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2015 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Johnnie Guy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palmyra, IN
  • Highschool North Harrison
  • Major Engineering

Biography

OVERALL
Finished his career as USI's all-time leader with 16 All-America honors to go along with a national championship and three first-team Academic All-America awards...won a total of 13 GLVC titles, including three cross country championships, five indoor titles, and five outdoor crowns...was the 2013, 2014, and 2015 GLVC Cross Country Runner of the Year as well as the 2015 GLVC Track Athelte of the Year...was the 2013 Midwest Region Cross Country Runner of the Year as well as the 2015 and 2016 Midwest Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year...was the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week in 2013 and 2015 in addition to being named the USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Week in 2016...earned 21 All-Midwest Region awards and 14 All-GLVC honors...was USI's Male Student-Athlete of the Year in 2013-14 and 2015-16; the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for Cross Country in 2014 and 2015; and the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for Track & Field in 2015 and 2016.

2015-16
OVERALL:
Earned five All-America honors...won four GLVC titles and was named All-Midwest Region seven times...also earned four All-GLVC accolades...collected CoSIDA first-team Academic All-America and Academic All-District IV honors for the third straight year...was the GLVC Runner of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year for cross country...also was the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for track & field...also earned a pair of USTFCCA Runner/Track Athlete of the Week honors as well as seven GLVC Runner/Track Athlete of the Wekk awards. CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-America honors after finishing 23rd at the NCAA II National Championships...also earned All-Midwest Region honors after placing 22nd at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...was the GLVC Runner of the Year as well as the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year after winning the GLVC Championship for the third consecutive year...also collected All-GLVC honors for the third straight year...was undefeated against Division II competition prior to the NCAA II Midwest Region meet, in which he ran despite suffering from flu-like symptoms...posted first-place finishes at the Stegemoller Classic, the UE Invitational, and the Little State competition of the Indiana Intercollegiate...was USI's top finisher in all but one meet...was the GLVC Runner of the Week twice and was the USTFCCCA Division II National Runner of the Week...earned Academic All-GLVC. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Collected first-team All-America honors in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...finished third in the 5,000 meters and sixth in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA II Indoor Championships...earned four All-Midwest Region awards for his efforts in the mile, the 3,000 meters, the 5,000 meters, and the distance medley relay (DMR)...also earned first-team All-GLVC honors in the 3,000 meters and the DMR...won the 3,000 meters and helped USI's DMR to a first-place finish and school-record time at the GLVC Indoor Championships...posted NCAA II provisional times in the mile, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters, and DMR (USI's DMR also qualified for the NCAA II Indoor Championships, though Guy did not compete as he was already competing in two other events)...was named the GLVC Track Athlete of the Week three times and was the USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Week...broke the school-record in the 3,000 meters at the Gladstein Invitational. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned first-team All-America honors in both the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters...finished fourth in the 10,000 meters and fifth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships...posted the nation's top time in the 10,000 meters and the second-fastest time amongst all three NCAA Divisions with his effort at the Payton Jordan Invitational...recorded the second-fastest time in Division II and shattered USI's 17-year old record with his 5,000-meter effort at the Mt. SAC Relays...earned All-Midwest Region honors in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters...earned first-team All-GLVC accolades after winning the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Outdoor Championships...also competed in the 1,500 meters and helped USI's 4x800-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the Bill Smith Challenge...was named the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for indoor and outdoor track & field as well as Academic All-GLVC.

