2024 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Champion (3000-meter Steeplechase)
2024 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Champion (3000 meters)
2024 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Bronze Medalist (DMR)
2024 First Team All-SBC (Indoor & Outdoor)
SBC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (1/31/24)
Second Team All-SBC (2023 Cross Country)
2024 OUTDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Sun Belt Conference champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a career-best time of 8:53.39 (May 10) … Placed fourth in the 5000 meters at conference, running an outdoor-best 14:38.47 (May 11) … Finished seventh in the steeplechase at the Drake Relays, finishing in 8:57.60 (April 25) … Won the 1500 meters at the Alumni Classic with a career-best 3:49.59 (April 19) … Steeplechase champion at the UAB Spring Invitational (March 29) … Opened the season at the Rhodes Invitational (March 15), placing seventh in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:56.15.
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2024 INDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Sun Belt Conference champion in the 3000 meters and bronze medalist in the DMR, clocking a career-best 8:12.23 in the 3K (Feb. 19-20) … Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week on Jan. 31 … Placed fourth in the mile at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with a collegiate-best 4:08.87 (Jan. 27) … Finished 10th in the 3000 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19).
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2023 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON | SENIOR
Placed 32nd at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships with a career-best 10K mark of 30:44.9 (Nov. 10) … Second Team All-Sun Belt finisher, placing 10th at the conference meet (Oct. 28) … Ran a career-best 24:01.8 in the 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, placing 34th (Oct. 13) … Finished 25th at the Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 24:57.0 (Sept. 29) … Placed third in the season opener at the Rhodes Invitational (Sept. 16).
2023 OUTDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Placed fourth in the steeplechase and eighth in both the 1500 meters and 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Runner-up in the 5000 meters at the Red Wolves Open … Ran a career-best 3:53.82 in the 1500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Won the 5000 meters at the Joe Walker Invite, running a collegiate-best 14:41.16 … Placed fourth in the steeplechase at the Wash U Distance Carnival with a time of 9:06.09.
2023 INDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Placed sixth in the mile at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, running a career-best 4:13.04 in the prelims … Ran a collegiate-best 8:23.93 in the 3000 meters at the Music City Challenge .. Finished sixth in the mile at the Washburn Open.
2022 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON | JUNIOR
Finished the 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in a season-best 25:27.4 … Placed fifth at the Rhodes Invitational … Made his debut at the Little Rock Open, placing 10
th in the 5K with a time of 16:32.7.
BEFORE A-STATE
Competed at Incarnate Word from 2019 to 2021 … Seventh in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 2021 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships … Placed seventh as part of the DMR at the 2021 Southland Indoor Championships after finishing sixth in the 2019 indoor championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Brenham High School, where he was a state champion and record holder in the 3200 meters in 2016 … 5A state qualifier in the 1600 meters and 3200 meters as a senior … Four-time state championships qualifier in cross country.
PERSONAL
Son of Jeffery and Bonnie Kunkel … Birthday is May 3.
COLLEGIATE BESTS
| Cross Country |
| 5K |
16:32.7 |
Little Rock Open (9/1/22) |
| 8K |
24:01.8 |
Arturo Barrios Inv. (10/13/23) |
| 10K |
30:44.9 |
NCAA South Central Regional Champ. (11/10/23) |
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| Indoor |
| Mile |
4:08.87 |
PNC Lenny Lyles Inv. (1/27/24) |
| 3000 meters |
8:12.23 |
Sun Belt Champ. (2/20/24) |
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| Outdoor |
| 1500 meters |
3:49.59 |
Alumni Classic (4/19/24) |
| 5000 meters |
14:38.47 |
Sun Belt Champ. (5/11/24) |
| Steeplechase |
8:53.39 |
Sun Belt Champ (5/10/24) |
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