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University of Southern Indiana Athletics

2026 Men's Cross Country Roster

Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications

Layden Wagoner

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Clay, KY
  • Highschool Webster County

Biography

USI CAREER RANKINGS
• Ended the 2025-26 indoor season ranked No. 8 in the mile.
• Finished the 2026 outdoor season ranked No. 4 in the 1,500 meters.
 
2025-26
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
• Competed in one meet during the fall, posting an 88th-place finish at the Angel Mounds Invitational.
2025-26 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Ran in three events (mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters) throughout five meets.
• Earned a pair of podium finishes at the OVC Indoor Championships, including a second-place showing in the 3,000 meters and a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters.
• Completed the regular-season ranked No. 5 in the OVC in both the mile and the 5,000 meters and was ranked No. 8 in the 3,000 meters.
2026 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Raced in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters throughout five meets.
• Scored a podium finish with a second-place showing in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
• Also was ninth in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
• Helped the Eagles form the top-ranked four-man 1,500-meter event squad in the state of Indiana, ranking No. 67 in the nation.
• Ranked No. 3 in the OVC during the regular season in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters.
• Finished season ranked No. 39 in the NCAA I Great Lakes Region in the 1,500 meters.

2024-25
2024 CROSS COUNTRY

• Ran in three meets, running top five for USI in two of those meets and top seven in all three meets.
• Was USI's No. 5 finisher at the OVC Championships as he finished 19th overall.
• Finished 14th at the season-opening Sam Bell Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2024-25 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Scored for the Eagles at the OVC Indoor Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000 meters.
• Raced in four meets and two events (3,000 meters and 5,000 meters) during the indoor season.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2025 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Appeared in five meets, running primarily in the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season.
• Finished ninth in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Championships.
• Posted a personal-best in the 5,000 meters (14:35.85) at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Finished first in the 1,500 meters with a personal-best time of 3:56.38 at the EIU Big Blue Classic.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24
2023 CROSS COUNTRY

• Did not compete.
2023-24 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Did not compete.
2024 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduate of Webster County High School, where he was a four-time state qualifier on the grass and a two-time state qualifier on the track.
• Earned All-State honors as a junior and senior after posting respective finishes of ninth and fifth in 2021 and 2022.
• On the track, Wagoner competed in three events at the 2023 KHSAA Championships after helping WCHS to a seventh-place showing in the 4x800-meter relay at the state meet during his junior year in 2022.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Freshman

  • 2025Sophomore

  • 2026Junior