Micah Gilpatric - TFRRS Profile
School Records: *As of 4/21/2025
1st at CSU / 4th in Big South - Indoor Mile - 4:02.30 - 2023 Clemson Invite (1/13-14)
1st at CSU / 4th in Big South - Indoor 3K - 7:52.96 - 2023 Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27-28)
1st at CSU / 7th in Big South - Indoor 5K - 13:50.29 - 2025 David Hemerey Valentine Invite (2/14)
1st at CSU/2nd in Big South - Indoor DMR - 9:50.36 - 2025 Orange & Purple (1/26)
2nd - Indoor DMR - 9:57.86 - 2023 Big South Championships (2/24-25)
3rd - Outdoor 1500m - 3:44.84 - 2022 Georgia Tech Invitational (4/22-23)
2nd at CSU / 10th in Big South - Outdoor 5K - 13:57.46 - 2022 Bryan Clay Invitational (4/13-15)
3rd at CSU / 8th in Big South - Outdoor 10K - 28:52.45 - 2022 Raleigh Relays (3/24-26)
2025 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Took a redshirt season ... Competed at the outdoor opener in the 1500m running a 3:49.51 for 4th at the CSU Buc Open (3/14).
2025 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Earned Most Valuable Athlete following historic performance at the Big South Championships (2/28/3-1) ... Had three podium finishes in each of his three different events at the conference championships including a pair of event championships coming in the 3K and the 5K as well as third in the mile ... Had times of 4:06.05, 8:11.18 and 14:47.73 across those three events to claim the finishes in those events ... Scored 26 points individually helped set up the Buccaneers second-place finish at the meet to tie their highest in program history ... Recorded a program record in the 5K in Boston at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15) with a time of 13:50.29 which ranks as the seventh-fastest in Big South history ... Ran on CSU's top DMR squad at Clemson's Orange & Purple which broke the school record and recorded the second fastest time in league history with their 9:50.36 to win the event at the meet ... Opened the winter with his season best in the 3K in Boston at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Seaosn Opener (12/7) with a time of 7:55.64 ... Took fourth in the 3K at the Gamecock Opener (1/11) with a time of 7:59.18 ... Claimed fourth in the mile with a time of 4:05.65 at Clemson's Orange & Purple Invitational (1/24-25) ... Ran his season best in the mile at the Gamecock Challenge (2/1-2) with a time of 4:04.96 ... Named Big South Men's Track Athlete of the Week three times during the season (12/11, 1/29 & 2/20).
2024 Cross Country at Charleston Southern: Did not compete ... Redshirted season.
2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Redshirted season, competed as an unattached individual at multiple meets over the spring.
2024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Redshirted season, did not compete.
2023 XC at Charleston Southern: Won the Individual Title at the Big South Championship, becoming the first repeat winner at the event in over a decade since former NCAA Champion Sam Chelanga of Liberty won the league crown in '08, '09 and '10 ...Also was selected First-Team All-Conference, becoming the 14th runner in league history to earn the All-Conference distinction four times in their career ... Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regionals (11/10) and had a time of 29:59.4 to be 34th overall and was the second overall finisher for the Buccaneers at it ... Ran the entire race with the lead pack of six up until the final kilometer of the race and gritted out the performance for a personal best time and help the team to a 9th-place finish ... Named Big South Runner of the Week twice during the season, the only two-time honoree in the league this season (10/4 & 10/19) ... Helped lead the team to three team titles during the fall season ... Had a pair of individual runner-up finishes at a pair of meets and was the squad's top finisher at all but one meet ... Opened the year at the Buccaneer Invitational (9/1) with a time of 19:10.4 for sixth overall as he ran unattached at the meet ... Followed that race with a season-best 6K with a time of 17:59.43 at the Furman Invitational (9/16) to be second overall in the star-studded field ... In his first 8K of the year, he finished in 20th at the Live in Lou Classic crossing the line at 24:08.4 ... Followed that outing with a career best time of 23:22.0 in the 8K at the Upstate Invite for his second runner-up finish of the fall ... Broke through with his first individual champion at a meet in 2023 at the Big South Championships (10/29) as he broke the 24-minute barrier for his second consecutive outing with a time of 23:34.5 to help lead CSU to their fourth consecutive Big South Title.
