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University of Southern Indiana Athletics

2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Kraedyn Young

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown North Vernon, IN
  • Highschool North Vernon
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

USI CAREER RANKINGS
• Wrapped up the 2025 cross country season ranked No. 24 in the 8k.
• Finished the 2025-26 indoor campaign ranked No. 4 in the 800 meters, No. 5 in the mile, No. 6 in the 3,000 meters and No. 2 in the distance medley relay.
• Set indoor freshman records in the mile and the 3,000 meters.
• Completed the 2026 outdoor campaign ranked No. 2 in the 1,500 meters and tied for No. 9 in the 800 meters.
• Recorded outdoor freshman records in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters.
 
2025-26
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
• Named the OVC Freshman of the Year.
• Appeared in five meets, running in the top seven for the Screaming Eagles four times.
• Finished 39th at the OVC Championships and 113th at the NCAA I Great Lakes Region Championships.
• Carded a top placement of 24th at the Angel Mounds Invitational.
2025-26 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Won the conference title in the mile at the OVC Indoor Championships.
• Also helped USI’s DMR to a second-place showing at the OVC Indoor Championships.
• Ran the 800 meters, the mile, the 3,000 meters and the DMR throughout five meets.
• Ranked second in the OVC in the 3,000 meters and the distance medley relay, was fourth in the mile and 10th in the 800 meters.
• Set USI freshman records in the mile and the 3,000 meters.
2026 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Captured the conference crown in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
• Also earned a second podium finish with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
• Participated in the 800 meters, the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters throughout seven meets.
• Ranked No. 1 in the OVC in the 1,500 meters, No. 2 in the 5,000 meters and No. 17 in the 800 meters.
• Finished the year ranked No. 16 in the NCAA I Great Lakes Region in the 1,500 meters and No. 34 in the 5,000 meters.
• Set USI freshman records in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Jennings County High School in North Vernon, Indiana, where he earned All-State honors in the 1,600 meters following an eighth-place finish at the IHSAA Track & Field Championships.
• Was an IATCCC Class 3A first-team All-State honoree following a 194th-place finish at the IHSAA Cross Country Championships.
• Earned IATCCC Class 4A honorable mention All-State honors after finishing 44th at the 2023 IHSAA Championships.

Career Results