The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Rory Tunningley
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 130
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- High School:
- Lockhart
| EXPERIENCE | |
| Cross Country | Junior |
| Indoor | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Outdoor | Redshirt Sophomore |
| CAREER BESTS | |
| Indoor Mile | 4:16.18 |
| Indoor 5,000m | 14:26.38 |
| Outdoor 5,000m | 15:17.06 |
| Outdoor 10,000m | 33:49.27 |
OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Redshirted
INDOOR (SOPHOMORE):
• Finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the UT vs. Texas A&M Dual Meet in a time of 14:44.31
CROSS COUNTRY (SOPHOMORE):
• Placed ninth at the South Central Region Championships in a time of 31:12.10 (10K)
• Clocked a 25:33.21 8K time at the Big 12 Championships to a team-best 16th-place finish
• Took ninth place at the Princeton Invitational in a time of 25:18.00 (8K)
• Was UT[apos]s top finisher at the four-mile Hurricane Invitational, placing 16th in a time of 21:08.00
2008-09
OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
• Finished 19th in the 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships in a personal-best 33:29.47
• Ran a personal best in the 5,000 meters, clocking a 15:17.06 to finish 13th at the Texas Relays
INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
• Clocked a personal-best 14:26.38 to finish fifth in the championship 5,000 meters at the New Balance College Invitational
• Ran a personal-best mile time of 4:16.18 to finish ninth at the UT vs. Texas A&M Dual Meet
CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN)
• Was UT[apos]s sixth finisher at the NCAA South Central Region Championships in 32:48.9 (10K)
• Finished fourth for UT and 47th overall at the Big 12 Championships in 25:39.1 (8K)
• Won his first ever cross country meet, the Texas State Invitational, in 25:46.0 (five miles)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Helped lead his team to four consecutive top five finishes at the state cross country championships
• Two-time state champion and six-time all-state
• Claimed the state title in the 3,200 meters (9:13.29) as a senior
• Finished eighth in the 1,600 meters (4:37.28) at the state meet
• Won the 3,200 meters (9:12.37) at the region 4-4A meet
• Claimed the district 26-4A 3,200 meter title in 9:22.74
• Also was the state champion in cross country and earned All-America honors as a senior
• Finished 19th in the 5,000 meters (15:45.0) at the Foot Locker Nationals
• Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters (15:08.0) at the Foot Locker South Regional
• Earned a second-place finish in the 3,200 meters (9:18.24) at the state meet as a junior
PERSONAL
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... son of Kirk and Paige Tunningley ... has one sibing, Noah ... was president of the German Glub ... participated in highway cleanup projects ... interested in studying kinesiology.
