Clay Kuiper

Photo by: MCS Media

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

PERSONAL RECORDS
5K: 15:39.8
8K: 25:29.2
3.11mi: 16:54.6
5mi: 28:06.6
10K: 32:15.6

2025: Competed in five meets … set a season best in the 8k of 25:54.5 at the Paul Short Classic (Oct. 3) … set a personal best in the 5k of 15:39.8 at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Aug. 29) … finished the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional 10k in 33:41.2 (Nov. 14) … Academic All-MAC

2024: Competed in all six meets … set a personal best in the 8k of 25:29.2 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4) … set a personal best in the 10k of 32:15.6 at the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) … finished the Jeff Drenth Memorial 5k (Aug. 30) in 16:03.2 … Academic All-MAC

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

2022: Placed 31st (5k, 16:35.3) at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 2) … finished 47th (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.