2023 Cross Country Roster
Apperson, Austen
Austen Apperson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Adna, Washington
- High School:
- Adna HS
- Major:
- Masters of Business Administration
- NIL Exchange:
- Austen Apperson
Bio
CAREER HONORS
CROSS COUNTRY
CROSS COUNTRY
7k - 22:13.1
8k - 24:26.9
5 Mile - 24:34.5
INDOOR
800m - 1:53.67
Mile - 4:07.93
3000m - 8:16.76
5000m - 14:17.90
OUTDOOR
800m - 1:53.66
1500m - 3:51.08
5000m - 14:15.82
3000m Steeplechase - 8:46.65
- All-Mountain West (Outdoor - 3,000m Steeplechase)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- 2x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020-21, 2023-24)
- 7x Academic All-Mountain West (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- Honors: Fall Academic All-Mountain West...All-Mountain West (Outdoor - 3,000m Steeplechase)... CSC Academic All-District... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete... Spring Academic All-Mountain West
- Top Highlights: Competed in three races…made his season debut at the USF Cross Country Invitational (Sept. 1) and finished 16th.
- Top Highlights: Participated in five meets…made his season debut at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 2), clocking a personal-best time of 14:17.90 in men’s 5,000-meter…ran a personal-best time in the men’s mile of 4:07.93 at the UW Invite (Jan. 26-27)...also ran a personal-best time in the men’s 3,000-meter at the same meet, clocking a time of 8:16.76…competed in the men’s mile and 3,000m at the Mountain West Championships (Feb. 22-24)
- Top Highlights: Participated in five meets…made his season debut at the Stanford Invitational (March 29), clocking a personal-best time of 14:15.82 in the men’s 5,000-meter…ran a personal-best time in the men’s 1,500-meter in 3:51.08 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 11)...won the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Steve Scott Invitational (April 26)...placed second in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase with a personal-best time of 8:46.65 at the Mountain West Championships (May 9), notching the fourth-fastest time in outdoor program history in the event…highest conference championships finish in the event for the Broncos since 2018…qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field West Preliminary Rounds in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase and placed 38th with a time of 9:17.22
- Honors: Fall and Spring Academic All-Mountain West
- Top Highlights: Competed in three races…made his season debut at the Joe Piane-Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 30)...registered a top-30 finish at the Mountain West Championships (Oct. 28)
- Top Highlights: Made his season debut at the Sharon Colyear Danville-Season Opener (Dec. 3), clocking a personal-best time of 14:21.27 in the 5,000-meter
- Top Highlights: Raced in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 13-15)...recorded a top-10 finish in the 5,000m…placed 11th in the 3000m steeplechase at the MW Outdoor Championships (May 11-13).
- Honors: Fall and Spring Academic All-Mountain West
- Top Highlights: Competed in four races…opened the season with a 12th-place finish at the CSI Classic (Sept. 3)…finished 58th at the Mountain West Championships (Oct. 29)
- Top Highlights: Participated in three meets…opened competition in Boston, Mass., at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 4)…ran a personal-best time of 8:33.15 in the 3,000m at the UW Indoor Preview (Jan. 15)…competed in the 800m at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24-26)…also a member of the seventh-place 4x400m relay team
- Top Highlights: Competed in two meets…opened the season at the Stanford Invitational (April 1-2), racing in the men’s 1,500m…competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays (April 13-16).
- Honors: Spring Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
- Did not compete.
- Did not compete.
- Top Highlights: Made season debut at the Hayward Premiere (April 2-3) in the 5,000-meter...ran the 1,500m at the Oregon Relays (April 23-24) finishing 11th and setting a personal best with a time of 3:51.97...closed sixth and logged a personal best in the 800m with a time of 1:53.66...clocked a 14:43.94 to finish 19th in the 5,000m at the West Coast Relays (April 30)...made collegiate debut in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mountain West Championships (May 13-15) notching a top-10 finish with a time of 9:06.41...finished 20th in the 5,000m.
CROSS COUNTRY
- Top Highlights: Participated in three meets for Boise State…competed at the Bill Dellinger Invitational…top-Bronco finisher in the “B” race at the Nuttycombe Invitational…ran a then personal best at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 25:01.6.
- Top Highlights: Ran as a member of the men’s distance medley relay at the UW Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb.1)…finished second as a member of the men’s 4x800-meter relay at the Jackson’s Nike Boise Indoor Invite (Feb.7-8)…set a personal best in the mile with a time of 4:21.28 (Feb. 14-15)…clocked a personal best in the 800m (1:53.67) at the Mountain West Championships (Feb. 27-29)
- Season canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Apperson comes to Boise State after graduating from Adna High School in spring of 2019…he was the 2B state champion in Cross Country, 800-meter, 1,600m, 3200m and 4x400m his junior year…named 2019 Lewis County Sports Male Athlete of the Year…holds the Adna HS record in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 4x400m and the cross country 5k…served as student body treasurer and president…was on the principals list all four years.
CROSS COUNTRY
7k - 22:13.1
8k - 24:26.9
5 Mile - 24:34.5
INDOOR
800m - 1:53.67
Mile - 4:07.93
3000m - 8:16.76
5000m - 14:17.90
OUTDOOR
800m - 1:53.66
1500m - 3:51.08
5000m - 14:15.82
3000m Steeplechase - 8:46.65
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