Indoor)
- USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week: Feb. 6, 2018, April 23, 2018
- All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2017 (Mile), 2018 (Mile, DMR)
- All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2016 (1500), 2017 (800 & 1500), 2018 (1500)
- Mountain West Indoor Champion: 2018 (Mile, DMR)
- Mountain West Outdoor Champion: 2018 (1500)
- Mountain West Track Athlete of the Week: Jan. 24, 2017, April 17, 2017, Feb. April 23, 2018,
- Mountain West Student-Athlete of the Year: 2018
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol