Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Griak Invitational on September 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
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10:00 a.m.
Men's Cross Country
at Griak Invitational
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Micah Mather
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- St. Paul, Minn.
- High School:
- St. Paul Highland Park H.S.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
Honors and Awards:
- Summit League All-Academic Cross Country 2019
- USTFCCCA All-Academic 2019
- Summit League All-League Outdoor 2018
- Summit League Academic Honor Roll Cross Country 2016, Outdoor 2017
2020-21:
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OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
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INDOOR: Did not compete.
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CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
2019-20:
OUTDOOR: Season Canceled
INDOOR: Won the 5000 meters at the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 14:40.02 narrowly beating teammate Joseph Minor-Williams.. ran a 3000 meter personal best at the meet of 8:29.42 to finish 5th in the event. Won the SDSU Indoor Classic 3000 meters with a time of 8:32.56.
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All Region honors after finishing 23rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships leading the Jacks to a program best 4th place finish running 31:31 for 10,000 meters... he finished 2nd at the Summit League Championships running 24:46 for 8k to help the Jacks sweep their way to their fourth straight league title. He won the season opening Bison Open 6k in a time of 18:18.1.
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in seven events ... finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:19.85) and fifth in the 5,000m (15:20.62) at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12), earing all-league honors for the third-place finish - his first-ever career all-league honor ... improved his 5,000m championship finish by two places and mark by 8.44 seconds ... recorded a PR in the 5,000m at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (3/30-31), finishing 69th (14:55.42) - a PR by 33.64 seconds ... added one attempt in the 1,500m on the season at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/18-20), placing 33rd in the AM section (4:03.62) - 3.66 seconds away from his 2017 PR at Bryan Clay (4/13-14) ... had the team’s seventh-best 1,500m mark (21st in the league), third-best 5,000m (seventh), and best 3,000m steeplechase (second in the league, 191st in the NCAA) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... finished fourth (14:50.84) in the 5,000m and seventh (8:32.40) in the 3,000m - both PR’s - at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) ... the 3,000m PR was his third reset of the season, trimming his 2017 PR by 8.94 seconds and the 5,000m mark was his lone attempt of his career indoors (the mark is also his overall PR for IN/OUT) ... added a PR in the mile at the last meet of the regular season, the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), placing third (4:21.32) - his only top-three finish of the season and trimming his PR by 1.61 seconds ... had the team’s fifth-best mile mark (14th in the league), third-best 3,000m mark (seventh), and third-best 5,000m mark (fifth) on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Redshirted ... competed in five events unattached ... ran his lone four-mile race at the Oz Memorial (9/8), finishing third on the team and third overall (20:16.7) ... ran a season-best 8k at the SDSU Classic (9/29), placing third on the team and third overall (25:40.40) ... ranked as his best 8k of his career ... won the Mount Marty (10/21) 8k with a time of 26:05.3.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR:Â Competed in eight events ... ran career bests in the 5000m (15:29.06) and 3000m steeplechase (9:28.76) at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), finishing eighth and fifth, respectively ... posted a career-best 3:59.96 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/13-14), placing 179th out of 269 ... ran a career-best 8:47.76 in the 3,000m at the SDSU/USD Dual (4/8), placing second.
INDOOR:Â Redshirted ... competed in eight events unattached ... ran a season-best 4:22.93 mile at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), placing 30th ... posted a season-best 8:41.34 in the 3,000m at the SDSU Indoor Classic, finishing fifth.
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Â Competed in five events ... ran 32:15.7 in the 10k at the NCAA Midwest Region Championships (11/11), placing 98th ... registered a season-best 26:40.4 in the 8k at The Summit League Championships (10/29), finishing 25th.
BEFORE SDSU: Runner-up finishes at the Minnesota Class AA state cross country meet and the Nike Heartland Regional Championships in 2015 … finished 24th at the 2015 Nike Cross Country Nationals … recorded a top-5k time of 15:03.0 ... personal-best time of 4:24 in the 1,600m … personal-best time of 9:30 in the 3,200m.
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