2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jackson Beck

Jack Anderson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Athens, AL
  • High school Athens HS

Biography

Awards:
  • All-American (2025 Cross Country)
  • GSAC Champion (2024 Cross Country)
  • All-American (2024 Indoor Track)
  • All-American (2023 Cross Country)
  • GSAC Champion (2023 Cross Country)
  • All-GSAC (2023 Cross Country)
2024-2025 (Junior): Became of the top runners in the NAIA his junior season, with a sub-24 minute performance at the Highlander Invitational (23:54) and a GSAC individual championship with a championship record of 24:00 over the 8000m distance... Finished fourth in the NAIA Cross Country Championships with a personal best of 23:47 to earn his second XC All-American Award... Competed in two meets in the following track season and redshirted. 

2023-24 (Sophomore): Continued to build off his prolific freshman season with another breakout season as a sophomore... emerged as one of TMU’s top runners with his 24:08 8000m at the The Master’s University XC Invitational, in which he placed second... consistently placed top-10 in multiple high-level meets and capped his season with a GSAC XC Individual Championship (24:31) and an eighth-place finish (25:02) at NAIA XC Championships... earned another All-American award as he anchored the Mustangs’ DMR to a fifth place finish at the NAIA Indoor Championships. Won GSAC 1500m and 4x800m title and advanced to final of NAIA 1500m.

2022-23 (Freshman): Set a season best over 8000m at the Titan Invite (25:58)... placed 29th at the GSAC XC championships with a time of 26:24... had a breakthrough track campaign in which he set the TMU freshman 1500m record with a time of 3:53... was also a member of the 4x800m relay indoors and outdoors... set personal bests in the 800m (1:57) and the 1000m (2:30)... did not compete at outdoor nationals due to injury.

Personal: Parents are Jack and Leslie... siblings are Will and Ty... "I decided to attend The Master’s University because of its unique dedication to the supremacy of Jesus Christ and the inspired Word of God through every opportunity that it offers."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior