2022 Outdoor All-Big East (4x800m Relay)
Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7738750/Butler/Liam_Dennis.html
Collegiate Bests (through the 2022 Cross Country Season):
600m - 1:22.24, 2022 Jim Green Invitational (Indoor)
800m - 1:51.02, 2022 Big East Outdoor Championships
1000m - 2:29.58, 2021 Blue & Gold Invitational (Indoor)
1500m - 3:53.17, 2022 Bryan Clay Invitational (Outdoor)
5 Mile (XC) - 25:08.7, 2022 Joe Piane Invitational
6K (XC) - 18:48.9, 2021 Butler Twilight Meet
8K (XC) - 24:56.5, 2022 Big East Cross Country Championships
2023 Cross Country: Placed third in the 7.162k at the Butler Stan Lyons Invitational (22:51.9)... Finished 111th in the 8k at the Nuttycombe Invite (26:55.2)... Placed eighth in the 6k at the Vic Godfrey Open (19:11.4).
2022-23 Track: Part of the Butler 4x800 relay team that finished fourth at the 2023 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
2022 Cross Country: Earned new personal best at Joe Piane Invitational (9/30)... Set new lifetime best at Big East Championships (10/29)... Placed 35th at Big East Championships (10/29)
2021-22 Track: 2nd place finish in the 1000m at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/3)...Won the 800m run at the Gene Edmonds Invitational (1/8)...2nd place in the 800m at the Jim Green Invitational (1/15)...Ran the first leg of the 4x800m relay unit that came in 2nd at the Big East Outdoor Championships (5/14)...placed sixth in the 4x800 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
2021 Cross Country: Finished 26th at the Butler Twilight.
2020-21 Track: Ran in two meets...part of team that won the 4x400 relay at the DePaul BIG EAST Triangular indoor meet.
PRIOR TO BUTLER: 4x All-Conference and All-District… 3x All- Region and All-Ohio…. 2x Conference and District Individual Champion… Third-place finish 800-meter finish at the 2020 Ohio State D2/3 Indoor Championships… Fifth-place finish 800-meter at 2019 Ohio State D3 Outdoor Championships.. Helped lead Mount Gilead High School to a 2019 Ohio State Championships runner-up finish… As a two-year captain, was part of four district titles, three conference championships, and two regional championships… Posted a personal best 5k time of 15:44… Was a three-sport athlete, competing in basketball and track and field…. Academically, was Salutatorian of his graduating class at Mount Gilead… 3x All-Academic Ohio selection… 4x Principal’s Honor Roll member…Named 2019 Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year.
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Tina Dennis… Has one brother, Brandon.
WHY DENNIS CHOSE BUTLER: “I chose Butler because they have a strong business school, and I wanted to study under some of the best minds in the nation. I also know that they are building very strong athletic programs that I would like to be a part of.”
