2020-21 Indoor Track & Field Roster

Hunter Tucker

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Hot Springs, Ark.
  • High School:
    Lake Hamilton HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER BESTS
EVENT XC INDOOR OUTDOOR
800m - 1:59.58 (12/1/2018, Nashville, Tenn.) 1:57.78 (5/12/2018, San Marcos, Texas [SBC])
1,500m - - 4:04.99 (4/27/2019, Memphis, Tenn.)
Mile - 4:21.51 (2/24/2020, Birmingham, Ala. [SBC]) -
5,000m 17:23.2 (Sept. 8, 2018, Conway, Ark.) - 16:17.69 (4/14/2018, Conway, Ark.)
6,000m 20:35.0 (Sept. 7, 2019, Conway, Ark.) - -
4-mile 22:24.3 (Sept. 2, 2017, Memphis, Tenn.) - -
8,000m 26:57.7 (Oct. 13, 2018, Little Rock, Ark.) - -
10,000m 33:45.6 (Sept. 30, 2017, Fayetteville, Ark.) - -
 

2021 Outdoor (Junior): Competed in two events across four meets with top times of 2:07.20 in the 800m and 4:06.06 in the 1,500m ... Opened the outdoor season by placing eighth in the 1,500m at the Richard Martin, Jr. Invitational (3/19-20) with a time of 4:06.06 ... Also finished eighth in the 1,500m at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/27), running 4:13.78 ... Ran the 800m in 2:07.20 to place 17th at the Maroon & White Invitational (4/30-5/1) ... Ran 4:26.26 in the 1,500m at the Sun Belt Championships (5/13-15) to finish 21st.

2020-21 Indoor (Senior): Competed in three events and both relays across four meets ... Posted season-best times of 2:00.97 and 4:23.70 in the mile ... Opened the indoor season at the A-State Kickoff Classic (12/13) where he was the runner-up in the mile with a time of 4:23.70 while running the opening leg of the 4x400m relay “B” team that placed fourth with a time of 3:26.10 ... Also was the runner-up in the mile at the Scarlet & Black Invitational (1/31) with a time of 4:29.94 while also placing 14th in the 800m, running 2:00.97 ... Ran the mile in 4:25.47 to place 14th at the Jaguar Invitational (2/7).
 
2020 Cross Country (Senior): Competed in two races with a top 8K time of 28:53.0 ... That top 8K time came at the Little Rock Open (10/17), finishing 27th with his time of 28:53.0 ... Ran 28:59.1 at the Sun Belt Championship (10/31) to finish 56th.
 
2020 Outdoor (Junior): Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor (Junior): Competed in two events across five meets ... Ran a career-best mile time of 4:21.51 to finish 10th in the prelims of the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (2/24-25), also finishing 10th in the finals with a time of 4:35.67 ... Ran a season-best time of 2:00.74 in the 800m at the Saluki Fast Start (12/7), finishing seventh.

2019 Cross Country (Junior): Ran in all six meets for the Trojans … Posted a personal-best 6K time of 20:35.0 at the UCA Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 7), where he also registered a season-high 22nd place finish … His best 8K time of the year came at the Little Rock Open (Oct. 19) where he ran 28:19.2 to finish 27th … Ran 28:48.7 to finish 63rd at the Sun Belt Championships (Nov. 2) … Placed 134th at the NCAA South Central Regionals (Nov. 15) with a 10K time of 34:25.6.

2019 Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in the 1,500 meters in five events for the Trojans ... Posted a personal-best 4:04.99 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27), finishing 12th ... Placed fourth at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6) with a 4:05.83 ... Placed 19th at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (May 11), running a 4:06.63 ... Ran the 800 meters on two occasions, including a 2:00.62 at the Sun Belt Championships, finishing 20th.

2019 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in the 800 meter run in four meets during the season with a season-best of 1:59.58 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1) ... Finished sixth at the ASU Scarlet and Black Invitational (Feb. 8), running a 2:00.49 ... Posted a time of 2:00.62 at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19), placing 20th ... Member of the 4x400 meter relay team at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25), placing fourth with a mark of 3:23.34 ... Relay team placed eighth at the Samford Open (Jan. 19), running a 3:30.12 ... Member of the distance medly relay that placed seventh at the Sun Belt Championships (10:23.69).

2018 Cross Country Season (Sophomore): Competed in all five events for Little Rock, posting a season-best 8K time of 26:57.70 at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13), finishing 40th ... Posted a time of 28:47.30 at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (Sept. 22) ... Placed 63rd at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, finishing in 29:27.62 ... Opened the year with a four mile time of 24:14.73 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 1) ... Placed 19th at the UCA Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 8), finishing the 5K course in 17:23.19.

2018 Outdoor (Freshman): Best 800 time of the season came at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) as she finished 20th with a mark of 1:57.78... Finished third in the 1500 at the Red Wolf Open (April 20-21) with a season-best time of 4:09.66... Placed 14th in his lone 5000-meter race of the season at the UCA Open (April 13-14) with a time of 16:17.69.

2017-18 Indoor (Freshman): Had a season-best time of 2:02.09 in the 800 at the A-State Invitational (Jan. 26-27) and finished 10th... Recorded a season-best time of 4:32.74 in the mile at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4) and finished 17th.

2017 Cross Country Season (Freshman): Finished 18th in the three-mile run with a time of 15:38.6 at the UCA XC Open (Sept. 9)... Placed 34th in the four-mile run at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 2) with a time of 22:24.3... Recorded a season-best time of 28:10.0 in the 8K at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) and finished 58th... Placed 45th in the 8K at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 14) with a time of 30:21.4... Took 75th in the 10K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival with a time of 33:45.6.

Before Little Rock: Running for Coach Karl Koonce at Lake Hamilton, had personal bests of 4:33 in the 1600 and 1:59 in the 800...Was named All-State in 2015, 2016 and 2017...Won the state championship with his cross country team all four years of high school...Was named to All-Academic teams and earned High Honors.

Personal: Born February 14, 1999...Son of Todd and Jennifer Tucker...Intends to major in biology.

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