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2026 YellowJackets Men's Track & Field Roster

Elijah Oudyn

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Yorkville, Ill.
  • High School Parkview Christian Academy
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Results

Honors:
  • (Cross Country) SCAC Academic Honor Roll (2025)
  • (Cross Country) ASC All-Conference first team (2024)
  • (Track & Field) CSC Academic All-District (2024-25)
  • (Track & Field) SCAC Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)
  • (Cross Country) ASC Academic All-Conference (2024-25)
  • ASC Academic All-Conference (2023-24)
  • ASC Academic All-Conference (2022-23)
SENIOR (2025-26): Competed in all five cross country races... Set a personal best with a 17:04.4 in the 5.2k at Rice (Sep. 12)... Ran a 26:06.9 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct. 17) to establish a new personal best... Placed 14th with a 27:44.3 in the 8k at the Belhaven Invitational (Oct. 4) to help LeTourneau take the team title... Named to SCAC Academic Honor Roll for cross country... Competed in seven meets with track and field... Tallied six points at SCAC Championships (April 25) with fifth-place finish in 10,000-meter (33:22.38) and seventh-place finish in 5,000-meter (15:50.92)... Set 10,000-meter personal record at Carl Kight Invitational (April 2) with time of 32:47.45... Recorded 5,000-meter personal record at TCU Alumni Invitational (March 20) with 15:27.00 time... Set indoor 3,000-meter personal best at Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic (Feb 14) with time of 8:54.60

JUNIOR (2024-25): All-ASC first team in cross country... Competed in five cross country meets... Earned first team All-ASC after placing fifth overall with a time of 27:47.9 at the ASC Championships (Nov. 2)... Set a personal record 8k time of 26:07.6 at the Watson XC Classic (Oct. 18)... Finished fifth at the Nicole Leman Invitational (Aug. 30) with a 3-mile time of 15:51.6... Competed in 10 track meets... Set an indoor personal record in the mile at 4:44.17 at the Owen Hewett Invitational (Jan. 17)... Had his career-best outdoor 5,000-meter time of 15:44.97 at the Carl Kight Invitational... Also set personal records in the 1500 (4:1.51) and 800 (2:08.23) in the outdoor season... Earned CSC Academic All-District... Named to SCAC Academic Honor Roll... Named ASC Academic All-Conference for a third straight year

SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Ran in three cross country meets... Finished seventh at the Nicole Leman Invitational (Sept. 2) with a time of 16:15.5... Had a top season 8k time of 27:41.0 at the Watson Cross Country Classic (Oct. 13)... Earned ASC Academic All-Conference honors for a second time... Competed in two indoor meets and five in the outdoor season... Placed third in the 5,000-meter at the ASC Championships (April 25-27) with a time of 16:27.10 and was fifth in the 10,000-meter at 35:13.06... Set a personal record in the 10,000-meter at 33:49.67 at the Carl Kight Invitational (April 11-13)... Had a career-best 5,000-meter time at 15:52.85 at the D3 Challenge (March 23) where he finished third... Earned ASC Academic All-Conference honors

FRESHMAN (2022-23): Competed in five cross country events ... Placed fourth in first collegiate meet with a time of 23:11.2 on the four mile course at the Nicole Leman Invitational ... Ran a personal best 27:30.7 at the 8k course for the Lumberjack Collegiate Invitational... Competed in four indoor meets and five in the outdoor season... Had a top indoor mile time of 4:47.88 at the Samford Bulldog Invite... Was 12th at the ASC Championships in the 10,000-meter at 38:10.06... Named ASC Academic All-Conference

Prior to LeTourneau: Played basketball, baseball, golf, and ran cross country at Parkview Christian Academy ... Member of the National Association of Christian Athletics All-Americans ... Valedictorian of high school class.

Personal: Son of Michael and Robin Oudyn ... Favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 2:8-10 ... Majoring in mechanical engineering

Pronunciation: Oudyn (OH-dine)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2024Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2025Junior

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2026Senior

    Distance