Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA indoor All-West Region in 3000 and 5000 (2013). ... GNAC All-Academic (2012, 2013). ... SPU Most Inspirational (2013).

Senior (2013): INDOOR – Set the SPU school record twice in the 3000 meters, and once in the 5000. Ran 8:36.81 in the 3K on Jan. 12 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview, breaking the old record of 8:42.33 set by Nathanael Castle in 2002. That mark stood for less than a month, as Harrison broke it again on Feb. 10 with an 8:30.32 at the UW Indoor Open. ... Clocked 15:00.96 in the 5000 on Jan. 26 at the UW invitational, shattering the old record of 15:17.65 set by Chad Meis in 2007. ... Placed 15th in the 3K at GNAC in 9:05.83, and 6th in the 5K in 15:19.74. OUTDOOR – Broke school record in 10,000 with a 31:17.10 in the Club Northwest Spring Break Open on March 30 in West Seattle. The previous record of 31:22.25 was set in 2005 by Tim LeCount, and made Harrison just the third runner in the 64-year history of the SPU program to break 32 minutes. His previous best, set as a freshman in 2010, was 33:03.47. ... Set a PR in the 3000 with an 8:41.05 at the Oregon Preview on March 16. ... Tried the shot put for the first two times in his career, throwing 18-plus feet at the JD Shotwell Invitational on April 6 i Tacoma and again at the Western Washington Twilight on April 26.

Junior (2012): INDOOR – Placed 8th in the 5,000 meters at GNAC Championships in a career-best 15:12.81. ... Set a mile PR of 4:33.05 at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 12. ... Ran a best-ever 3,000-meter fimt of 8:55.48 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14. That was 42 seconds faster than his previous best. OUTDOOR – Placed 14th in 10,000 meters at GNAC Championships. ... Ran in two other meets, both in the 5,000.

Sophomore (2011): INDOOR – Did not compete. OUTDOOR – Placed 10th in the 10,000 meters at GNAC Championships (33:13.64). ... Competed in five other meets, with two runs in the 1,500; one in the 3,000; and two in the 5,000. Top placing was 2nd in the 3,000 at the Western Washington Not-So-Twilite on April 23. ... His 5,000 time of 15:55.87 at the JD Shotwell Invitational on April 2 was SPu's best of the season by nearly 24 seconds.

Freshman (2010): INDOOR – Ran in a pair of 3000-meter races; posted a top-10 finish (9th) at Pilot Indoor in Portland. OUTDOOR – Ran12th in the 10,000 meters at GNAC Championships. ... Also competed at 1500 and 5000 meters during the regular season.

Personal: William Clarke Harrison. ... Born Sept. 3, 1991. ... Exercise science major.

Fun facts: Also runs cross country. Got into that sport in part to improve his mile time in P.E. class. ... If he wasn't running, would want to be playing tennis. ... Favorite junk food is Cinnamon Toast Crunch. ... If he could be any action hero, it would be the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four.