EthanKern

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7687102/Kentucky/Ethan_Kern.html

Personal Bests:

Cross Country:

6K – 17:36.09

8K – 24:02.02

10K – 30:08.00

5 Mile – 24:28.01

Indoor:

3000 – 8:04.82

5000 – 14:10.02

Outdoor:

1500 – 3:51.44

5000 – 14:21.34

10000 – 31:25.42

In The Record Book:

• No. 7 all-time in the indoor 5000m with a time of 14:10.02 set in 2022

Academic Accolades 

• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2021, 2022 

2023-24 (Senior)

Cross Country

• Placed 69th with a time of 25:09.9 in the 8k at the Southern Showcase
• Placed 97th with a time of 25:19.0 in the 8k at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational
• Placed 64th with a time of 25:05.7 in the 8k at the Crimson Classic
• Placed 53rd with a time of 24:54.7 in the 8k at the SEC Championships
• Placed 96th with a time of 31:13.1 in the 10k at the NCAA Southeast Regionals

2022-23 (Junior)

Outdoor

• Did not compete

Indoor

• Did not compete

Cross Country

• Did not compete

2021-22 (Sophomore) 

Outdoor 

• Did not compete 

Indoor 

• Ran personal best 5,000m (14:10.02) in seventh place finish at SEC Championships, scoring his first SEC track points for Kentucky and becoming seventh all-time for UK in the event 
• Earned personal best in the 3,000m (8:04.82) at the McCravy 
• Ran in the winning DMR (10:03.32) at the Jim Green Invitational 

Cross Country 

• Earned 29th place (30:08.0) in the men’s 10K at NCAA Southeast Regionals 
• Led Kentucky in SEC Championships as the 16th (24:02.2) place finisher in the men’s 8K 
• Placed 80th (24:06.2) in the men’s 8K at FSU Pre-Nationals 
• Led the Cats in the men’s blue five mile at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational with a 46th place finish (24:28.1) 
• Won the Missouri Opener 6K (17:36.9), leading the Wildcats to a team win for the men 

2020-21 (Freshman)
Cross Country 

• Immediate contributor as a true freshman 
• Finished 18th overall at the SEC Championships, earning Freshman All-SEC honors 
• Fourth place in his first collegiate meet as UK won the Commodore Classic 

Indoor 

• Competed in the 3000m and 5000m runs at the SEC Championships 
• Notched personal best of 8:10.13 in the 3000m while finishing 11th at the SECs 

Outdoor 

• Ran in five meets, including the 5000m and 10,000m at the SEC Championships 
• 1500m personal best of 3:51.44 came at the Kentucky Invitational 
• 5000m PB of 14:21.34 occurred at the Rick Erdmann Twilight