Wesley Wright

Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School:
William J. Palmer HS

Wright's TFRRS Results

AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 NCAA South-Central XC - 83rd, 10k, 31:55.1
2024 AAC XC - 47th, 8k, 25:45.5
2024 AAC Outdoor - 24th, 5000m, 15:23.13
2024 AAC Outdoor - 14th, 10,000m, 31:57.63
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 11th, 10,000m, 34:36.24
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 54th, 8k, 26:56.2

ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PERSONAL BESTS
Outdoor
1500m - 4:15.28, Houston Spring Break Invitational (3/17/22)
5000m - 14:59.91, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/20/24)
10,000m - 31:11.07, Victor Lopez Classic (3/22/24)

2024-25
XC: Rac at five races...Finished 47th at the AAC Championships and had a personal-best time for a 10k at the NCAA South-Central Regional...Was 20th at the Rice Invitational....Outdoor: Ran at four meets...Had two top finishes at the Bryan Clay Invite and the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet.

2023-24
XC: Ran at three races...Ran a personal best for an 8k race at the Arturo Barrios invite at A&M...Finished 17th at the Rice Invitational with the team finishing first...Outdoor: Competed at five meets...Set personal bests in three events: 5000m (Duckett), 10,000m (Victor Lopez) and in the mile (TSU)...Ran two events at the AAC Championships, finishing 14th in the 10,000m.

2022-23
XC: Ran in three races...Set a season best at the Lake Charles Toyota McNeese Cowboy Stampede with an eighth-place finish...Outdoor: Competed at four meets...Had an 11th-place finish at the C-USA Championships in the 10,000m.

2021-22
Cross Country: Raced at four meets...placed 54th at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at four meets...placed 7th in the 1500m at the Houston Spring Break Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from William J. Palmer High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado) where he competed for the Palmer Terrors under coaches Robert Gilliam and Gerald Freeman...set a cross country PR of 16:19 (5k)...ran the 3200m in 10:21 and the mile in 4:53...graduated with a 5.0 GPA.

PERSONAL
Parents: Fred Wright and Sarah Hatch-Wright (one sister)...Major: Mechanical Engineering...Rice College: Baker.

2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap

Thursday, April 25

Tommy McClelland Introductory Press Conference

Sunday, August 06

2023 Night of The Owl End of Year Highlight

Tuesday, April 25

Night of The Owl End of Year Highlight

Monday, April 04

Moran Named CSC Academic All-District

Tuesday, June 24

Greaves Earns Second Team All-American Honors at NCAAs

Wednesday, June 11

Gannon, Marais Close Rice’s Stay at NCAA West Prelims

Friday, May 30

Greaves Advances to NCAA Championships

Wednesday, May 28

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