Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Augustana Twilight on September 5, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.
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9:00 p.m.
Men's Cross Country
at Augustana Twilight
South Dakota State University Athletics
2022 Men's Cross Country Roster
Minor-Williams, Joseph
Joseph Minor-Williams
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- Washburn H.S.
- Pronunciation:
- Sr.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
HONORS:
- Summit League XC Athlete of the Year (2019)
- Summit League XC Championship MVP (2019)
- Summit League XC New Comer of the Year (2018)
- Summit League Newcomer of the Outdoor Track and Field Championships (2019)
2022-23:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in 6 races…Finished 2nd at the Summit League Championships…It was his 5th all league performance…Helped the team to their 7th consecutive league title…His best 8k of the season was his 24:23.8 clocking at the Weis Crocket Invite at Oklahoma State…He earned all-Midwest Region honors with a 24th place finish in a time of 30:08.2 for 10,000 meters.
2021-22:
OUTDOOR: Open the outdoor season with a PB of 29:33.71 in the 10,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays. He finished 2nd in the 10,000 meters and 6th in the 5000 meters at the Summit League Championships.
INDOOR: He finished 4th at the Husker Invitational 3,000 meters in a time of 8:15. Finished second in the 5,000 meters at the SDSU Classic in a time of 14:17.88. He won the Summit League championship in the 5,000 meters with a meet record time of 14:12.33 and he also finished 3rd in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:12.31.  Â
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 6th at the Summit League Championships helping the team to their 6th straight league title with a time of 24:58.3 for 8000 meters. He finished 41st at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 31:28.5. He open the season with a 5th place finished at the Augustana Twilight 4 mile race with a time of 19:47.
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Appeared in five meets participating in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters...crowned the champion in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:18.55...was runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with a time of 14:36.18...added a seventh place effort at the Drake Relays in the 5,000 meters with a personal best time of 14:08.40...the 5,000 meter time jumped Minor-Williams to seventh fastest in SDSU history.
INDOOR: Competed in three meets participating in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...grabbed the individual title in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Indoor Championships with a time of 14:30.82...added a fourth place finish in the 5,000 meters at the SDSU indoor Classic with a personal best time of 14:25.74.
CROSS COUNTRY: Led the Jackrabbits at the Summit League Championships with a runner-up 8K effort of 25:01.5 aiding the low 22-point team total.
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2019-20:
OUTDOOR: Season Canceled.
INDOOR: He finished second in the 5,000 meters right behind teammate Micah Mather at the Summit League Championships...also contributed team points with an 8th place finish in the 3000 meters... ran a personal best of 14:30.09 for 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/14) which is 10th in school history... His personal best for 3,000 meters of 8:22.54 came at the Husker Invite (2/8) which is 9th in school history.
CROSS COUNTRY: Won the Summit League Cross Country Championship leading the team to a perfect team score of 15 in a time of 24:43.6...finished 28th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 31:38 for 10,000 meters... personal best time for 8k came at the Pre-National Meet meet in Terre Haute, Ind. with a time of 24:32.8 to finish 63rd... also had a top-20 finish at the Roy Griak Invitational (17th) with a time of 25:11.7.
2018-2019:
OUTDOOR: He won the 5000 meters (14:34.98) and finished second in the 10000 meters (31:23.03) at the Summit League Championships... earned the league’s Newcomer of the Year award for his efforts... ran a personal best and SDSU freshman record in the 10000 meters in a time of 30:18.34 at the Drake Relays to finish 5th. Ran personal bests in the 5000 meters at the Mike Fanelli Distance Classic on 3/29 (14:38.75) and Bryan Clay Invite on 4/17 (14:36.75).
INDOOR:Â Finished second in the 5000 meters (14:43.53) and 5th in the 3000 meters (8:26.54) with personal best times at the Summit League Championships. Those times are also the best ever first year marks in those events in SDSU history... Ran 8:27.90 for 3000 meters for a 6th place finish at the Husker Invite (2/2).
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran a season best 8k time of 25:38.6 at the Summit League Championships to finish 8th and help the Jacks to a third straight league title... Finished 57th at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet to help the team to a 10th place finish... finished 44th at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 25:41.0
BEFORE SDSU: Helped his team place runner-up in the Minnesota state cross country championships in 2015 - the best team-finish while Minor-Williams was there ... also placed eighth in the state cross country championships in 2017 and third at the 2018 track and field championships in the 3,200m ... had PR’s of: 800m (2:00), 1,600m (4:23), 3,200m (9:11), 5k (15:21) ... a member of the school’s academic honor roll.
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