2014 USTFCCCA South Region Cross Country Runner of the Year
2014 NCAA Cross Country All-Region Team
2014 Cross Country First Team All-SEC
2014 Indoor All-SEC Second Team
2013 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American
2013 Cross Country First Team All-SEC
2013 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Region Team
2013 All-ACC Academic Team
2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree
2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree
2011 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Region Team
2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree
2011 Cross Country All-ACC Performer
2011 USA Junior Championships Participant (3000m Steeplechase)
2011 All-ACC Academic Team
2010 All-ACC Academic Team
2015 Indoor Season:
Recorded a third place finish in the 5000m with a time of 13:56.75 and fourth place finish in the 3000m with a time of 8:05.76 at the SEC Championships ... Set a personal-best in the 5000m with a time of 13:55.31 at the UW Husky Classic ... Won the 3000m at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational with a time of 8:02.10 ... Anchored the DMR to a win in a time of 10:01.21 and placed sixth in the mile in 4:07.26 at the Auburn Invitational.
2014 Cross Country:
Claimed the NCAA South Regional Championship with a time of 30:08.30 ... Named to the All-SEC First Team after finishing runner-up at 23:58.64 ... Finished 204th at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded his first career victory at the South Alabama Opener at 18:40.57 ... Won the Panorama Farms Invite with a time of 23:51.97 ... Clocked a 24:27.86 to win the Crimson Classic .. Runner-up at the Furman Classic at 24:19.53.
2014 Outdoor:
Redshirted.
2014 Indoor:
Participated in five meets competing in the mile, 3000m and 5000m ... Placed third in the 3000m (8:06.08) and 5000m (14:01.42) at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships ... Named to the All-SEC Second Team ... Finished third in the 3000m at the Camel City Elite Races in Nashville, Tenn., with a personal-best time of 8:01.60 ... Recorded a top-3 finish in the mile at the Auburn Indoor Invitational to begin the indoor season ... Set a new personal record at the Vanderbilt Inviational in the mile with a time of 4:03.89 ... Placed sixth in the 5000m at the Iowa State Classic.
2013 Cross Country:
Finished 40th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 30:45.4 to become Auburn's first All-American in cross country since 2009 ... Ran a personal-best time of 29:51.81 at the NCAA South Regional to finish third qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Placed sixth at the SEC Cross Country Championships at 23:57.51 ... Named to the All-SEC First Team ... Member of the USTFCCCA All-Region Team ... Claimed wins at the Crimson Classic and Georgia State Invite ... Recorded a third place finish at the Mountain Dew Invite and Panorama Farms Invite.
Prior to Auburn:
Spent three seasons at Clemson University ... Redshirted the 2012 cross country season while studying abroad ... Top finisher in all six cross country meets for the second straight season in 2011 as a sophomore ... Earned All-ACC status with eighth-place finish on the Tigers' home course at Musser Farms; had a personal best time of 23:28.2 ... All-Region performer with an 18th-place effort in Louisville ... Posted a personal best 10K time of 30:38 at the Southeast Regionals ... Top finisher in all six meets as a first-year freshman in 2010 ... Placed 15th at the 2010 ACC XC Championships, one spot shy of securing an All-ACC honor... Redshirted the 2011 indoor season ... Owned team's top five times in the 3000-meter steeplechase, including a best of 9:01.10 at the Penn Relays ... Competed in the event at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Ind., and came away with a time of 9:01.82 and finished 24th out of 48 participants ... Won the collegiate section of the steeple at the prestigious Penn Relays ... Scored for the Tigers with eighth-place finish in steeple at the ACC meet in Durham, NC after posting time of 9:03.12 ... Placed fourth at the USA Junior Championships in the steeplechase ... Finished 12th at the 2012 ACC Indoor Championships in both longer distances, the 3000 and 5000 meters ... Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, FL in the 3000 steeplechase and was just three spots shy of a berth to the national meet ... Finished 15th out of 48 competitors with a personal best 8:50.35, the eighth-best time in Clemson history for the event ... Sixth-place finisher at the ACC Championships in the steeplechase ... Scored in the 1500m (seventh) and 3000m Steeplechase (second) at the 2013 ACC Outdoor Championships ... Scored in the 5000m (8th) and 3000m (6th) at the 2013 ACC Indoor Championships.
High School:
Won USA Junior Olympic Cross Country championship in 2009 as a senior against a field of 250 runners ... Finished runner-up at AAA state cross country championship in 2009 and fifth in 2008 ... Placed fourth in the 5K at the 2010 New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, NC with a time of 14:47.01 to earn All-America status ... Placed fifth at the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in the young men 2000m steeplechase ... Won eight individual titles as a senior for the Trojans' cross country squad; his total included a win at the Region 7-AAA Championships ... School record-holder in the 5K was named Boys Cross Country Runner-of-the-Year by the Gainesville Times ... Won Georgia AAA state track championships in both 1600m (4:19.67) and 3200m (9:08.66) ... Region 7-AAA champion in both track events as well, which included running a state record 9:05.35 in the 3200m
Personal:
Born September 17, 1992 ... Son of Thad and Kelly McCormack ... Majored in language & international trade; studied abroad in China as part of his curriculum in the fall of 2012 ... Grandfather, Dewey Alverson, was a two-sport athlete at Indiana (1953-54) and Tennessee Tech (1955-57) ... Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, he ranked among the top five in his graduating class ... Named to 2010-11 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Pursuing a MBA degree from Auburn after graduating from Clemson in May 2012 with a degree in language & international trade and graduated in just three years while specializing in Chinese.
McCormack's Personal Records | |||||
Event | Mark | Meet | |||
5K | 15:08.13 | 2010 Gamecock Invitational | |||
6K | 18:40.57 | 2014 South Alabama Opener | |||
8K | 23:28.20 | 2011 ACC Championships | |||
10K | 29:51.81 | 2013 NCAA South Regional | |||
800m Outdoor | 1:57.83 | 2012 Clemson Tiger Qualifier | |||
1500m Outdoor | 3:45.67 | 2013 Tiger Track Classic | |||
1 Mile Indoor | 4:03.89 | 2014 Vanderbilt Invitational | |||
2000m Steeplechase | 5:54.63 | 2013 Charlotte 49er Classic | |||
3000m Steeplechase | 8:50.35 | 2012 NCAA East Preliminaries | |||
3000m Indoor | 8:13.13 | 2013 ACC Championships | |||
5000m Indoor | 13:55.31 | 2015 UW Husky Classic | |||
5000m Outdoor | 13.52.59 | 2013 Raleigh Relays |