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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

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

Gavin Prior

  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Mattoon, IL
  • Highschool
    Mattoon
  • Major
    Kinesiology

Biography

Career Results

2020-21
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC honors with his seventh-place finish at the GLVC Championships...was sixth at the GLVC East Divisional and four at the season-opening GLVC Triangular...was USI's top finisher at the GLVC Triangular as well as the GLVC Championships and was the Eagles' No. 2 finisher at the GLVC East Divisional.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Racked up a pair of first-place finishes in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season...also competed in the 5,000 meters.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Posted a pair of NCAA II provisional qualifying times in the 10,000 meters as well as another provisional time in the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season...toed the starting line in the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Championships, but did not register a finish in the event...garnered Academic All-GLVC accolades.

2019-20
CROSS COUNTRY:
Earned All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC honors after finishing 14th at the GLVC Championships and 37th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...also finished 163rd at the NCAA II National Championships...finished in the USI's top seven in all of the six meets he competed in and was USI's No. 1 finisher for the Stegemoller Classic where he placed first overall.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned Academic All-GLVC laurels after competing in four meets for USI in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...finished 19th at the GLVC Championships in the 3,000 meters (9:08.31)...also finished 15th at the GLVC Championships in the 5,000 meters (15:32.36).

2018-19
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 35th at the GLVC Championships and 83rd at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...ran in USI's top seven in four of the five meets he competed in.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Posted times in the mile, the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters throughout five meets during the indoor season...finished 19th at the GLVC Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Scored for USI at the GLVC Championships with his eighth-place finish in the 10,000 meters...ran the 5,000 and the 10,000 meters throughout the outdoor season, appearing in five meets.

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY: Appeared in four races, finishing 81st at the GLVC Championships...was 17th in the Silver Race of the Greater Louisville Classic.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Participated in four meets and four events--mile, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters and distance medley relay--during the indoor season...did not compete at the GLVC Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Mattoon High School in Matton, Illinois, where he was a state qualifier for the IHSA Class 2A Cross Country Championships as a junior in 2015.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior