2019-20 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Thiessen, Karl
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Karl Thiessen
- Position:
- XC/Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Abingdon, Va.
- High School:
- Abingdon
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 6k: 18:05.05 (2018)
- 4-mile: 20:50.57 (2018)
- 5-mile: 24:06.8 (2022)
- 8k: 23:30.68 (2022)
- 10k: 29:39.2 (2021)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:11.62 (2021)
- 3,000m: 8:09.78 (2021)
- 5,000m: 14:07.17 (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 3,000m: 8:45.16 (2019)
- 5,000m: 14:02.11 (2023)
- 10,000m: 28:59.71 (2022)
SEC Scoring
Cross Country
- 2022 - 8k - 14th - 23:40.26
- 2021 - 8k - 14th - 23:58.5
- 2020 - 8k - 11th - 24:14.6
- 2019 - 8k - 57th - 24:35.4
- 2018 - 8k - 16th - 23:30.68
Indoor Track
- 2021 - 5,000m - 7th - 14:13.83
- 2020 - 5,000m - 7th - 14:24.18
Outdoor Track
- 2023 - 10,000m - 6th - 30:23.63
- 2022 - 10,000m - 4th - 29:32.36
- 2021 - 5,000m - 7th - 14:12.29
- 2021 - 10,000m - 6th - 29:50.66
NCAA Scoring
Cross Country
- 2022 - 10k - 181st - 30:51.8
HONORS
- 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
- 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2022 Cross Country All-SEC Second Team
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2021 Cross Country All-SEC Second Team
- 2020 Cross Country All-SEC Second Team
- 2018 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2018 Cross Country Freshman All-SEC
- SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Week (twice)
2023 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Participated in the 10k at the NCAA East Prelims (5/24), coming to a finish in 30:30.78
- Claimed a sixth place scoring finish in the 10k at the SEC Championships (5/11), coming to a finish in 30:23.63
- Finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/14), finishing the event with a personal best time of 14:02.11
- Opened the outdoor season by competing in the 10,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays (3/24), racing across the finish line in 29:04.26
- Placed eleventh in the 5,000-meter at the SEC Championships (2/24), logging a time of 14:25.34
- Competed in the 5k at the Valentine Invitational (2/11), setting a personal best time of 14:07.17 - the twelfth fastest in school history
2022 CROSS COUNTRY
- Crossed the finish line at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/19) with a time of 30:51.8
- Registered a 12th place finish at the NCAA South Regional Championships (11/11), with a time of 29:55.90
- Earning Second Team All-SEC honors, placed 14th with a time of 23:40.26 at the SEC Championships (10/28)
- Placed 40th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (9/30), with a time of 24:06.8
2022 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Ran a time of 29:32.36 in the 10,000-meter to capture a fourth-place finish at the SEC Championships (5/12)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Finished seventh at the SEC Championships in the men's 5,000m, crossing the line in 14:12.29 (5/15)
- Scored at the SEC outdoor meet with a sixth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at 29:50.66 (5/13)
- Ran the fastest 10,000-meter race by a Vol in 15 years at the Virginia Challenge (4/16), crossing the finish line in 29:07.61 for eighth place at the meet
- Made his first outdoor win at the Tennessee Relays (4/10), placing first in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:11.04
- Logged a personal-best in the 5,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays (3/25), clocking a time of 14:03.95
- Turned in a personal-best of 8:09.78 in the 3000m at the SEC Championships (2/27)
- Placed 7th overall at the SEC Championships, turning in a personal-best time of 14:13.83 (2/26)
- Clocked a personal best of 8:14.54 in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/13)
- Ran his first mile as a collegian at the Bob Pollock Meet (1/29), recording a personal-best time of 4:11.62
- Cracked Tennessee's all-time top 10 in the indoor 5,000-meter at the Commodore Indoor (1/15), clocking a personal-best and event-winning time of 14:14.10 for the No. 10 mark in school history
2020-21 CROSS COUNTRY
- Placed 9th overall at the FSU Winter Classic (2/5), finishing first in line for the Vols with a time of 23:47 and his third career sub-24:00 8K performance
- Earned his first career All-SEC award in cross country, leading the Vols with an 11th-place finish at the SEC Championships (10/30) for second team league honors
- Placed 11th as the Vols' top finisher at the UAB Blazer Classic (10/16), running his fastest 8K since 2018 with a time of 23:41.68
- Opened his junior season as the second Vol across the finish line at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic (10/3), placing 11th with a time of 24:12.9
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
- Running his first career indoor 5000m at the SEC Championships (2/28), crossed the finish line in 14:24.18 for seventh place
- Shaved two seconds off his PR in the 3000m with a time of 8:20.63 at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/15)
2019 CROSS COUNTRY
- Ran in five meets during his sophomore cross country season
- Closed the year with a college-best 10K time of 31:45.8 at the NCAA South Region Championships (11/15)
- Placed 57th at the SEC Championships (11/1) with a time of 24:35.4
- Opened the season with his first career first-place finish at the Tennessee Tri-Star Cross Country Challenge (8/30) with a time of 20:56.83
2019 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Clocked a personal-best time of 14:23.28 in the 5000m and finished 13th overall at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
- Raced the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge (4/20) and took 28th with a time of 14:37.73
- Finished fourth in the 5000m with a time of 14:42.69 at the Tennessee Relays (4/13)
- Ran the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational (3/30) and finished 18th with a time of 14:40.78
- Opened the outdoor season with a PR in the 3000m with a time of 8:45.16 and a fifth-place finish at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (3/23)
- Recorded a personal-best in the 3000m with a time of 8:22.97 and placed 18th overall at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23)
- Clocked in at 8:33.69 over 3000m at the Husky Classic for 53rd place at the meet
- Ran a personal-best 3K of 8:27.10 to finish third at the Hokie Invitational
- Made his UT track debut at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals, timing a mark of 8:39.13 in the 3K for 6th place
2018 CROSS COUNTRY
- Ran in five meets his first season with the Vols, placing in the top 20 in four of them
- Posted a pair of top-five finishes to start the year, running third at the opening dual meet vs. Louisville (4 miles; 20:50.57) and fifth at the Auburn Invitational (6K; 18:05.05)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice
- Earned SEC All-Freshman Team accolades by taking 16th overall (second on the team) at the SEC Championships with a season-best 8K time of 23:30.68
- Tallied a 16th/2nd team finish at the NCAA South Regional in the 10K (31:51.3).
PERSONAL
- Karl Jackson Thiessen born on November 8th, 1999
- Son of Joanne and Eric Thiessen
- Completed degree in Supply Chain Management in May 2022
- Biggest Sports Influence: Greg Cornforth and Matthew Centrowitz.
- Hobbies include rock climbing and fly fishing
- 2016 and 2017 Virginia XC state champion
- Recipient of the Yee Haw Foods, LLC Endowment
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