Tyler Day Career Stats
Academic Notes: Earning bachelor's degree while majoring in Journalism
2019 Outdoor: Raced in six meets during the 2019 outdoor season... Qualified for the Men's 10,000m Championship Race at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships; Placed sixth at that meet with a time of 29:25.35 earning All-American honors... Set a PR in the Men's 5000m Run at the Payton Jordan Invite with a time of 13:25.06... Men's 5000m Run conference champion at the 2019 Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a time of 14:43.86... Qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division I West Regional Preliminary Rounds in the 5000m Run as well...
2019 Indoor: Raced at six meets during 2019 indoor season... Second-place in the Men's 5000m Run at the 2019 Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships, earned All-Big Sky honors... Finished 13th in the Men's 5000m Run at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships...
2018 Cross Country: All-American... All-Big Sky... Big Sky All-Academic... Helped NAU capture third straight NCAA Division I National Championship in Men's XC... Placed sixth in the Men's 10K Championship race at NCAA National Championships... Second-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Division I Mountain Regional Championships... Set a PR in the Men's 8K Race at the 2018 Big Sky Conference XC Championships with a time of 22:50.5
2017 Cross Country: All-American...All Big Sky...Big Sky All-Academic team honoree...Was an integral part of NAU's success during his Junior season capturing five top three finishes throughout the season...Came in second-place at the George Kyte Classic to start the year finishing with a time of 23:02.6...Followed that up with another second-place finish with a time of 23:11.25 at the Greater Louisville Classic...Came in fourth-place at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational (23:41.9)...Won first place at the Big Sky Conference Championships en route to helping NAU capture yet another conference title with a time of 23:21.0...At the NCAA Mountain Regionals he came in third-place clocking in at 30:16.5, as well as finishing in third at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, KY (29:04.55) as he helped the Lumberjacks win their second National Title in just two years.
2016 Cross Country: All-American...All Big Sky...Big Sky All-Academic team honoree...Followed up his outstanding freshman campaign with another great season...Finished 17th at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 24:15.7...Placed third at the Big Sky Championships with a run of 24:16...Finished in seventh-place at the NCAA Mountain Regionals (31:00.9)...Came in 23rd at the NCAA National Championships (30:13.0), helping to clinch the first national championship for not only NAU in cross country, but in school history.
2015 Cross Country: Had an outstanding freshman campaign … Opened the season with a third-place finish at George Kyte (23:12.6) before recording a ninth-place overall mark at the Cowboy Jamboree (25:09.2) and a 75th-place time, out of 244 competing athletes, at the Adidas Invitational (24:18.4) … Top finisher for NAU at both Big Sky Conference Championships (3rd – 25:02.7) and NCAA Mountain Regionals (14th – 30:22.31), earning first-team all-conference and all-regional honors in the process
High School: School record holder for 1600m (4:20.98) and 3200m (9:28.02) ... Ran a 14:59.48 5K race in cross country ... Runner-up at state for cross country and Division I state champion for 3200m ... Ran at Nike Southwest Regionals, placing eighth with a 15:00.03 time ... Qualified for Nike Cross Nationals, where he finished 43rd with a time of 16:02 in its 5K ... Named cross country all-American winner by the United Dairymen of Arizona
Personal: Born on December 18, 1996 to Brian and Renee Day ... Has one sister, Kendall Day ... Chose NAU because “It feels like you are not in Arizona, the people here are super chill and the running up here is awesome”
