The University of Akron Athletics
2015 Cross Country

Trevor Norris
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Avon Lake, Ohio
- High School:
- Avon Lake HS
Honors
All-MAC: Cross Country (Second Team, 2013 and 2014)
2015-16: Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor campaign...Cross Country: Ran in all six races for Akron, including garnering a second-place finish at the Tommy Evans Invitational in 20:21.0...posted a season-best 8K time (25:04.03) at the All-Ohio Championships...placed 11th at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational in a time of 25:06.6...registered a time of 27:19.91 at the Mid-American Conference Championships...ran the NCAA Great Lakes Regional course in 33:49.0...earned first-team Academic All-MAC honors.
2014-15: Indoor: Finished eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 27) in 15:15.59…ran a season-best time of 4:16.91 in the mile at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7)…crossed line in 8:44.26 in lone running of the 3,000 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 16)…best effort in the 5,000 meters came at the Penn State National (Jan. 31) with a time of 14:44.28, which also represented the fourth-best time in program history...Outdoor: Academic All-MAC selection...finished fourth in the 10,000 meters at the MAC Championship in 30:34.06...placed second and fourth, respectively, at Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) in the 3,000 and 1,500 meters registering times of 8:50.90 and 4:01.48...garnered fifth-place showing in 5,000 meters at Jesse Owens Classic (May 1) in 14:55.40...Cross Country: Ran in all six races for the Zips...earned second-team All-MAC honors placing 10th at the MAC Championship in 24:47...second-best Akron finisher at Great Lakes Regional placing 42nd in 31:10...finished 11th at Tommy Evans Invitational in 20:51.00...placed 13th at All-Ohio Championship (25:17.63).
2013-14: Cross Country... All-MAC Second Team honoree ... was the Zips' second runner at the MAC Championships (Nov. 2), finishing with an 8K time of 25:27.12 ... also finished as UA's second runner at the All-Ohio Championships (Oct. 4), crossing the line in 25:34.33 ... placed eighth overall at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 5) with a 4-mile time of 20:40 ... Indoor... ran in the 3,000m and 5,000m at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28, March 1) ... placed 10th in the 5K at the Penn State National (Jan. 31) with a season-low time of 14:44.75 ... Outdoor... did not compete.
2012-13: Cross Country... competed in five of six races, including the MAC Championships and Great Lakes Regional ... finished 17th overall at the Buffalo Stampede (25:40.1) ... came in 38th at the MAC Championships (26:03.7) ... Indoor... placed 10th in the 5,000-meters at the Penn State National (Jan. 25) with a time of 15:10.00 ... it was the 19th-best mark recorded in the MAC ... also ran 8:35.46 in the 3,000m at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Outdoor... did not compete.
at Avon Lake HS: All-state cross country runner, which won three straight conference titles and a district championship ... ran the third-fastest time in school history (15:52) at the regional meet as a senior ... recorded top times of 9:36 in the 3,200-meters, 4:30 in the 1,600 and 1:59.6 in the 800 ... member of the school record-setting 4xmile and DMR relay teams.
Personal: Parents are Nate and Julie Norris ... has four younger siblings; Kellie, Kaley, Daphnie and Heath ... father, Nate Norris was a four-year letterwinner on the track (1995-98) and cross country (1993, '94, '95, '97) teams at UA ... Nate's 10K mark (30:11.22) still stands as the third-fastest time in program history ... intends to major in pre-med.