Clay Kuiper

Photo by: MCS Media

Hometown:
Lake Orion, Mich.
High School:
Lake Orion

PERSONAL RECORDS
5K: 16:35.3 (Jeff Drenth Memorial, Sept. 2, 2022)
8K: 25:36.9 (Lehigh Paul Short Run, Sept. 30, 2022)
5mi: 28:06.6 (Joe Piane Invitational, Sept. 29, 2023)
3.11mi: 16:54.6 (EMU Fall Classic, Oct. 20, 2023)
10K: 34:09.6 (NCAA Great Lakes Regional, Nov. 11, 2022)

2023 (as a sophomore):

Academic All-MAC
Finished 24^th in 3.11mi race at EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 20, 2023)

2022 (as a freshman):

Placed 31^st (5k, 16:35.3) at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 2)
Finished 47^th (8k, 25:38.9) at the MAC Championships (Oct. 29)
Ran NCAA Great Lakes Regional 10k in 34:09.6

High School: Personal Records: 800 (1:58.65), 1600 (4:23.43), 3200 (9:46.54), 5K (16:01.1) … his high school team qualified for the MHSAA Cross Country State Championships in 2020 (placed 17th) and 2021 (placed 9th) … competed in the Michigan Meet of Champions elite race and placed 19th … his high school qualified for the MHSAA Track & Field Championships in 2022 (placed 20th) … he competed in the mile run placing 19th (4:28.25) behind future Chippewa teammate Blake Chipman … competed in high school with collegiate teammates Carson White and Hong Bing Tang at Lake Orion.

Personal: Son of Amy and Jim Kuiper … has a younger brother, Cole … mom Amy was on swim and dive team for The College of Wooster … minoring in marketing and multimedia design.