Career Highlights
Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Placed fifth in SEC 3,000m steeplechase with season best of 8:55.92 … Finished third (9:07.64) as part of an Arkansas 1-2-3 sweep in Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial … Won the LSU Invitational (9:01.63) … Established a career best of 3:51.36 in 1,500m at John McDonnell Invitational.
Junior (2020)
Indoors: Competed in 3,000m (8:27.82) in SEC Indoor Championships ... Established career best of 8:09.01 in 3,000m at Husky Classic ... Set career best of 4:15.53 in mile at Razorback Invitational.
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in two meets... Ran a season-best 9:31.05 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Arkansas Twilight...
Red-shirt Freshman (2018)
Competed in three meets during the indoor season... Set persona-bests of 3:51.91 in the 1,500-meters, 8:55.81 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and 14:47.87 in the 5,000-meters...
Freshman (2017)
Utilized a red-shirt during his first season campus.
High School
Three-time UIL 6A All-State runner for cross country (2013, 2014, 2015) ... UIL 6A District 5 champion in his final year running for Keller HS ... Placed seventh at the UIL 6A State Championships in 2015 ... Four-time UIL 6A District 5 champion on the track ... Four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field with PRs of mile (1,600m): 4:21, two mile (3200m): 9:25 and 5K (on the track): 15:15.
Personal
Born on Sept. 7, 1997 ... Son of Eric and Kelly Persyn ... Has a younger brother; Carson and sister; Rylie ... Majoring in business marketing.
- 2016 SEC Cross Country Freshman of The Year
Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Placed fifth in SEC 3,000m steeplechase with season best of 8:55.92 … Finished third (9:07.64) as part of an Arkansas 1-2-3 sweep in Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial … Won the LSU Invitational (9:01.63) … Established a career best of 3:51.36 in 1,500m at John McDonnell Invitational.
Junior (2020)
Indoors: Competed in 3,000m (8:27.82) in SEC Indoor Championships ... Established career best of 8:09.01 in 3,000m at Husky Classic ... Set career best of 4:15.53 in mile at Razorback Invitational.
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in two meets... Ran a season-best 9:31.05 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Arkansas Twilight...
Red-shirt Freshman (2018)
Competed in three meets during the indoor season... Set persona-bests of 3:51.91 in the 1,500-meters, 8:55.81 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and 14:47.87 in the 5,000-meters...
Freshman (2017)
Utilized a red-shirt during his first season campus.
High School
Three-time UIL 6A All-State runner for cross country (2013, 2014, 2015) ... UIL 6A District 5 champion in his final year running for Keller HS ... Placed seventh at the UIL 6A State Championships in 2015 ... Four-time UIL 6A District 5 champion on the track ... Four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field with PRs of mile (1,600m): 4:21, two mile (3200m): 9:25 and 5K (on the track): 15:15.
Personal
Born on Sept. 7, 1997 ... Son of Eric and Kelly Persyn ... Has a younger brother; Carson and sister; Rylie ... Majoring in business marketing.