Isaac Harding

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
Rockford
Position:
Distance
Major:
Movement Science

Last Updated: March 23, 2020

At Michigan
• Member of Team USA for the 2017 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships
• Member of two top-10 NCAA Championships cross country teams (2017, 2019)
• All-Region (2018, 2019)
• Member of the 2017 Big Ten cross country team champion squad

Senior (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 8:22.09 in the 3000 meter run for 11th at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-29), and also ran a career-best 14:14.16 to finish 15th at 5,000 meters.
• Ran 14:26.43 in the 5000 meter run for 30th at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 14-15)
• Ran a career-best 8:10.06 in the 3000 meter run for 3rd at the Power Five Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)
• Ran 4:12.50 in the mile for 2nd at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18)

Cross Country
• Ran 31:23.9 over 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) to finish 44th at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 23), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 3 runner. Missed All-America honors by just four spots.
• Earned All-Region honors by running 30:23.1 over 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) to finish 9th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 1 runner.
• Ran 24:26.6 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 16th at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 3), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 3 runner.
• Ran 24:32.0 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 89th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 18), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 5 runner.
• Ran 24:17.26 over five miles to finish 57th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4)
• Ran 15:05.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 2nd at the Michigan Open (Aug. 30), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 1 runner.

Junior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 14:45.76 in the 5000 meter run for 30th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 23-25)
• Ran 14:54.24 in the 5000 meter run for 15th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran a career-best 3:50.56 in the 1500 meter run for 3rd at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran a career-best 14:07.09 in the 5000 meter run for 10th at the Cardinal Classic (April 19-20) in section 2.
• Ran a career-best 14:17.49 in the 5000 meter run for 9th at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30) in section three.
• Ran 3:53.55 in the 1500 meter run for 9th at the Black and Gold Invitational (March 22-23)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 14.29.97 in the 5000 meter run for 16th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23)
• Ran 14:23.02 in the 5000 meter run for 33rd at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran a career-best 8:24.69 in the 3000 meter run for 6th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)

Cross Country
• Ran 31:18.88 over 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) to finish 175th at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 17), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 5 runner.
• Earned All-Region honors by running 31:21.2 over 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) to finish 11th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 2 runner.
• Ran 24:23.5 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 25th at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 4 runner.
• Ran 24:44.20 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 62nd at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 13), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 2 runner in the seeded Cardinal Race.
• Ran 24:24.1 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 89th at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational (Sept. 28), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 3 runner.
• Ran 15:23.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 2nd at the Michigan Open (Aug. 31)

Sophomore (2017-18)

Outdoor
• Ran a career-best 31:25.97 in the 10,000 meter run to finish 17th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Ran 14:21.67 in the 5000 meter run to finish 25th at the Penn Relays (April 26-28)
• Ran a career-best 8:32.12 in the 3000 meter run to finish 10th at the Battle of the Blues (April 6)

Indoor
• Did not compete

Cross Country
• Ran 30:55.8 over 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) to finish 124th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 18) as a scoring member of the national 10th-place team.
• Scorer for the Big Ten team champion squad, running 24:39.2 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 18th at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29)
• Ran 24:37.2 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles) to finish 84th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 13)
• Ran 24:27.6 over five miles (8.05 kilometers) to finish 35th at the Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 29) as a scoring runner for the fourth-place Wolverines
• Ran 18:21.8 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 6th at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 15) as a scorer toward Michigan's team title.
• Ran 15:20.4 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 6th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1)

Freshman (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran 15:06.23 in the 5000 meter run to finish 25th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
• Ran 15:08.57 in the 5000 meter run to finish 16th at the Penn Relays (Apr. 27-29) in the second section.
• Ran a career-best 14:21.65 in the 5000 meter run (open) to finish 27th at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 13-14)

Indoor
• Redshirted

Cross Country
• Redshirted
• Represented Team USA at the IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships (March 26) in Kampala, Uganda, finishing 61st in 26:37 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles)
• Represented Team USA at the NACAC Junior Cross Country Championships (March 5) in Boca Raton, Fla., finishing 7th in 19:27.12 over 6.5 kilometers (4.04 miles)
• Finished runner-up at the USATF Junior Cross Country Championships (February 6) in Bend, Oregon, running 26:09 over eight kilometers (4.97 miles)
• Competing unattached, earned a fifth-place finish at the 5,000-meter EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21) in 15:30.7
• Made his collegiate debut as an unattached athlete at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2), taking 13th place in 15:55.0 as the top-finishing freshman

Prep

• Graduated from Rockford High School (2016) as a four-year academic letter winner with a final GPA of 4.02
• Conference Scholar-Athlete Award recipient

Track and Field
• Three-time All-American competitor at New Balance Outdoor Nationals, including a fourth-place finish as the opening leg of the 4x800-meter relay (2016), third-place finish running the 1,200-meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay (2016) and a fifth-place finish running the opening leg of 4x1,600-meter relay (2015)
• State Champion in the 4x800-meter relay (2016)
•Three other All-State finishes at 3,200 meters (eighth in 2014 and 2015, runner-up in 2016)
• Regional champion at 1,600 meters (2014), 3,200 meters (2014, '16) and as a member of the 4x800-meter relay (2016)

Cross Country
• Among the only athletes in the nation to qualify for both Nike and Foot Locker Nationals (2015), where he finished third and 23rd, respectively
• Undefeated during his senior season (2015) until national qualifying
• State Champion (2015) with an all-time top-10 race of 15:00.10
• Two-time top-five finisher at the state level (2014-15), leading his team to back-to-back MHSAA titles

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Undecided Major
• Born January 29, 1998
• Son of James and Joann Harding
• Father, James, ran cross country at Grand Rapids Junior College (1976) and played football for the school in 1977, eventually transferring to Ferris State University to play football (1978) and run indoor track and field (1978)
• Twin brother, Grayson, runs for Aquinas College.

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
1500m (O)	3:50.56	5-3-19
Mile (I)	4:12.50	1-18-20
3000m (I)	8:10.06	2-1-20
3000m (O)	8:32.12	4-6-18
5000m (I)	14:14.46	2-29-20
5000m (O)	14:07.09	4-19-19