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Trent McFarland

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Utica, Mich.
High School:
Utica
Major:
LSA Undeclared

At Michigan

• Big Ten Champion (1500m, 2024)
• Big Ten Champion (mile run, 2025)
• B1G Indoor Championships Meet record holder (mile run)
• School record holder (indoor distance medley relay; indoor 800m run; 4x800m relay)
• Second Team All-American (indoor distance medley relay, 2024)
• Second Team All-American (outdoor 1500m, 2024)
• Finished seventh at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 1,500m run (3:44.32)
• Captured gold in the 1,500m run (3:47.39) at the 2024 USATF U20 Championships

Collegiate PR | Indoor: 800m - 1:47.52; Mile - 3:58.49; 3000m - 8:11.52 | Outdoor: 800m - 1:47.50; 1500m - 3:38.45 | Cross Country: 5k - 15:01.7; 8k - 23:30.5; 10k - 29:51.8
High School PR | 200m – 23.84; 400m – 50.16; 800m – 1:50.68; 1600m – 4:16.47; 3200m – 9:14.76; 5000m – 15:14.6

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

Junior (2025-26)

Cross Country
• Ran 15:01.7 over 5 kilometers for second at the Michigan Open (Aug. 29)

Sophomore (2024-25)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 3:52.17 in the 1500m preliminaries and 3:47.94 for 11th in the finals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 11-14)
• Ran 3:39.79 in the 1500m preliminaries and 3:44.48 for fourth in the finals at the NCAA East First Round (May 28-31)
• Ran 3:45.79 in the 1500m preliminaries and 3:53.82 for fourth in the finals at the Big Ten Championships (May 16-18)
• Ran a program record 7:14.65 in the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays (April 24-26)
• Ran a career-best 3:38.45 for second in the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 17-18)
• Ran a career-best 1:47.50 for fourth in the 800m at the 44 Farms Team Invitational (April 11-12)
• Ran a career-best 1:48.59 for eighth in the 800m and 3:52.79 for 32nd in the 1500m at the Battle on the Bayou (March 28-29)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 3:59.29 in the mile run preliminaries (B1G Indoor Championships Meet Record) and 4:03.56 to win the mile run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1)
• Ran the first leg of the DMR (9:30.07) for ninth at the Alex Wilson (Feb. 21)
• Ran a career-best 3:58.49 in the mile run for 27th at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14)
• Ran a career-best and program record 1:47.52 to win the 800m run at the Michigan Invitational (Feb. 8)
• Ran a career-best 3:58.71, the No. 10 mark in program history, to win the mile run at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Cross Country
• Ran 29:51.8 over 10 kilometers for 28th at the Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15)
• Ran a career-best 23:30.5 over 8 kilometers for 38th at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1)
• Ran a career-best 23:58.0 over 8 kilometers for 107th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
• Ran 24:16.4 over 8 kilometers for 59th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Sept. 27)

First-Year (2023-24)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 3:55.22 in the 1500-meter run preliminaries for 47th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 22-25)
• Ran 3:49.36 in the 1500-meter run preliminaries and 3:43.59 in the final for the win at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran 16:16.38 in the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays (April 25-27)
• Ran 3:40.93 in the 1500-meter run for 14th, the No. 6 time in program history, at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 19)
• Ran 1:48.66 in the 800-meter run for sixth and 3:42.99 in the 1500-meter run for second at the Battle on the Bayou (March 29-30)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:38.40 in the DMR for 12th at the NCAA Championships (March 8-9)
• Ran 9:43.96 in the DMR for second and 4:06.70 in the mile preliminaries and 4:07.31 for fourth at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran a school record 9:19.33 in the DMR, the No. 5 time in the NCAA, for third at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran a career-best 1:49.50 to win the 800-meter run at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran a career-best 1:51.22 in the 800-meter run for third at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 20)
• Ran a meet record 1:51.77 to win the 800-meter run and 3:20.18 in the 4x400 meter relay for third at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Ran 16:09.1 over 5 kilometers for 9th at the EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 20)
• Ran 26:03.1 over 8 kilometers for 61st at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 13)

HIGH SCHOOL

Track & Field: Finished first for 800 meters in the 2023 State Championships… Finished first for 1,600 meters in the 2023 MAC White Championships… Finished first for 800 meters in the 2023 Regional Championships… Earned a spot on the Macomb County Second Team for 400 meters… Finished first for 800 meters in the 2022 MAC White Championships to go along with a first place finish for 1,600 meters… Finished first for 800 meters in the 2022 Macomb County Championships to go with an earned spot on the Macomb County Second Team for 1,6000 meters … Finished first for 800 meters in the 2022 Regional Championships… Finished first for 800 meters in the 2022 State Championships… Runner-up for 3,200 meters in the 2021 MAC White Championships and a leg in the first place 4x800 meter relay team… Earned a spot on the Macomb County Third Team for 800 meters

Cross Country: Finished fifth in the 2023 All State… Finished first in the 2021 MAC Red Championships… Earned a spot on the Macomb County Second Team