2023 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Men's Track Athlete of the Week (3/23) ... Won the Big South Outdoor 5K Individual Title as well as a runner-up finish in the 1500 at the Championship event ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 10K running a 29:21.93 ... At the Big South Championships (5/10-12) ran the 5000 in a time of 14:31.38 ... Advanced to the finals of the 1500 after a sub-4 in the prelims and ran a tactical race in the finals to get the second-place finish in the race with a time of 4:16.45 ... Opened the spring with a victory in the 1500 at the Charleston Southern Invitational (3/17) in the 3:45.52, a season-best time ... Had a season-best in the 10K at the Raleigh Relays (3/23-25) and had a time of 28:59.86.
2023 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Men's Track Athlete of the Week twice (1/18 & 2/1) ... Won the Big South Indoor 3K Individual Title, the Indoor DMR Title and was the runner-up in the mile at the championship event ... Set a school record on the DMR team at the Big South Championships (2/24-25) with the squad crossing the line at 9:57.86 ... In the 3000, he took the title with a time of 8:14.79 and then had his runner-up performance in the mile be a 4:12.19 ... Took a pair of first place finishes at the Clemson Invite in the mile and the 3000 ... Had each time in the races set school record and personal best times of 4:02.30 in the mile and 8:03.10 in the 3000 with each time being the 4th-fastest in school history ... Improved on his time in the 3000 in the following meet, the Bob Pollock (1/27), improving on his school record in the 3000 and personal best time to 7:52.96 and then crossing the line in second overall.
2022 XC at Charleston Southern: Won the Big South Cross Country Championship Individual Title with an 8K personal best time of 24:04.8 … Won the Adidas XC Challenge with a 6K personal best time of 17:24.8 ... Raced at the NCAA Southeast Regional and crossed the line at 30:21.8 for the 10K finishing in 29th.
2022 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Second at the CSU Last Chance Qualifier with an 800 time of 1:51.83 ... Fourth in the 1500 at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:49.96 ... Sixth at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a 5K time of 14:47.94 ... Second at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a 1500 personal best of 3:44.84, 10th-fastest in Big South history ... Ninth in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a personal best time of 13:57.46, 9th-fastest in Big South history ... Ran a personal best 10K at the Raleigh Relays, crossing the line at 28:52.45, 7th-fastest in Big South history ... Won the 1500 at the CSU Distance/Throws Carnival with a time of 3:46.48.
2022 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Second in the 3K at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 8:28.50 ... Fourth in the Mile at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 4:09.64 ... Sixth in the 5K at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 14:55.71 ... Ran a personal best 3K at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a time of 8:20.94 ... Second in the Mile at the Clemson Invitational with a personal best time of 4:05.01.
2021 XC at Charleston Southern: Ran a personal best 10K at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a time of 30:18.5 … Fifth at the Big South Championships with an 8K time of 24:50.4 … Third at the Chanticleer Challenge with an 8K time of 25:08.2.
2021 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Second in the 10K at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 30:21.75 ... Ran a personal best time of 3:48.88 in the 1500m at the North Florida Invite ... Ran a personal best time of 14:12.37 in the 5K at the Raleigh Relays ... Finished sixth in the 5K at the Yellow Jacket Invite with a time of 14:29.05 ... Sixth in the 5K at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 14:28.70.
2021 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 Spring XC at Charleston Southern: Named to the 2020 Big South All-Conference Team … Ran a personal best in the 8K Big South Championships with a time of 24:31.8 … Placed 13th in his collegiate debut at the 8K CSU Invitational with a time of 25:08.1 … Placed among field's top-150 at the 8K FSU Winter XC Classic with a time of 27:04.1.
High School: Graduated as an A/B Honor Roll student … Placed among the top-10 in the state in both sports … Was the 2018 3-4A cross country champion and placed 10th in the state championships … Was the 2019 Greenville Country cross country championship and 5th place finish at the state championships … Set personal records of 2:03 in the 800m, 4:24 in the 1600m 9:17 in the 3200m and 15:20 in the 5K while at Greer HS.
