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Blake Morris

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cape Girardeau, Mo.
  • High School Notre Dame

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS

Career Bests

Cross Country

  • 6k: 18:14.9, 2nd place (Mizzou XC Opener, 09/01/23)
  • 8k: 23:55.5, 55th place (SEC Championship, 11/01/24)
  • 10k: 31:09.5, 90th place (NCAA Midwest Regional Championship, 11/11/22)

Accolades

SEC Placements

  • 2024 - Seventh Place, Men's 10,000m (30:27.45)

Academics

  • 2024 - SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Mizzou All-Time Top 10 Marks

  • No. 7 Men’s Outdoor 10,000m (29:29.29) at Stanford Invitational (March 29, 2024)

2024-25 (Senior)

Cross Country

  • Mizzou XC Opener (6k), 08/30/24: No results
  • Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (5.2 Mile), 09/13/24: 24th place, 25:35.9
  • Gans Creek Classic (8k), 09/27/24: 46th place, 24:02.7
  • Alabama Crimson Classic (8k), 10/18/24: 12th place, 23:50.4
  • SEC Championship (8k), 11/01/24: 55th place, 23:55.5
  • NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (10k), 11/15/24: 90th place, 31:09.5

2023-24 (Junior)

Indoor

  • Finished sixth in the 5000m with a 14:44.62 pace at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19)
  • Ran a 8:25.88 race in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 10)
  • Closed out the indoor season with a 14:45.13 performance in the 5000m at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)

Cross Country

  • Finished second in the 6k at the Mizzou XC Opener, crossing the line in a personal-best 18:14.9 (Sept. 1)
  • Ran the 8k in 24:54.0 at the Gans Creek Invitational (Sept. 29)
  • Earned a top-10 finish at the XC23 College & Open, running the 8k in 24:39.6 to place eighth (Oct. 14)
  • Crossed the line in the 8k SEC Championships race at the 25:04.4 mark (Oct. 27)
  • Earned a top-50 finish as Missouri's best finisher at the NCAA Midwest Region Cross Country Championships, finishing the 10k in 31:46.6 (Nov. 10)

2022-23 (Sophomore)

Outdoor

  • Posted a time of 30:25.48 in the 10,000m run at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 23-25)
  • Finished sixth in the 5000m collegiate with a time of 14:26.56 at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14)
  • Posted a 31:11.61 mark in the 10,000m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11)

Indoor

  • Placed third in the 5000m with a time of 14:50.04 at the Indiana University Relays (Jan. 27-28)
  • Finished the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 11) with a time of 14:35.99
  • Completed the 5000m in 14:51.86 at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)

Cross Country

  • Took 19th in the Mizzou XC Opener 6k with a time of 18:50.1 (Sept. 1)
  • Completed the John McNichols Invitational (Sept.17) 8k in 25:22.8, placing 29th
  • Finished 46th in the Gans Creek Classic (Sept. 30) 8k posting a time of 24:35.1
  • Placed at the SEC Championship 8k with a time of 25:01:96 (Oct. 29th) 
  • Ran a 31:09.5 10k at the NCAA Midwest Region Championships (Nov. 11th)

2020-21 (Freshman)

Outdoor 

  • Ran the 5000m in the SEC Championships
  • Ran a season-best 14:25.37 in the 5000m at the War Eagle Invitational (4/16/21), finishing in eighth
  • Finished second in the 5000m at the Tom Botts Invitational (4/9/21), running 14:40.59
  • Ran season-bests in the 800m and the 1500m at the Mizzou Spring Opener, with times of 2:00.38 and 4:03.38, respectively

Indoor 

  • Ran a season-best 4:20.31 in the mile at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/5/21)
  • Ran a season-best in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/13/21) with a time of 8:23.95

Cross Country 

  • In first season, helped the team finish sixth in the conference with a 50th place performance at the SEC XC Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL

  • 2019 Conference Champion in 1600m
  • Two-time Conference Champion in 3200m
  • 2019 All-State Team in 3200m
  • 2019 All-Sectional team in 3200m
  • Two-tme All-District Team in 3200m
  • Three-time All-State team in Cross Country
  • Four-time All-District team in Cross Country
  • Four-time All-Conference team in Cross Country

PERSONAL

  • Son of Jill and Shane Morris
  • Majoring in business and management

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior