Completed Event: Men's Cross Country versus NCAA Championship on November 22, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Men's Cross Country
(No Team Score)
vs NCAA Championship
South Dakota State University Athletics
2025 Men's Cross Country Roster
Will Harder
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rosemount, Minn.
- High School:
- Rosemount H.S.
- Pronunciation:
- Will Har-der
CAREER RESULTS:
(Cross Country PBs)
8K - 26:33.1
4 MILE - 19:59.6
2025-26:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meets... Opened the season with a four mile personal record time of 19:59.6 to take 52nd at the Augustana Twilight (9/5)... PRed at the Dordt University Holiday Inn Express Classic with an 8K time of 26:33.1 to take 80th (10/11)... Rounded out the year with a top-25 finish with an 8K time of 26:40.7 at the Mount Marty XC Invite (10/23).
2024-25:
OUTDOORS:Â Competed in five meets... PRed in the 5000m at 15:27.90 to take 20th at the USD Early Bird (4/5)... Followed up with another PR, this time in the 1500m with a time of 4:10.67 to land in the top 10 at the St. Thomas East Invite (4/17)... Rounded out the season with an eighth-place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:18.24 at the USD Twilight (5/9).
INDOORS: Competed in four meets... Ran the 3000m in 8:49.52 to finish 21st at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/14)... Placed in the top ten in the 3000m with a tim eof 9:13.15 at the SDSU Last Chance Meet (2/21).
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in three meets across the season...Clocked a 27:54.2 8K time at the SDSU Classic to finish 64th (10/4)... Posted his 8K personal record at the Drews/Neubauer Invitational with a time of 27:33.9 (10/19).
2023-24:
OUTDOORS: Did not compete
INDOORS: Competed in five meets, he ran a season best of 8:57.22 in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU D2/NAIA Meet. He ran a season best of 4:29.78 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni meet.
CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted.  Ran 27:28 at the St. John’s Fall Finale unattached.
BEFORE SDSU: Four-sport athlete in high school…four-time All-South Suburban conference honoree in XC and T/F…two-time All-State Cross Country selection…member of the 2023 State Track Championship team and 2022 State Cross Country Runner-Up team…three-time Academic All-State Cross Country recognition…National Honor Society and ‘A’ Honor Roll student
(Cross Country PBs)
8K - 26:33.1
4 MILE - 19:59.6
2025-26:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meets... Opened the season with a four mile personal record time of 19:59.6 to take 52nd at the Augustana Twilight (9/5)... PRed at the Dordt University Holiday Inn Express Classic with an 8K time of 26:33.1 to take 80th (10/11)... Rounded out the year with a top-25 finish with an 8K time of 26:40.7 at the Mount Marty XC Invite (10/23).
2024-25:
OUTDOORS:Â Competed in five meets... PRed in the 5000m at 15:27.90 to take 20th at the USD Early Bird (4/5)... Followed up with another PR, this time in the 1500m with a time of 4:10.67 to land in the top 10 at the St. Thomas East Invite (4/17)... Rounded out the season with an eighth-place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:18.24 at the USD Twilight (5/9).
INDOORS: Competed in four meets... Ran the 3000m in 8:49.52 to finish 21st at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/14)... Placed in the top ten in the 3000m with a tim eof 9:13.15 at the SDSU Last Chance Meet (2/21).
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in three meets across the season...Clocked a 27:54.2 8K time at the SDSU Classic to finish 64th (10/4)... Posted his 8K personal record at the Drews/Neubauer Invitational with a time of 27:33.9 (10/19).
2023-24:
OUTDOORS: Did not compete
INDOORS: Competed in five meets, he ran a season best of 8:57.22 in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU D2/NAIA Meet. He ran a season best of 4:29.78 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni meet.
CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted.  Ran 27:28 at the St. John’s Fall Finale unattached.
BEFORE SDSU: Four-sport athlete in high school…four-time All-South Suburban conference honoree in XC and T/F…two-time All-State Cross Country selection…member of the 2023 State Track Championship team and 2022 State Cross Country Runner-Up team…three-time Academic All-State Cross Country recognition…National Honor Society and ‘A’ Honor Roll student
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