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2022 Men's Cross Country Roster

Kevin Gunawan

Evan Byrne

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cork, Ireland
  • Prev School University Cork College (Ireland)

Biography

2022 Outdoor All-Big East (10,000m)

Collegiate Results:

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7738749/Butler/Evan_Byrne.html

Collegiate Bests (through the 2022 Cross Country Season):
1500m - 3:54.04
Mile - 4:10.84, 2022 Indiana University Relays (Indoor)
3000m - 8:04.24, 2022 Big East Indoor Championships
5000m - 13:59.55, 2022 GVSU Big Meet (Indoor)
10,000m - 29:29.26, 2022 Big East Outdoor Championships
5 Mile (XC) - 24:29.7, Fall 2022 Joe Piane Invitational
8K (XC) - 24:08.8, Fall 2022 Weis-Crockett Invitational
10K (XC) - 30:55.2, Fall 2021 NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships

2022 Cross Country: Set personal record in the 5 Mile at the Joe Piane Invitational (9/30)... Earned new lifetime best at Weis-Crockett Invitational (10/15)… Placed 33rd at Big East Championships (10/29) 

2021-22 Track: 2nd place finish at the Jim Green Invitational (1/15)...Won the 5000m race at the GVSU Big Meet (2/11)...2nd in the 10,000m at the Big East Outdoor Championships (5/13)

PRIOR TO BUTLER (AT UNIVERSITY CORK COLLEGE): 2019 Irish National U23 5k Champion… Helped lead Togher AC to the 2018 Irish National Novice Cross Country Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL: Finished fourth at the Irish National U19 3,000-meter Championship…. Placed fifth at All-Ireland Schools Track & Field Senior Boys 5,000-meter… Posted a top 5,000-meter time of 15:16.00.

PERSONAL: Son of Mary and James Byrne… Has one sister, Zoe.

WHY BYRNE CHOSE BUTLER: “I chose Butler to better myself and to contribute to a strong performing team.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Graduate Student

  • 2021Graduate Student

  • 2022Graduate Student

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