2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Matthew Storer

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, CO

Biography

Achievements/Awards 
  • All American, 2025 (28th Place Individual Finish)
  • NCAA Championships 7th Place Team Finish, 2025
  • RMAC Runner of the Week, 2025
  • NCAA DII Cross Country USTFCCCA All-Region, 2025
  • USTFCCA National Athlete of the Week, 2025
  • RMAC Runner of the Week, 2025
  • All American, 2024 (4th Place Individual Finish)
  • NCAA Championships 11th Place Team Finish, 2024
  • RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, 2024
  • NCAA All Region, 2024
  • RMAC Runner of the Week, 2024
  • 2023/24 RMAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year 
  • All American, 2023 (3rd Place Individual Finish)
  • NCAA Championships 8th Place Team Finish, 2023
  • RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, 2023
  • NCAA All Region, 2023
  • USTFCCA Athlete of the Week, 2023
  • RMAC Runner of the Week, 2023
  • All American, 2022 (17th Place Individual Finish)
  • NCAA Championships 3rd Place Team Finish, 2022

Year-by-Year
  • 2025 | Storer continued to show his ability to compete at a high level in the 2025 season as he competed in four different meets as a graduate student. Storer won the 18th Annual UCCS Rust-Buster racing the 8k in a 24:44. Storer followed up with an impressive second place finish at The Lewis Crossover with a 23:47 8k, leading the team to win that entire meet. Storer claimed a strong top 10 finish at the South Central Regional, placing 9th with a 10k time of 30:35. Storer capped off a monumental career with a 28th individual finish at Nationals with a 10k time of 30:31, garnering him yet another All-American honor. Storer led the Cougars to a team finish of 7th in the nation, the second highest finish in program history. 
  • 2024 | Storer continued to show he is one of the best runners in the nation in 2024 as he competed in four meets. Storer won the Gage McSpadden memorial to start the year before an impressive second place finish at the Lewis Crossover. Ran a time of 31:32.02 at Regionals to claim 7th place and help send his team to their fifth straight appearance at Nationals.Claimed his third straight All American honor in as many tries with a fourth place individual finish at the National Championships with a run of 29:47.6. 
  • 2023 | Storer competed in three meets this cross country season. At the Lewis Crossover, he won the meet with a time of 23:46.7 in the 8k. He then took 4th at NCAA Regionals running a time of 29:48.3 in the 10k. To wrap up the season, he took 3rd at the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:14.5 in the 10k (personal best) to earn the title of All American. 
  • 2022 | Placed 17th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a time of 30:14.2 … Clocked a time of 30:52.2 at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships … At the C.U. Time Trials, Storer finished with a time of 22:26.3.
  • 2021 | Western Colorado: Did not compete during XC season. 

Beyond the Jersey 
  • INSPIRATIONAL PERSON OR QUOTE & WHY | Isaiah 41:10-13
  • FAVORITE CCU MOMENT & WHY | “Team finish of 3rd place at XC Nationals. It was a moment so many people have worked so hard to achieve.”
  • OUTSIDE OF SPORTS | Outside of sports, Storer enjoys the mountains. 
  • WHY DID YOU CHOOSE CCU | “To follow my athletic and academic goals with a Christian grounding.”
  • FAMILY TIES | Matthew is the son of Matt and Cheryl Storer. Both of his parents work in ministry. 
  • POST COLLEGE DREAMS | After college, Storer would like to use business to further God’s kingdom. 

beyond the jersey
 Beyond the Jersey with Matthew Storer



 
Matthew Storer

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Redshirt Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2022Redshirt Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2023Redshirt Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2024Redshirt Junior

    5'8"
  • 2025Redshirt Senior

    5'8"