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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Brian Drumm

Mitchell Rans

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lucerne, Ind.
  • Highschool Caston

Biography

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Cross Country Records
8K - 
24:43.2 at Horizon League Championships (10-28-2023)
10K - 31:18.8 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11-10-2023)

Top Track Times
Indoor-

Mile: 4:28.13 at Marian Indoor Invitational (2-9-2024)
3,000m: 8:43.52 at PNC Banks Bellarmine Classic (2-3-2023)
5,000m: 14:34.17 at Horizon League Championships (2-26-2022)
Outdoor-
1,500m:
3:58.96 at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (4-2-2022)
5,000m: 14:45.57 at Raleigh Relays (3-24-2022)
10,000m: 30:31.52 at Bryan Clay Invitational (4-12-2022)

2023-24 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): Second Team All-Horizon League performer by virtue of his 13th-place finish at the league championships... competed in six meets, finishing among the team's scoring five in his final three entries of the season... ran a personal best 8K time of 24:43.2 at the Horizon League Championships on Oct. 28 as the team's No. 4 finisher (13th overall)... closed the season with a personal best 10K time of 31:18.8 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 10 as the team's No. 5 finisher (70th overall)... opened the season as the team's No. 6 runner (24th overall) at the Mike Baumer XC Classic on Sept. 1 with a 5K time of 15:12.5... earned a top-10 finish at the Jaguar Invitational on Sept. 15, running an 8K time of 25:18.27 as the team's No. 6 runner (ninth overall)... was the team's No. 5 finisher (38th overall) at the Bradley 'Pink' Classic on Oct. 13 with an 8K time of 25:02.9. 
Indoor (Senior): Competed in five indoor meets... placed 16th in the 5,000m event at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best time of 14:56.81... ran a personal best mile at the Marian Invitational on Feb. 9 with a time of 4:28.13... placed seventh in the 5K at the IUPUI Invitational on Jan. 26 with a time of 15:09.14. 
Outdoor (Senior): Ran five outdoor meets... competed in the 10K and 5K at the Horizon League Championships... was 13th in the 10K with a time of 32:29.77... followed with a 20th place finish in the 5K with a time of 15:14.15... opened the outdoor season with a season best 1,500m time of 4:07.56 at the Blizzard Buster on Mar. 22... clocked a season-best 10K time of 32:07.06 at the WashU. Distance Carnival on Mar. 29... had a season-best 5K time of 14:54.22 at the Jim Vargo Invitational on Apr. 5. 
Academics: Named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters.

2023-23 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior):
Competed in five meets... was among IUPUI's scoring five runners at the Horizon League Championships and NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships... clocked a season best 8K time of 25:21.0 at the Bradley 'Pink' Classic on Oct. 14 as the team's No. 6 finisher... was IUPUI's No. 5 runner (19th overall) at the Horizon League Championships, running the 8K race in a time of 25:47.9... closed out the season with a personal best 10K time of 32:28.9 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11 as the team's No. 4 runner (118th overall). 
Indoor (Junior): Participated in four indoor meets... began the indoor season with a 15th-place finish in the 3,000m at the Bellarmine Open (Jan. 20)... posted a personal-best 8:43.52 in the 3,000m at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (Feb. 3)... finished 15th in both the 3,000m and 5,000m at the Horizon League Championship (Feb. 25-26).
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in five outdoor meets... opened the outdoor season with a 12th-place finish in the 1,500m at the Blizzard Buster (Mar. 17)... took seventh in the 5,000m at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (Mar. 31) after clocking a 14:46.60... posted a 4:01.39 in the 1,500m at the RedHawk Invitational to secure a fifth-place finish... closed out the season with a 14th-place finish in the 10,000m at the Horizon League Championship.

2021-22 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore):
Ran in five meets, including the Horizon League Championships... was the team's No. 7 finisher at the Horizon League Championships, helping the Jags to a team title and finishing 18th overall in a time of 26:38.1 on Oct. 30... opened the year as the team's No. 5 runner at the Butler Twilight on Sept. 3, clocking a 6K time of 18:40.7... was the team's No. 5 runner at the Joe Piane Invitational on Oct. 1, finishing the 5-mile race in a time of 25:40.6... was IUPUI's No. 3 runner and 31st overall at the Bradley 'Pink' Invitational, clocking a personal best 8K time of 24:50.2 and later earning #HLXC Freshman of the Week honors. 
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in three indoor meets... scored in the Horizon League Indoor Championships in the 5,000m event, placing sixth in a personal best time of 14:34.17, putting him No. 9 on the program's all-time list in the event... opened the indoor season with a personal best 3,000m time of 8:46.38 at the Bellarmine Open on Jan. 21, placing sixth overall... won the 5,000m event at the GVSU Big Meet-Friday on Feb. 11 in a time of 15:15.73. 
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in six outdoor meets... ran a personal best 10,000m time of 30:31.52 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Apr. 12, putting him No. 8 on the program's all-time list in the event... had his quickest 5,000m time of the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 14:45.57... ran the 10K at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships, placing 14th overall in a time of 32:37.12. 
Academics: Named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) for the fall semester.

2020-21 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman):
Did not compete in the Jaguars' lone cross country meet of the season. 
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in two indoor meets... ran a personal best 5K time of 15:42.57 at the Mastodon Invitational on Jan. 23, placing seventh overall... followed up with a 5K time of 15:44.51 at the Mastodon Invitational #2 on Feb. 12.  
Outdoor (Redshirt):
Did not compete in any meets. 
Academic: Named to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or above) both semesters.

2019-20 SEASON
Cross Country (Redshirt):
Trained with the team, but did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in four meets... opened his indoor season with a season-best 3,000m time of 9:08.36 at the Mastodon Opener on Dec. 7, placing seventh overall.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Had the outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

High School:
Earned four straight trips to the IHSAA State Cross Country championships, placing 16th as a senior to earn All-State honors... set a new HCAC Conference record with a time of 15:43 as a senior, helping Caston to a league title and being named Conference MVP... was also league champion and helped Caston to the team title as a junior in 2017... earned Plymouth Sectional titles in both the 1,600m and 3,200m events his senior year... was sectional champ and regional runner-up in the 1,600m event his sophomore season... closed his high school career with personal best times of 4:29.29 in the 1,600m and 9:40.26 in the 3,200m events.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    6'5"
  • 2020Redshirt Freshman

    6'5"
  • 2021Sophomore

    6'5"
  • 2022Junior

    6'5"
  • 2023Senior

    6'5"