Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Personal Bests:
1,500m - 3:55.7
Mile - 4:14.11
3,000m - 8:15.37
5,000m - 14:39.92
8K (XC) - 24:16.3
10,000m - 30:37.6


National/Regional Honors:
Cross Country - All-OVC, first team (2019); NCAA All-Southeast Region (2019)


2019-20
Cross Country – Earned NCAA All-Southeast Region honors after placing 23^rd out of 247 competitors at the regional meet with a personal-best 10K time of 30:37.6 … named first team All-OVC after finishing second overall at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 24:39.5 … finished second on the team at the loaded Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, clocking an 8K time of 24:50.2 … finished second overall and ran a season-best 8K time of 24:29.3 at the RedHawk Rumble in September.
Track and Field – Won a pair of bronze medals at the OVC Indoor Championships … took third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:48.06 … the next day, finished third in the mile with a time of 4:15.86 … ran personal-bests times in the mile (4:14.11), 3,000 meters (8:15.37) and 5,000 meters (14:39.92) during the indoor season.


2018-19
Cross Country – Finished fourth on the team and fifth overall at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic early in the season, recording an 8K time of 25:01.5 … stopped competing after September due to injury.
Track and Field – Missed the indoor season due to injury, but returned for outdoor … scored points with a sixth place finish in the 10,000 meters (personal-best 31:34.04) and a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters (14:50.2) at the OVC Outdoor Championships … ran a season-best 14:43.3 in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge in April.


2017-18
Cross Country – Finished 16^th at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 24:52.2 … placed ninth at the Bluegrass Invitational with a season-best 8K time of 24:16.2.
Track and Field – Helped the Colonels capture the OVC Outdoor Championship by scoring points with sixth-place finishes in the 1,500 meters (personal-best 3:55.7) and 5,000 meters (15:35.2) … ran a personal-best time of 14:44.8 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays on March 30 … win silver in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships in February (8:26.4) … took fourth in the mile at the indoor championships with a personal-best time of 4:14.8 … ran a PB of 8:22.6 in the 3,000 meters at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational in early February.


Prior to EKU: Kirk was the 2017 indoor Ohio state runner-up in the 3,200 meters ... in 2016, he was the 20^th fastest high school junior in the country in the 3,200 meters (9:03.9) ... also posted a personal-best mile time of 4:12 and 5K cross country time of 15:05.