2022-23 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster

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Charles Harders

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Western Springs, Ill.
  • High School Lyons Township

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
  • Honorable Mention All-American (2023 outdoor) in steeplechase
  • Earned Academic All-MAC honors in four different years
  • Took first place in steeplechase at MAC Outdoor Championships three years in a row
  • Has competed in both NCAA East Prelims (track) and NCAA regionals (cross country)
  • Recognized as a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
  • Honored with MAC Medal of Excellence in 2022
  • Ranks second in steeplechase in program history
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete in 2023
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors after finishing with 23rd-fastest steeple time at NCAA Outdoor Championships (9:01.4)
  • Finished with the fifth-fastest steeplechase time (outdoor) at NCAA East Prelims (8:40.97) to set a new PR
  • Claimed steeplechase title for third straight year at MAC Outdoor Championships, setting a new facility record of 8:53.32
  • Finished second in 1500m (3:46.46) at MAC Outdoor Championships
  • Named First Team All-MAC (outdoor)
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
  • Qualified for NCAA East Prelims with a steeple time of 8:43.10 at Bryan Clay Invitational (outdoor)
  • Recognized as MAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week on two different occasions (3/29, 4/19)
  • Part of first-place 4x800 relay (8:12.94) at Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
  • Academic All-MAC honoree (outdoor)
  • Finished first and set personal best (8:17.18) in 3000m at Gladstein Invitational (indoor)
  • Ran mile in PR time of 4:01.77 at Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite (indoor)
  • Won the mile (4:01.97) at Indiana Relays (indoor)
  • Set personal best (30:47.3) in 10k at NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships, placing 33rd
  • Ran a 24:51.4 8k, good for 27th place, at MAC Cross Country Championships as Miami claimed team title
  • Set personal best (23:59.4) in 8k at Bradley Pink Classic (cross country)
  • Finished fifth at RedHawk Rumble (cross country) with 8k time of 25:02.4
  • Won the 800m at Indiana Invitational (outdoor) with new PR of 1:51.28
  • Set PR in 1500m at Indiana Invitational (outdoor), finishing in 3:43.98, a top-10 time in program history
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Set PR in 800m at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (outdoor) with a time of 1:53.15
  • Finished the 1500m in a personal-best 3:45.52 at Indiana Invitational (outdoor)
  • Ran the steeplechase in 8:55.26 at Penn Relays (outdoor), the fifth-fastest mark in program history
  • Captured the steeplechase title at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships for second consecutive year (9:24.61)
  • Took fourth in 1500m at MAC Outdoor Championships (3:49.19)
  • Competed in steeplechase at NCAA East Prelims, finishing in 41st with a time of 9:12.39
  • Came in 15th at MAC Cross Country Championships, running a 24:51.3 8k
  • Competed at NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships (33:05.3 10k)
  • Placed sixth at IU Open Cross Country Meet, finishing the 8k course in 25:39
  • Honored with MAC Medal of Excellence
  • Named Academic All-MAC in both track and cross country
  • Recognized as USTFCCA All-Academic Athlete (track) in July 2022
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Won the steeplechase at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 9:09.05
  • Took ninth at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 5000m (14:58.04)
  • Set PR in 5000m (14:46.57) at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (outdoor)
  • Named Academic All-MAC (track)
  • Recognized as a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (track) 
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Ran mile in personal-best 4:10.81 at Alex Wilson Invitational (indoor), finishing fifth
  • Part of first-place DMR at Vanderbilt Invitational (indoor) with a time of 10:07.20
  • Finished 5M in a personal-best time of 24:31.7 at Joe Piane-Notre Dame Invitational (cross country)
  • Competed in NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships, finishing with a time of 32:46.9 (10k)
  • Named Academic All-MAC (cross country)
2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Set PR in 3000m (8:30.10) at Blizzard Buster (outdoor), finishing in second place
  • Finished steeplechase in a season-best 9:16.42 at Billy Hayes Invitational to take second place
  • Took sixth place in steeplechase at USATF U20 Championships (9:37.52)
PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Earned four letters in track & field, three in cross country, and one in soccer
  • Helped cross country team finish fourth in state in 2016
  • Part of third-place 4x800m relay in 2017 state meet
  • Earned all-conference honors in cross country as a senior, placing fifth at conference meet
  • Qualifed for state meet in 1600m in 2018, placing 14th
  • Part of regional champion 4x800m relay in 2017 and 2018
  • Earned a national merit scholarship and recognized as an AP National Scholar
PERSONAL
  • Studying Computer Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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  • 2022-23Graduate Student

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