2023 Men's Cross Country Roster
Cato, Reece
Reece Cato
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cumming, Ga.
- High School:
- West Forsyth HS
Bio
| PERSONAL BESTS | |
| 8K | 25:23.5 |
| 10K | 32:06.5 |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- 2020-21 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
AS A SENIOR (2023)
- Season best 8K (25:39.5)Â ... 10K (32:17.1)
- Ran a 26:20.32 8k at the Julius Johnson/MGA Invitational, placing 6th
- Ran a 25:39.5Â 8k at the Upstate Invite, placing 50th
AS A JUNIOR (2022)
- Season bests: 8KÂ (25:23.5)Â ... 10KÂ (32:06.50)
- Posted best finish (11th) at Mercer/MGA Julius Johnson Invitational (11th)
- Logged a 25th-place finish (25:25.0) at SoCon Championships
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)
- Season bests: 8K (26:17.7) … 10K (32:23.1)
- Crossed second among Mercer runners (26:25.7; 44th) at Asics Invitational
- Finished among top 30 at SoCon Championships (28th; 26:59.9)
AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
- Made his season debut at UAB on Oct. 16. Finished 58th in the 8K with a time of 26:22.70.
- Was the runner-up at the Mercer Invitational on Oct. 30. Ran the 8K in 26:46.0, finishing behind teammate Josiah Jaqua to help Mercer win the event with 20 points.
- Finished 37th at the Southern Conference Championships for the fifth-best finish of all Mercer men
HIGH SCHOOL
- Led West Forsyth HSÂ to a pair of top-three finishes at the region meet in 2018 and 2019
- In 2017, West Forsyth finished 12th at the state meet. Cato helped the team improve eight spots to fourth the following year.Â
- Capped off his senior season with a 13th-place finish as an individual and a third-place team showing at state
- Honored as both an all-county and all-state runner in 2018 and 2019
- Member of the Red Cross and Condition Awareness clubs at West Forsyth
PERSONAL
- Full name is Reece Michael Cato
- Born on June 15, 2001
- Oldest child of Michael and Carole Cato. Has two siblings - twins McKenzie and GarrettÂ
- An engineering major at Mercer.
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