NIL OPPORTUNITIES
CROSS COUNTRY
2024
• Placed 19th overall at the Southern Conference Cross Country Championships.
• Set a PR in the 10k at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships and placed 121st.
• Topped his best performance in the 8k at the Georgia Tech Cross Country Invitational and placed 13th.
• Recorded a PR in the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational 4-mile and placed 21st.
2024
• Competed in the 8k at the SoCon Confrence Cross Country Championship
• Competed in NCAA Dvision I South Region Cross Country Championships, recorded a personal best time of 35.17.4 for the 10-kilometer event
• Posted a PR time in the 4-mile and finished 11th overall at the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational
• Finished eighth at the UTC Home Meet, helping the Mocs to a first place finish
• Recorded a PR time of 25:41.5 in the 8-kilometer at the Southern Showcase.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
2026
• Set a PR in the 1500 meter at the Outdoor Music City Challenge.
• Started the season with a PR in the 5000 meter at the Lee University Invitational and placed sixth overall.
• Ran a PR time in the 800 meter at the Lee University Fast Break Athletics Invitational.
2025
• Posted a PR in the 1500 meter at the Lee University Invitational
ACADEMICS
UTC Dean’s List: Spring 2026, Fall 2024
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll: Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
NACA Middle School Champion, 2019 and course record holder ... placed third at the 20223 Front Runner Athletic Championship ... Top 15 at the Louisville Cross Country Classic ... Runner-Up at the 2023 Cherokee Farms Invitational ... finished sixth at the 2023 Victor Ashe Park Fall Classic ... placed third at the 2023 Magnum Mile Invitational and the 2023 Front Runner 1600 meter ... claimed the 2022 Burnett Invitational title ... Classical scholar.
PERSONAL
Ian McMurtry Etheridge ... son of Ben and Cheri Etheridge ... born October 13, 2005 in Searcy, Ark. ... mother Cheri ran cross country and track for Harding Univerity from 1996-2000 ... won the Harding University’s Berryhill Award in 1999 ... LSC Academic All-Conference all four years ... GTE Academic All-America District VI ... all-conference all four years as a member of the cross country team ... siblings Sydney and Finlay.
