2016 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Turner Wiley

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Issaquah, WA
  • Highschool Issaquah

Biography

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... SPU Most Valuable (high-point) in 2014.

Senior (2016): INDOOR – Placed 6th in the 5000 meters at GNAC in 15:10.32. ... Became the first SPU man to break 15 minutes for an indoor 5K when he clocked 14:56.77 on Jan. 29 at the UW Invitational. The previous school record was 15:00.96 set by Will Harrison in 2013. ... Set a PR of 8:44.04 in the 3000 at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 16. ... Ran in one other meet, doing the mile at the UW Indoor Open.   OUTDOOR – Placed 5th in the 5000 (15:00.68) and in the 10,000 (31:46.77) at GNAC. ... Posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time and broke his own school record in the 10,000 with a time of 30:53.09 on April 1 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival - the same meet where he had set the previous record of 31:03.68 the previous April. ... Set a PR of 14:51.42 in the 5000 on April 14 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. ... PR'd in the 1500 with a 4:02.65 on April 30 at the Ken Shannon Invitational. Ran in eight meets.

Junior (2015): INDOOR – Placed 10th in the GNAC 5000 in a personal-best 15:19.60, beating his previous best by nearly 14 seconds. ... Placed 16th in the GNAC 3000 in 8:58.60. ... Ran in three regular-sesaon meets, setting a PR of 4:27.42 in the mile on Feb 15 at the UW Indoor Open. OUTDOOR – Placed 6th in the 10,000 meters at GNAC in 31:51.73. ... Placed 9th in the 5000 at GNAC in 15:09.44. ... Broke the SPU school record in the 10,000 with a 31:03.68 on April 3 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. That beat the old standard of 31:17.10 set by Will Harrison in 2013. ... Ran in nine meets at distances ranging from 800 to 10,000. ... Set PRs in three other events: the 800 (2:03.50 on April 25 at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational), the 1500 (4:03.20 on May 2 at the Saint Martin's Invitational), and the 3000 (8:45.35 on March 21 at the Rose City Preview).

Sophomore (2014): INDOOR – Ran in five meets at distances ranging from a mile to 5000 meters. ... Placed 12th in the 5000 at GNAC Championships (16:07.48), then came back the next day and was 26th in the 3000 (9:19.74).  OUTDOOR – Ran in eight meets, going as short as 800 and as long as 10,000. ... Did the 10K-5K double at GNAC, placing 5th in the longer race (31:25.34, eclipsing his PR by 14 seconds) and was 7th in the shorter one (14:59.18). ... Set a 5K personal best of 14:58.83 on April 18 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. ... Also set PRs in the 800 (2:10.54 at UPS Outdoor Preview on March 1), 1500 (4:06.00 at Saint Martin's Invitational on May 3), and 3000 (8:52.79 at Oregon State Invitational on March 8).

Redshirt freshman (2013): INDOOR – Focused on the 3000 in all three of his meets. Set a PR of 9:15.53 in the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 10, then placed 16th at GNAC on Feb. 15 in 9:16.30. OUTDOOR – Ran in six meets, usually in either the 1500 or 5000. ... Top finish was 4th in the 5000 at the Club Northwest Spring Break Open on March 30.

Freshman (2012): INDOOR  Ran in one meet, competing in the 3,000 meters. OUTDOOR – Did not compete.

Issaquah High School: Ran in the Washington state cross country meet three times, helping Issaquah take third place as a junior in 2009. ... Team captain as a senior. ... Has the eighth-fastest 3,200-meter time (9:36) in school history.

Personal: Turner Allen Wiley. ... Born April 17, 1993. ... Nursing major.

Fun facts: Dumbest movie he ever saw was "Human Centipede." ... Book he just couldn't put down was any from the "Harry Potter" series. ... Favorite junk food is Gold Fish crackers. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Steve Prefontaine. ... His friends call him T-Dub.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Mile:      4:27.42 (2/15/2015)
3000:      8:44.04 (1/16/2016)
5000:    14:56.77 (school record, 1/29/2016)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800:        2:03.50 (4/25/2015)
1500:      4:02.65 (4/30/2016)
Mile:      4:41.76 (4/26/2013)
3000:      8:45.35 (3/21/2015)
5000:    14:51.42 (4/14/2016)
10,000:  30:53.09 (school record, 4/1/2016)


CAREER RESULTS