2017 Men's Cross Country

Michael Rowlands
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- Warner Robbins, Ga.
- High School:
- Veterans HS
Season-by-Season
2017
High School
2017
- Ran in three 8K events as a sophomore, including SoCon Championships in Spartanburg, S.C. (Oct. 28)
- Finished SoCon Championships 8K with season-best time of 27:38.80
- Also competed at USC Upstate Invite and Crimson Classic
- Competed in all but one event as a freshman
- Was Mercer's lone male representative at 2016 NCAA South Regional Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. (35:20 in 10K)
- Ran season-best 8K at SoCon Championships (26:53.54)
- Placed third at the Julius Johnson Invitational 8K (28:43.81)
High School
- Ran cross country and track for four years at Veterans High School
- Earned Second Team All-South honors as a sophomore at Foot Locker South Regional
- Competed in 1,600-meter, 3,200-meter and 4x400-meter relay events
- Helped Veterans win 2015 regional championship
- Was individual regional champion in 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter (2015)
- Was member of high school's math and chemistry clubs
- Born on March 10, 1998 to Lara and John Rowlands
- Has three siblings, Nikales, Lyndsay and Haley
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