2025 Men's Cross Country Roster
Long, Connor
Connor Long
- Hometown:
- Whitehouse, Ohio
- Year:
- Sophomore
Bio
Ohio State Career
Cross Country
Prior to Ohio State
- Ohio State Scholar Athlete (2025)
Cross Country
- Ran in five of six meets (all but NCAA Regionals)
- Posted 8K personal best 24:09.9 at Big Ten Championships, finishing sixth among the Buckeyes and 86th overall
- Fifth for the Buckeyes and eighth overall at Akron's Tommy Evans Invitational in first collegiate meet
- Also raced at Minnesota, Loyola and Wisconsin
Indoor
- Ran a leg on the winning distance medley relay squad (9:55.98) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Was the 3000m runner-up (8:17.26) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished fourth in the mile (4:10.93) at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic
- Also ran the mile (4:16.18) at the Crossroads of America Invite
- Wrapped up his season in the 3000m (8:25.87) at the David Hemery Valentine Invite
Outdoor
- Did not compete
Prior to Ohio State
- First Team All-Ohio honoree in cross country, indoor and outdoor track
- Three-time state qualifier in cross country, with best finish eighth
- Won a regional championship and two district titles in cross country and a track regional crown
- Three-time outdoor track state qualifier, including a seventh-place finish
- Two-time indoor track state qualifier, including a runner-up finish
- Also wrestled and played soccer
- New Balance Outdoor Nationals All-American after a third-place finish at in the steeplechase
- PRs: 3200m (8:57, first in Ohio in 2024); 1600m (4:08.7); steeplechase (5:52, third in the United States in 2024)
- Graduated second in his class at Anthony Wayne High School, with Summa Cum Laude recogition
- Governor's Merit Scholar and a BCSN Scholar
- Son of Kelly Long, who attended Bowling Green and has a sibling, Brendan, who attends Toledo
- Health sciences major and plans to become a physical therapist
- Enjoys playing video games and pickleball and is learning to play guitar
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