Honors: 2021 second-team All Big Ten in cross country ... 2021 All-Region in cross country ... Academic All-Big Ten in cross country in 2018, 2019 and 2020 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in cross country in 2019 and 2020 ... 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in track ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in track in 2020 and 2021
| Personal Bests |
| Cross Country |
Indoor Track |
Outdoor Track |
| 8K |
23:26.1 |
10/1/21 |
Mile |
4:10.05 |
1/31/20 |
5000 meters |
13:37.21 |
6/3/21 |
| 10K |
30:03.8 |
11/20/21 |
3000 meters |
7:59.39 |
1/21/22 |
10,000 meters |
28:49.48 |
4/16/21 |
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5000 meters |
13:59.47 |
2/15/20 |
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TFRRS Profile
2022 Outdoor Track: Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters in 14:15.44 and sixth in the 10,000 meters in 29:11.99 at the Big Ten Championships (May 13-15) ... inished 27th in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational (April 1) in 29:09.42 ... placed 11th in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays (April 23), crossing in 13:47.50
2022 Indoor Track: Won the 3000 meters in a personal best time of 7:59.39 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan.21)
2021 Cross Country: Placed sixth in the 8k in a personal best time of 23:26.1 at the Louisville Classic (Oct.1) ... finished 13th in the 5.2 miles in 25:14.3 at the Big Ten Championships (Nov.12) ... came in 23rd in the 10k in 30:16.0 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov.12) ... placed 84th in the 10k in a personal best time of 30:03.8 at the NCAA Championships (Nov.20)
2021 Outdoor Track: Qualified for the West Preliminary Round (May 26-29) in the 10,000 meters, finishing 24th in 30:07.36 ... placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) in 29:11.49 ... also took fifth in the Big Ten 5000 meters in 13:57.55 ... ran a personal best of 28:49.48 in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Invite #3 (April 16) ... competed in the Stumptown Twilight (June 3), running a personal best of 13:37.21 in the 5000 meters to place fifth
2021 Indoor Track: Placed third in the 5000 meters at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13) in 14:08.4 ... finished 15th in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27) in 14:13.17
2020-21 Cross Country: Ran unattached and finished sixth at the Parkside Ranger Invitational (Oct. 3) in 24:23.3 ... competed unattached and placed 12th at the XC Town Meet of Champions (Nov. 14) in 24:13.2 ... finished 24th at the Big Ten Championships (Jan. 30) in 24:41.4 ... top Badger finisher at the NCAA Championship (March 15), finishing 58th in 31:04.3
2020 Indoor Track: Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in a personal best of 8:11.80 ... finished 12th in his heat of the 5,000 meters in 13:59.47 at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15) ... placed 13th in the 5,000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 29) in 14;13.09
2019 Cross Country: Finished 11th overall and third for the Badgers at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 28) in 25:29.56... finished 97th in the 5-mile race at the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 4) in 24:42.3... finished 153rd at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18) in 25:00.2 ... finished 27th overall and sixth for the Badgers at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 3) in 24:43.8... placed 20th overall and third for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) in 30:47.8 ... placed 167th overall and fifth for the Badgers at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 23) in 32:31.8
2019 Outdoor Track: Finished 23rd overall in the 10,000 meters in 29:31.11 at the Stanford Invitational (3/29)
2019 Indoor Track: Competed unattached, winning the 3000 meters in 8:26.24 at the Red & White Classic (2/15)
2018 Cross Country: Finished 29th overall and seventh for UW at the Big Ten Championship (10/28) in 24:26.0 ... placed 86th overall and third for UW at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals meet (10/13), crossing the line in 24:55.7 ... finished 110th overall and sixth for Wisconsin at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28) in 24:32.5.
2018 Outdoor Track: Redshirt season
2018 Indoor Track: Redshirt season
2017 Cross Country: Redshirt season ... finished 60th overall and third for the Badgers at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/30) in 24:43.07
High School: 2016 state Class A cross country champion in a course record of 15:04, leading his team to the state title ... 2016 runner-up at the NXR Heartland Regional Championships ... finished third at the 2016 Foot Locker National Championships ... placed fourth at the 2016 NXN Nike Cross Nationals ... 2017 state Class A champion in the 3200 meters and runner up in the 1600 meters ... 2017 3200-meter champion at the Big River Running Series Championships ... placed fourth in the 1600 meters at the 2017 Midwest Distance Classic ... finished seventh in two mile run at the 2017 Brooks PR Invitational ... placed fourth in the 5000 meters at the 2017 Texas Distance Festival … 2015 state Class A cross country champion ... placed ninth at the 2015 NXN Nike Cross Nationals and Foot Locker Nationals ... 2016 state runner-up in the 3200 meters and placed 13th in the 1600 meters ... finished ninth in the 5000 meters at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals ... crossed the line 10th in the mile at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials-Nike Elite Camp … finished as the runner up at the 2013 state cross country championship ... took second in the 3200 meters and 13th in the 1600 meters at the 2014 state track championship ... member of the National Honor Society ... high school coaches were Max Kurz and Colin Johnston
Personal: Parents are Todd and Liz Hirsch ... two siblings Sidney and Sam ... sister Sidney competed in cross country and track at Wichita State ... born May 20 ... majors are business: risk management and insurance, and business: finance, investment and banking
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose Wisconsin because of its fantastic mix of academics and athletics, and the strong team culture that had been put in place by the athletes before me."
