Carter Spradling
- Class Sophomore
- Hometown Clovis, California
- High School Clovis East High School
- Event Cross Country-Middle Distance-Distance
HONORS
2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
Ran unattached in the Mizzou XC Opener but his 5k time of 14:49.9 was second only to teammate Drew Rogers’ 14:48.1 … ran unattached at the Gans Creek Classic with an 8k PR of 24:15.7.
2025 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor
Placed 2nd in the mile at the Show-Me Showdown with a time of 4:09.87 (UNA) … 4th in the mile at the Bob Teel Invitational with a PR of 4:04.45, running unattached … took third in the 3000m at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational in 8:06.13 (PR) … ran the mile at the Tyson Invitational (4:12.06, 45th) … ran a leg on the DMR at the SEC Championships where he was also 34th in the mile (4:15.25).
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Mizzou XC Opener (6k),18:40.5, 8th place (UNA) … Gans Creek Classic (8k), 44th place, 25:10.9.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Born Dec. 1, 2005 in Fresno, California … son of Shaun and Suzanne … has a brother, Parker ... as a senior was Footlocker Cross Country National Championships finalist … as a junior placed seventh at the CIF Cross Country D1 State Championships … valedictorian of his high school class with a 4.6 GPA.
Declan Tunney
- Class Senior
- Hometown Orland Park, Illinois
- High School Carl Sandburg High School
- Event Cross Country-Middle Distance-Distance
HONORS
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
Was 11th at the Mizzou XC Opener (5k, 15:16.9) …
2025 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor
9th in the mile at the Show-Me Showdown (4:13.31) … 2nd in the 3000m at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational with a personal-best time of 8:03.92 … bettered that mark with a 8:02.92 at the Tyson Invitational for the fourth-best time in program history … ran 14:19.08 in the 5000m at the SEC Championships.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Mizzou XC Opener (6k), 11th place, 18:51.0 … Gans Creek Classic (8k), 52nd place, 24:08.1 … Alabama Crimson Classic (8k), 16th place, 23:57.5 … SEC Championship (8k), 27th place, 23:24.8 … NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (10k), 66th place, 30:49.7.
2024 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor
Secured a spot on Missouri’s all-time top-10 list with a 14:19.03 run in the men’s indoor 5000m that ranks eighth in program history … finished seventh in the 3000m with an 8:11.56 pace at the Vanderbilt Invitational … registered a 8:14.74 time in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge … placed 8th in the 5000m at the SEC Championships with a PR time of 14:19.03.
2023 TRACK AND FIELD
Outdoor
Posted a time of 14:30.72 in the 5000m run at the Raleigh Relays … finished tenth in the 5000m with a time of 14:31.41 at the Mt. SAC Relays.
2022 CROSS COUNTRY
Ran the 8k with a time of 26:01.8 at John McNichols Invite … finished the 8k Gans Creek Classic with a time of 25:21.4.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Member of 2021 Illinois state cross country championship team at Carl Sandburg High … ran on state champion 4x800m team in 2022 … also in 2022, all-state in the 1600m was a sixth-place finish … Illinois academic all-state … played club baseball and basketball with Orland Magic … born July 19, 2004 in La Grange, Illinois … son of Josephine and Sean … has one sister, Aileen … Majoring in finance.