2014-15
OVERALL:
Earned five All-America honors...won four GLVC titles and was named All-Midwest Region five times...also earned four All-GLVC accolades...earned Capital One/CoSIDA first-team Academic All-America and Academic All-District IV honors for the second straight year...was a two-time GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year as well as a two-time GLVC Athlete of the Year. CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-America honors after finishing eighth at the NCAA II National Championships...garnered All-Region honors after finishing fifth at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...was named the GLVC Runner of the Year for the second year in a row as well as All-GLVC after capturing his second straight GLVC title...also was named the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year as well as Academic All-GLVC...was USI's top runner in four meets and its No. 2 finisher in the other three meets...his national championship finish was the second straight year that Guy has finished in the top 10, marking the first time a USI student athlete has finished in the top 10 at nationals since Elly Rono in 1996 and 1997...his GLVC title marked the first time a USI men's runner has captured back-to-back conference championships since Joey Byrne in 2001 and 2002...posted two first-place finishes and two second-place showings...had six top-five finishes and finished no lower than eighth in every race...earned GLVC Runner of the Week honors in September following his second-place finish at the UK Bluegrass Invitational. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned first-team All-America honors in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters...finished second to teammate Tyler Pence in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Championships...was sixth in the 3,000 meters a day later at the national meet...earned All-Midwest Region honors in both events...was named the GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year after winning the 3,000 meters as well as the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Indoor Championships...earned first-team All-GLVC honors in both events...moved into No. 2 all-time at USI in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters...also helped USI's distance medley relay team to an NCAA II provisional qualifying time at the Tom Hathaway Distance Carnival...earned GLVC Track Athlete of the Week honors twice. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned first-team All-America honors in both the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters...finished second to Pence in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA II Championships and fifth in the 5,000 meters two days later at the national meet...was named the Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year after posting the nation's top 10,000-meter time and fourth fastest 5,000-meter mark...earned All-Midwest Region honors in both events...also earned first-team All-GLVC honors in the 5,000 meters after winning the event at the GLVC Championships...was named the GLVC Track Athlete of the Week after posting the second-fastest 10,000-meter time in school history at the Stanford Invitational...also competed in the 1,500 meters at the GLVC Championships, finishing fifth in the event...earned Academic All-GLVC honors and was the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year.

2013-14
OVERALL: Earned a total of four All-America honors and one national championship...won four GLVC titles and was named All-Midwest Region five times...also was named USI's Student-Athlete of the Year...also earned first-team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-America honors after finishing ninth at the NCAA II Championships...earned Midwest Region Runner of the Year honors after winning the NCAA II Midwest Region title...also was the GLVC Runner of the Year after winning the conference title...was named GLVC Runner of the Week twice and was named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week once...earned Academic All-GLVC honors after being USI's top finisher in all but one race...also finished first at the MSU Spartan Invitational and was third at the Greater Louisville Classic. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Captured All-America honors in the 5,000 meters after finishing fourth in the event at the NCAA II Indoor Championships...also was ninth in the 3,000 meters at the national meet...earned All-Midwest Region accolades in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters...also earned first-team All-GLVC honors after winning the 5,000 meters and finishing third in the 3,000 meters at the league meet. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Won the NCAA II national championship in the 10,000 meters...earned All-America honors in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters...finished third in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships after taking the lead into the final lap of the race...is the first USI men's runner since Elly Rono in 1998 to win a national title...earned All-Midwest Region honors in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters...won the 1,500 meters as well as the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Outdoor Championships...earned first-team All-GLVC honors in both events for his efforts...was the GLVC Track Athlete of the Week for his efforts at the Mt. SAC Relays...finished first in the 10,000 meters at the Hillsdale "Gina" Relays...earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2012-13
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed at Purdue during his first collegiate semester. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned All-Midwest Region honors in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters...also earned second-team All-GLVC honors in the 5,000 meters and was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year after finishing second in the 5,000 meters and third in the 3,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...finished ninth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Indoor Championships, finishing the race less than nine seconds away from an All-America honor...was named the GLVC Track Athlete of the Week in early February after setting the USI freshman record in the 5,000 meters...recorded three NCAA II provisional qualifying times in the 3,000 meters and two provisional marks in the 5,000 meters...finished first in the 5,000 meters at the Tom Hathaway Challenge. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned All-America honors in both the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters, making him the fourth USI men's runner to earn two All-America awards in the same outdoor season...finished seventh in the 10,000 meters and eighth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Championships...earned All-Midwest Region honors in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters...also earned second-team All-GLVC honors in the 5,000 meters and was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year after finishing first in the 5,000 meters and third in the 1,500 meters at the GLVC Championships...was third in the 5,000 meters at the Hillsdale "Gina" Relays.

TRANSFER
Spent the fall of his freshman year at Purdue University where he qualified as an individual for the 2012 NCAA Division I National Championships...finished 183rd at the NCAA I Championships with a 10k time of 31:27.6...was 12th at the Great Lakes Region Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, with 10k time of 31:20.00...was 40th at the Big Ten Championships with an 8k time of 24:42.2...had a season-best 8k time of 24:30 at the Adidas Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from North Harrison High School in Ramsey, Indiana, where he was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track...qualified for the state meet his final three seasons in cross country...was the section, conference, and county champion as a junior...was the team captain in cross country as a junior and a senior...named the most valuable runner of the cross country team as a junior...finished 14th in the state cross country meet as a senior and was third in the 3,200 meters at the 2012 IHSAA Track and Field Championships...earned All-State honors as a senior.

PERSONAL
His twin brother Josh also competes for the Screaming Eagles.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Sophomore

  • 2014Junior

  • 2015Senior