Luke Greer
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- Hometown:
- Abington, Northampton, United Kingdom
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Northampton School for Boys
Bio
2017: Luke Greer had one of the best season in men's cross country history. The Junior won the Tuculum Open, Asheville Cross Country Invitational and the Allen and Phyllis Morgan Inviational-Battle at Mossy Creek. Greer also finished in the top-five in the South Atlantic Conference Meet and the Southeast Regional Meet. The United Kingdom native was also the first men's cross country runner since 2005 to race in the D-II National Cross Country Championships, Greer finished in 42nd place. Greer was named All-SAC First team and All-Region in his junior season, he also collected a SAC runner of the week honor.
Tusculum Open: 1st - 15:38.0
Asheville Cross Country Invitational: 1st - 20:15.91
Allen and Phyllis Morgan Invitational: 1st - 15:10.0
SAC Championships: 2nd - 24:39.21
Southeast Regionals: 4th - 31:35.44
D-II National Championships: 42nd - 32:00.0
2016: After missing the first meet of the season, Greer stormed onto the scene to lead the Eagles in two of the remaining four meets on the year… The duel-sport athlete’s best finish on the year came at the Maryville College Invitational after completing the eight-kilometer run in fourth-place with a time of 30:15.27…
Maryville College Invitational: 4th- 30:15.27
Royals Challenge: 82nd- 26:16.3
SAC Championships: 19th- 27:25.0
Southeast Regionals: 49th- 32:44.65
2015: Did not appear in any meets.
2014: Missing the first five meets of the season due to injury, Greer competed in the remaining five meets and had a season best 29th finish in the SAC Championships.
Blue & Orange Meet- DNC
Victor Ashe Meet- DNC
Berea Invitation- DNC
Maryville Duel Meet- DNC
Lousiville Invitational- DNC
McAlphine Invitational- 27:15.5 (41st) 8k
Falcon Classic- 28:52.70 (63rd) 8k
SAC Championships- 27:58.46 (29th) 8k
NCAA Southeast Regional- 35:36.0 (73rd) 10k
Carson-Newman: Greer is also a member of the men's soccer team as a goalkeeper.
High School: Greer attended the Northampton School for Boys where he played soccer and table tennis competitively, and ran the 1500m in cross country.
Personal: Greer is the son of Bob and Alice Greer and is from Abington, Northampton, United Kingdom. He is undecided in his major.
News mentions
Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) finished the 2017 cross country season with a 42nd place finish in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.
Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) became the first Carson-Newman men’s cross country runner this decade to qualify for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships held in Evansville, Ind. on Nov. 18 at 12:30 p.m.
Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) is the first men’s cross country runner in at least a decade to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning in Wingate, N.C.
The Carson-Newman cross country teams will travel to Wingate, N.C. on Saturday morning to participate in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Southeast Regional.
Senior Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) came in second place at the South Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday morning, the men’s team placed seventh overall and the women’s team came in eighth place during the conference meet.
The Carson-Newman cross country teams will be racing in the South Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday morning in Newton, N.C.
Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) picks up his third victory of the season as the men’s team comes in second and the women’s team finishes in third at the Allen and Phyllis Morgan Invitational-Battle at Mossy Creek on Friday afternoon.
The Carson-Newman cross country teams will be racing in the Allen and Phyllis Morgan Invitational-Battle at Mossy Creek on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Luke Greer is off to one of the greatest starts in Carson-Newman cross country history. The senior has already picked up two victories in events that involved four or more teams during the 2017 season. Greer is the first runner in at least five years to accomplish this feat.
The South Atlantic Conference office announced the cross country runners of the week and Carson-Newman’s Luke Greer (Abington, Northhampton, United Kingdom) took home the honor for the week of September 27.
Luke Greer (Abington, United Kingdom) picks up victory number two on the season running a 20:15.91 four-mile run at the Asheville Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning.
For the first time in three weeks the Carson-Newman cross country team will be in action on Saturday morning, taking part in the Asheville Cross Country Invitational.
Carson-Newman senior runner Luke Greer (Northampton, United Kingdom) came in first-place at the Tusculum Open on Friday evening, with a time of 15:38 a new personal best in a five-kilometer race.
The South Atlantic Conference announced the men’s and women’s cross country preseason rankings on Wednesday morning.
The Carson-Newman cross country programs have set their schedule for the 2017 season.
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