Wheaton College (MA)

Event Results/Top Times

2024 SEASON: Also a member of the Men's Track and Field Team ... Named to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team ... Finished as the top performer for the Lyons in all seven events on the season ... Placed 4th with a personal-best time of 15:50.6 in the five-kilometer race to lead the Lyons at the Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational at Bryant University on September 7 ... Finished in 8th place with a time of 16:09.8 to lead the Lyons in the five kilometers at the 10th Annual Wheaton & Babson Season-Opener on August 31 ... Posted a personal-best time of 25:46.6 to finish in 33rd place and placed sixth among NCAA Division III runners in the eight kilometers at the UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational on September 21 ... Led the Lyons with a time of 25:46.9 to place 13th in the eight-kilometer race at the Keene State College Invitational on October 5 ... Posted a time of 26:03.2 in the eight kilometers to place 20th at the NEWMAC Championship on November 2 ... Recorded a time of 26:37.3 in the eight kilometers to finish in 55th place at the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship on November 16 ... Named NEWMAC Cross Country Runner of the Week on September 10 for posting the top time among Division III finishers with a time of 15:50.6 in the five kilometers at the Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational at Bryant University on September 7.

2023 SEASON: Also a member of the Men's Track and Field Team ... Named to the NEWMAC Conference All-Academic Team ... Earned NEWMAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the first time in his career ... Registered his best time over eight kilometers at the Suffolk Invite on October 14, with a time of 26:06.3 ... Finished in 28th place with a time of 27:29.1 at the NEWMAC Cross Country Championship on October 28 ... Helped the Lyons to a 5th place finish in the NEWMAC as the first finisher for Wheaton ... Recorded a time of 26:47.0 at the NCAA Division III East Regional Championships on November 11.

2022 SEASON: Also a member of the Men's Track and Field Team ... Recorded his best time over eight kilometers at the Keene State College Invitational at 27:00 on October 1 ... Finished 50th at the NEWMAC Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:12 over eight kilometers ... Helped the Lyons to an 8th place finish in the NEWMAC, crossing second for the team ... Competed at the NCAA DIII East Regional Champtionship recording a time of 28:12 over eight kilometers. 

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Champlain Valley Union High School in 2022.

PERSONAL: Born December 23, 2003 ... Majoring in Business and Management with a minor in Design at Wheaton ... Son of Sharon Carlson and James Hillier ... Has two siblings, Julia and Willem ... Also a member of Wheaton's men's indoor and outdoor track & field teams ... Chose to compete at Wheaton because he liked the team culture and the coaching.