2017-18 Men's Track and Field

Adam Houston

  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wa.
  • Highschool Roosevelt High School

Biography

Collegiate Bests:

1,500m 3:59.99

Mile 4:21.61

3,000m 8:20.16

5,000m 14:11.12

10,000m 32:07.48

8k (xc) 24:49.3

High School Bests:

800m 2:04.70

1,600m 4:22.40

3,200m 9:04.10

5k (xc) 15:25.90

2016-2017: Selected by team to be captain for the 2017 season...In cross country, finished third on the team at Fordham meet, placing sixth overall… Raced at Harvard/Yale/Princeton Meet and at Notre Dame Joe Piane Invite, where he finished third among the Elis… In outdoor track, competed in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge...Placed 6th at the outdoor Heptagonal Championships in the 5,000 meters and placed 8th in the 10,000 meters...Placed second at IC4As in the 5,000 meters with a personal best time of 14:11.12...Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 5,000 meters. 

2015-2016: Ran fifth on the team at Harvard-Yale-Princeton… Competed at the Panorama Farms Invite… Ran a 8k personal best at Pre-Nationals (24:49.3)… Broke into the top three on the team at the Ivy League Championships with a 17th-place overall finish… Placed 54th at Regionals to finish sophomore season... Placed 12th in mile at Harvard/Yale/Princeton.

2014-2015: Placed 25th at Harvard/Yale/Princeton... Finished third on the team at the Iona Meet of Champions... Set 8k personal best at Lehigh... Raced in Bulldogs’ top seven at Pre-Nationals... Won the 5,000-meter run at the Giegengack Invite... Competed in the 5,000-meter run at the Indoor Ivy League Championships and the 3,000-meter run at Indoor IC4As... Set 5,000-meter  personal best at the Penn Relays... Competed at Outdoor Ivy League Championships in the 5,000-meter run.

High School: Four-year varsity member of cross country and track teams...Holds school 5k cross country and 3,200-meter track records...Cross country MVP in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Most Talented Newcomer in 2010...Captained the track team as a junior and senior and cross country team as a senior...Three-time Washington State cross country qualifier...2012 Roosevelt cross country team won Academic State Champions with the highest combined GPA in the state...Seattle Club 101 Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Valedictorian of Roosevelt High School...National Merit Finalist...Competed the 200-mile Seattle-to-Portland bike ride...Interested in majoring in environmental studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15First Year

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2016-17Junior

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2017-18Senior

    Distance