Kyle Cochrun

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
High School:
Woodridge HS

Honors
MAC Most Valuable Performer (2014 Indoor)
3x MAC Champion: 3,000-meters (2014 Indoor), 5,000-meters (2014 Indoor/2014 Outdoor)
First-Team All-MAC (3,000 meters and 5,000 meters-2014 Indoor; 5,000 meters-2014 outdoor)
Second-Team All-MAC (Cross Country-2014; 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters-2015 Indoor)
CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2014 Outdoor)
Academic All-MAC (2014 and 2015 Outdoor)
School Record Holder: 3K (2014 Indoor, 8:06.22), 5K (2014 Indoor, 14:16.69), 5K (2015 Outdoor, 14:07.57)
USTFCCA Academic All-America (Outdoor - 2014)
All Great Lakes Regional Honoree (2015 Cross Country)

2015-16: Cross Country: Ran in all six races for the Zips and was Akron's top finisher three times...earned first-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades placing seventh at the MAC Championships crossing the line in 24:35.46...garnered All Great Lakes Regional honors turning in a program-record best finish (14th) in a time of 31:02.7...registered second-fastest 8K time (24:28.8) in program history at NCAA Pre-National Meet...placed seventh at Tommy Evans Invitational in 20:32...helped Zips win Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational recording a team-best third-place finish (24:52.58)...a MAC Distinguished Scholar recipient and first-team Academic All-MAC honoree.

2014-15: Indoor: Registered second-place performances crossing the line in 8:20.15 and 14:25.53 at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 27-28) in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, respectively…posted a season-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:06.39) at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 14)…placed fourth in the mile at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7) in a season-low time of 4:08.03, a mark that represented the third-fastest time in program history…was third at the Penn State National in the 5,000 meters in 14:27.87...Outdoor: Academic All-MAC selection...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the 5,000 meters finishing 43rd (15:12.16)...ran fastest time, 14:07.57, in program history in the 5,000 meters to place 13th at the Raleigh Relays (March 27)...finished first and fifth, respectively, in the 3,000 and 1,500 meter races at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 2) in 8:37.79 and 3:59.93...garnered sixth-place effort at the MAC Championship (May 14) in the 10,000 meters in 30:45.69...Cross Country: Was Akron's top finisher in four of six races...garnered second-team All-MAC honors finishing a team-best ninth in 24:36...won the Tommy Evans Invitational in 20:18.00...placed fourth at the All-Ohio Championship (24:52.97)...finished 73rd in Great Lakes Regional (31:49).

2013-14: Cross Country... All-MAC Second Team honoree ... competed in all six races ... placed 19th overall at the All-Ohio Championships (Oct. 4) as the Zips' third runner with an 8K time of 25:53.77 ... ran a personal-record time of 25:08.71 at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 19) ... placed 14th at the MAC Championships (Nov. 2) as UA's fourth runner with a mark of 25:30.67 ... Indoor... was a double winner at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28-March 1), becoming the MAC Champion in the 3,000-meters (8:17.37) and 5,000-meters (14:24.11) ... was named MAC Men's Most Valuable Performer ... broke the school record in the 3K and 5K ... set the 3K standard at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 15), running a time of 8:06.22 ... won the 5K at the Penn State National (Jan. 31) with a record-setting mark of 14:16.69 ... also placed first in the mile at the Akron Opener (Jan. 10) and Kent Dual (Jan. 17) ... Outdoor... NCAA preliminary qualifier in the 5,000m ... MAC Champion in the 5K, running a time of 14:29.29 at the league championships (May 17) ... also scored in the 10K, placing sixth with a time of 30:36.88 ... broke the school record in the 5K by running a winning time of 14:12.07 at the Raleigh Relays (March 28) ... earned Academic All-MAC honors after posting a 3.85 GPA as an english major.

2012-13: Cross Country... missed the first three races of the season due to injury ... placed 16th at the MAC Championships, finishing the 8k in 25:25.0 ... was the Zips' top finisher at the Great Lakes Regional, coming in 52nd overall in the 10k with a time of 32:22 ... Indoor... broke his own school record in the 5,000-meters with a time of 14:38.94 at the MAC Championships in a third-place finish ... also scored in the 3,000-meters, placing sixth with a time of 8:31.06 ... recorded the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 3K at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 9), finishing in 8:22.23 ... Outdoor... scored in the 5K and 10K at the MAC Championships ... placed fourth in the 5K with a time of 14:44.52 (May 11) after finishing sixth in the 10K with a time of 31:21.65 (May 9) ... won the All-Ohio 10K Championship with a personal-record time of 31:01.11 (Apr. 12) ... also notched a career-best time of 14:19.42 in the 5K at the Raleigh Relays (March 29).

2011-12: Indoor... finished third in the 3,000-meters at the Kent Duals (Jan. 20) with a time of 8:34.78 ... broke a five-year school record in the 5,000-meters with a winning time of 14:40.66 in just his third collegiate meet at the Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 28).

at Woodridge HS: Ran cross country three years with a top time of 16:33.9 as a junior in 2009.

Personal: Born Feb. 8, 1993 ... guardian's name is William Cochran ... has a younger brother, Nick.