2018 Track & Field Roster

Austin Hindman
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wildwood, Mo.
- High School:
- Lafayette HS
MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
8000m – 25:04.8 // SEC Championships (10/27/17)
10,000m – 30:21.7 // NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10/17)
Indoor Track & Field
Mile Run – 4:12.39 // Arkansas Invitational (1/12/18)
3000m Run – 8:16.16 // Music City Challenge (2/10/18)
NOTEWORTHY
- 2018 All-SEC Freshman Team (3000m Run)
2017-18
Season Bests
8000m (XC) – 25:04.8 // SEC Championships (10/27)
10,000m (XC) – 30:21.7 // NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10)
Mile Run (ITF) – 4:12.39 // Arkansas Invitational (1/12)
3000m Run (ITF) – 8:16.16 // Music City Challenge (2/10)
Cross Country – Posted a new personal record in the 8000m at the SEC Championships (Oct. 27) with a time of 25:04.8, placing 39th … Also set a personal record in the 10,000m with a time of 30:21.7 at the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 10), where he finished 65th.
Indoor Track – In his first meet as a Tiger, the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 12), placed fourth in the mile run with a time of 4:12.39 … Produced a new personal record in the 3000m run in an effort that resulted in a time of 8:16.16 and an eighth-place finish at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 10) … Finished his season with a 16th-place finish in the 3000m at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24) with a time of 8:21.48, which netted him SEC All-Freshman team honors as the top-placing freshman.
Outdoor Track – Did not compete during the indoor season
HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
800m – 1:55.00 // Mile – 4:04.53 // 3200m – 8:43.40 // 5k (XC) – 15:04.40
NOTEWORTHY
- 2016 ITU Junior Championships Triathlon Champion
- 2016-17 Gatorade Missouri Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year
- Nine-time Missouri State Champion
- Missouri High School record holder in the 5k (15:04.40) and 3200m (8:43.40)
Austin was a nine-time Missouri State Champion while attending Lafayette High School … Captured a gold medal in the triathlon at the 2016 ITU Junior Championships … CROSS COUNTRY … Finished third at the state meet in 2014 as a sophomore, second in 2015 as a junior and first in 2016 as a senior … Set the Missouri state record in the 5k at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional, finishing sixth with a time of 15:04.40 … TRACK & FIELD … Won the first two state titles of his career in 2015 as a sophomore at the MSHSAA Class 3-5 State Track & Field Championships, finishing first in the 3200m run and 4x800m relay … Won two state titles as a junior in 2016, repeating in both the 3200m run and 4x800m relay … In a race featuring some of the nation’s best runners, finished second in the 3200m run at the Arcadia Invitational in April 2017, setting the Missouri state record with a time of 8:43.40 … Had a ridiculous senior state track meet at the 2017 MSHSAA Class 3-5 State Track & Field Championships, winning four state titles in the 800m run, 1600m run, 3200m run and 4x800m relay.
PERSONAL
Parents are Gina and Jeff