2022-23 Cross Country/Distance Roster
Roster
Griffin, Mike

Mike Griffin
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wrentham, Mass.
- High School:
- King Philip Regional
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 6K:Â 20:47.6Â (2022)
- 8K:Â 24:43.9Â (2020)
- 5 Mile:Â 25:10.7Â (2020)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:11.31 (2021)
- 3,000m:Â 8:08.18Â (2021) - UT Freshman Record
- 5,000m:Â 14:38.39Â (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 1,500m: 3:53.23Â (2021)
- 3,000m:Â 8:49.50 (HS)
- 3,000mSC: 9:29.64 (2021)
HONORS
- 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Set a new personal best in the 5,000-meter at the Tennessee Invite (4/7), finishing the event in 14:38.39 and placing sixth
Indoor
- Tallied fifth in the 5000-meter run at the Music City Challenge (2/10), finishing the event in 14:51.17 and setting a new personal bestÂ
- Opened the season placing fifth in the 3000-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/21) with a time of 8:22.27
2022Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Placed 25th with a time of 20:47.6 in the Hokie Open (11/4)
2022Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Did not compete during the outdoor season
Indoor
- Did not compete during the indoor season
2021 CROSS COUNTRY
- Did not compete during the cross country season
2021Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Made his outdoor career debut at the Raleigh Relays (3/25), finishing the 1,500-meter in a personal-best 3:53.23
Indoor
- Recorded a personal best and ran the fastest 3000m ever by a UT freshmen with a time of 8:08.18 at the Music City Challenge (2/13)
- Placed fourth in the mile at Clemson University's Bob Pollock Meet (1/29) with a personal best of 4:11.31
- In his first collegiate 3,000m race at the Commodore Indoor (1/16), clocked a personal-best mark of 8:18.80 for 5th place at the meet
- Made his Tennessee track & field debut at the Commodore Indoor (1/15), competing in the men's DMR as the Vols posted a time of 10:13.41
2020-21 CROSS COUNTRY
- Was the No. 4 finisher for the Vols at the FSU Winter Classic (2/5), scoring for the first time this season with a time of 25:08.3 and placing 88th overall            Â
- In his first career SEC Championship meet (10/30), placed 44th overall as the Vols' sixth man across in 25:10.7
- Made his Tennessee cross country debut in the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic (10/3), clocking an 8K time of 24:43.9 to place 26th at the meet
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Ran a personal-best 4:13.55 in the mile to capture his second-straight state title in the event
- 2019 Foot Locker XC national championship qualifier
- 2019 New Balance Nationals Runner-Up - 2K Steeplechase
- 2019 Indoor State Champion - Mile
- Finished high school with personal records of 5:57.19 in the 2000m Steeple, 8:49.50 in the 3000m and 15:32.9 in the 5K (XC)
XC | 2024 Season Recap
Saturday, November 30
XC | 2024 NCAA Championships Recap
Saturday, November 23
XC | 2024 NCAA South Region Championships Recap
Friday, November 15
XC | Justin Duncan SEC Championships Postrace (11.1.24)
Friday, November 01