Ty McCormack Season 2012-13

Honors • All-ACC (2011) • All-Region (2011) • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2011) • All-ACC Academic (2010) 2011 Highlights • Top finisher in all six meets for the second straight season • Earned All-ACC status with eighth-place finish on the Tigers’ home course at Musser Farms; had a personal best time of 23:28.2 • All-Region performer with an 18th-place effort in Louisville • Posted a personal best 10K time of 30:38 at the Southeast Regionals • Individual champion at the Clemson Invitational on Sept. 16 with an 8K time of 23:56.72 • Runner-up at the Eye Opener in Spartanburg, SC to begin the fall season 2010 Highlights • Top finisher in all six meets as a first-year freshman • Placed 15th at the ACC Championships, one spot shy of securing an All-ACC honor • Had a time of 24:12.5 in the 8K at the league meet in Boston, it was his best time of the season at that distance • Finished 35th at the Southeast Regionals, far better than any other Clemson runner • Had a 10K time of 31:39.6 in the regional meet in Louisville, KY • Won two meets, the 5K Gamecock Invitational on Sept. 3 and 8K Charlotte Invitational on Oct. 1 • Placed third at the Clemson Invitational, the debut of the Tigers’ home course at Musser Farms North Hall High School Highlights • Won USA Junior Olympic Cross Country championship in 2009 as a senior against a field of 250 runners • Finished runner-up at AAA state cross country championship in 2009 and fifth in 2008 • Placed fourth in the 5K at the 2010 New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, NC with a time of 14:47.01 to earn All-America status • Placed fifth at the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in the young men 2000m steeplechase • Won eight individual titles as a senior for the Trojans’ cross country squad; his total included a win at the Region 7-AAA Championships • School record-holder in the 5K was named Boys Cross Country Runner-of-the-Year by the Gainesville Times • Won Georgia AAA state track championships in both 1600m (4:19.67) and 3200m (9:08.66) • Region 7-AAA champion in both track events as well, which included running a state record 9:05.35 in the 3200m • Did not start running until the spring of 2008, he played basketball and football prior to that • Coached by Art DaCosta Personal • Born 9/17/92 • Son of Thad and Kelly McCormack • Majoring in language & international trade • Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Grandfather, Dewey Alverson, was a two-sport athlete at Indiana (1953-54) and Tennessee Tech (1955-57) • Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, he ranked among the top five in his graduating class Collegiate Bests • 5,000 – 15:08.13 • 8,000 – 23:28.2 • 10,000 – 30:38