2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Dowd, Travis

Travis Dowd
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Bio
Dowd's TFRRS Results
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 AAC Outdoor - 8th, 10,000m, 31:33.00
2024 AAC Outdoor - 10th, 5000m, 14:57.19
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 29th, 10k, 30:38.2
2023 AAC Championships (XC) - 35th, 8k, 24:15.9
2022 NCAA South Central (XC) - 46th, 10l, 32:15.3
2022 C-USA Championships (XC) - 21st, 8k, 25;41.0
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 8th, 10,000m, 31:35.68
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 15th, 5000m, 15:05.16
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 13th, 10,000m, 31:23.01
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 16th, 5000m, 15:00.90
2021 C-USA Championships (XC)- 24th, 8k, 25:19
2019 C-USA Championships (XC) - 40th, 8k, 25:57
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
3000m - 8:26.05, Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/5/22)
5000m - 14:47.99, C-USA Championships (2/20/22)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2024 Rice Scholar Athlete
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2021-22 C-USA Spring Spirit of Service Award
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2023-24
XC: Ran at three meets...Finished 35th at the AAC Championships...Ran a personal best time for a 10k race at the NCAA South Central Regional, finishing 29th...Indoor: Ran the 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational...Outdoor: Competed in three meets...Earned a point with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m at the AAC Championships while also finishing 10th in the 5000m.
2022-23
XC: Raced at six meets...Won the Rice Invitational...Finished 22nd at the C-USA Championships and later finished 46th at the NCAA South Central Regional...Indoor: Ran the 3000m at the Houston Invitational, finishing seventh.
2021-22
Cross Country: Raced at five meets...placed 37th overall at NCAA South Central...was 25th at the C-USA Championships...ran a season-best 8k time of 24:15 at Texas A&M Invitational. Indoor: Saw action at three meets...placed 9th in the 5000m at the C-USA Championships...was also 9th in the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor: Competed in five meets...scored a point in the 10,000m at the C-USA Championships...ran a season-best 10k time of 30:32.79 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2020-21
Cross Country: Placed 24th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:19 in the 8k race. Outdoor: Competed at six meets...established personal best time in the 5000m (15:00.90) and 10,000m (31:23.01) at the C-USA Championships...won the 5000m at the Rice Invitational.
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in four races...placed 40th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:57 in the 8k race...finished 12th overall in his collegiate debut with a time of 20:09 in the Rice Invitational 4k race...ran a season-best 8k time of 25:34 at the Chile Pepper Festival. Indoor: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. Stephen's Episcopal School HS (Austin, Texas) where he competed for the Spartans under head coach Paul Carrozza...All-SPC three times in cross country...All-SPC three times in T&F...PR's of 9:13.21 (3200m), 15:02.9 (XC 5k)...4:21.10 (1600m), 1:59.13 (800m)...also played three years of soccer for head coach Shane McGuire/Wallis Goodman/Andy Aceves...graduated with a 4.39 GPA...Cum Laude Society...graduated with honors...member of student government.
PERSONAL
Parents: Scott and Rebecca Dowd...two sisters...Major: Bioengineering...Rice College: Sid Richardson.
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 AAC Outdoor - 8th, 10,000m, 31:33.00
2024 AAC Outdoor - 10th, 5000m, 14:57.19
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 29th, 10k, 30:38.2
2023 AAC Championships (XC) - 35th, 8k, 24:15.9
2022 NCAA South Central (XC) - 46th, 10l, 32:15.3
2022 C-USA Championships (XC) - 21st, 8k, 25;41.0
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 8th, 10,000m, 31:35.68
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 15th, 5000m, 15:05.16
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 13th, 10,000m, 31:23.01
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 16th, 5000m, 15:00.90
2021 C-USA Championships (XC)- 24th, 8k, 25:19
2019 C-USA Championships (XC) - 40th, 8k, 25:57
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
3000m - 8:26.05, Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/5/22)
5000m - 14:47.99, C-USA Championships (2/20/22)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2024 Rice Scholar Athlete
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2021-22 C-USA Spring Spirit of Service Award
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2023-24
XC: Ran at three meets...Finished 35th at the AAC Championships...Ran a personal best time for a 10k race at the NCAA South Central Regional, finishing 29th...Indoor: Ran the 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational...Outdoor: Competed in three meets...Earned a point with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m at the AAC Championships while also finishing 10th in the 5000m.
2022-23
XC: Raced at six meets...Won the Rice Invitational...Finished 22nd at the C-USA Championships and later finished 46th at the NCAA South Central Regional...Indoor: Ran the 3000m at the Houston Invitational, finishing seventh.
2021-22
Cross Country: Raced at five meets...placed 37th overall at NCAA South Central...was 25th at the C-USA Championships...ran a season-best 8k time of 24:15 at Texas A&M Invitational. Indoor: Saw action at three meets...placed 9th in the 5000m at the C-USA Championships...was also 9th in the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor: Competed in five meets...scored a point in the 10,000m at the C-USA Championships...ran a season-best 10k time of 30:32.79 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2020-21
Cross Country: Placed 24th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:19 in the 8k race. Outdoor: Competed at six meets...established personal best time in the 5000m (15:00.90) and 10,000m (31:23.01) at the C-USA Championships...won the 5000m at the Rice Invitational.
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in four races...placed 40th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:57 in the 8k race...finished 12th overall in his collegiate debut with a time of 20:09 in the Rice Invitational 4k race...ran a season-best 8k time of 25:34 at the Chile Pepper Festival. Indoor: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. Stephen's Episcopal School HS (Austin, Texas) where he competed for the Spartans under head coach Paul Carrozza...All-SPC three times in cross country...All-SPC three times in T&F...PR's of 9:13.21 (3200m), 15:02.9 (XC 5k)...4:21.10 (1600m), 1:59.13 (800m)...also played three years of soccer for head coach Shane McGuire/Wallis Goodman/Andy Aceves...graduated with a 4.39 GPA...Cum Laude Society...graduated with honors...member of student government.
PERSONAL
Parents: Scott and Rebecca Dowd...two sisters...Major: Bioengineering...Rice College: Sid Richardson.

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