Luke Woolard

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Westerville, Ohio
High School:
Olentangy Orange

TFRRS Profile

PERSONAL BESTS
Cross Country:
6K: 20:17.3, Tommy Evans Invitational (9/1/23)
8K: 26:20.7, George Dales Invitational (9/20/24)
10K: 33:33.3, NCAA Great Lakes Regionals (11/15/24)

Awards & Honors

Academic All-MAC (2024)

CAREER FINISHES
2025 Results
Aug. 29 – Michigan Open (Hudson Mills Metropark – Dexter, Mich.) – 5K – 16:06.8 (24th)

2024 Results
Aug. 30 – Tommy Evans Invitational (Silver Creek Cross Country Course – Norton, OH) – 6K – 20.40.1 (74th)
Sep. 20 -- George Dales Invitational ( The Prairies Golf Club -- Kalamazoo, MI) -- 8K -- 26:20.7 (27th)
Oct. 5 -- Lehigh Paul Short Run Invitational (Goodman Campus XC Course -- Bethlehem, PA) -- 8K -- 27:03.2 (344th)
Oct.18 -- Falcon Invitational (Mel Brodt XC Course -- Bowling Green, OH) -- 8K -- 27:18.7 (52nd)
Nov. 2 -- MAC Championships (Ball State XC Course -- Munice, Ind) -- 8K -- 27:04.2 (67th)
Nov. 15 -- NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Silver Creek Cross Country Park -- Norton, OH) -- 10K -- 33:33.3

2023 Results
Sept. 1 – Tommy Evans Invitational (Silver Creek Cross Country Course – Norton, OH) – 6K – 20:17.3 (126th)
Sept. 15 – Mel Brodt Open (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 8K – 27:55.2 (82nd)
Sept. 30 – Louisville Classic (Tom Sawyer State Park – Louisville, KY) – 8K – 27:27.9 (360th)
Oct. 13 – Falcon Invite (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 8K –27:43.7 (73rd)
Oct. 28 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 8K – 28:35.4 (79th)

Bowling Green

2023 | Freshman

Competed in five races in the 2023 season
Competed in his first collegiate race at the Tommy Evans Invitational with a finish time of 20:17.3
Competed in four 8K races in the Mel Brodt Open, Louisville Classic, Falcon Invite, and MAC Championships, posting respective times of 27:55.2, 27:27.9, 27:43.7, and 28.35.7

Olentangy Orange High School

Lewis Center, Ohio

Was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Olentangy Orange High School under Adam Walters
Helped lead the Pioneers to a fourth-place finish at regionals and 18th-place finish at the OHSAA state meet in cross country in 2022 while helping the track team to a runner-up finish in track in 2022
PR's in high school included a 16:10 5K, 9:41 3200m, 4:31 1600m, 136' discus throw, 154' hammer throw and 51' weight throw
Was a two-time national qualifier in the weight throw and hammer throw and a five-time OHSAA state qualifier in cross country/track & field
Earned second-team All-Ohio Capital Conference honors in 2022 and honorable mention All-OCC in 2021 in cross country
Was a first-team All-Region selection in track & field in 2023 and a first-team all district choice in cross country in 2022
Qualified for Nike Indoor and New Balance nationals in 2023
Two-time OATCCC indoor state championship qualifier
Helped lead the Pioneers to OCC and district titles in track & field in 2023
Two-time team captain as a junior and senior in both cross country and track
Named to the Academic All-State team in 2022 and was a four-time Scholar Athlete
Member of the National Honor Society, the Tri-M Music Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society
Adonis Club Scholarship recipient
Earned Academic All-Ohio honors

Personal

Son of Chris and Christina Woolard
Has a younger brother, Nick, and a younger sister, Cate
Majoring in systems engineering and aspires to be an engneering manager of a CEO of a company
Favorite athlete is Olympic gold medal track & field athlete Matthew Centrowitz
Lists his parents, Chris and Christina, as his biggest influences, "because they influenced me to work hard at everything I do and to be a good person on and off the course"
Born on July 6, 2004 in Westerville, Ohio