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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Joe Ponter

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Taunton, Somorset, England
  • High School Bishop Fox's Secondary School

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

2026 Track and Field: 
  • Competed in 9 meets as a freshman distance runner, logging 13 total event entries with 2 top-5 finishes and 1 win.
  • Ran 4:11.97 in the mile at the 2026 PNC Lenny Lyles Open on Jan. 31.
  • Placed 6th in both the 3,000m (8:09.41) and 5,000m (14:16.68) at the 2026 ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 28.
  • Won the 5,000m in 14:10.85 at the Lee University Fast Break Athletics Invitational on April 11.
  • Posted 3:51.78 in the 1,500m and 1:55.89 in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational on April 18.
  • Finished 4th in the 3,000m (8:19.20) at the Outdoor Music City Challenge on May 2.
  • Took 10th in the 1,500m (3:53.64) at the 2026 ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championship on May 16.

2025 Cross Country: 
  • Competed in 5 meets as a freshman, logging 1 first-place finish and 2 top-25 placements in the 8K.  
  • Opened the season by placing 40th in the 8K (24:36.5) at the Southern Showcase on Sep. 12.  
  • Won the 8K at the Michael Pretorius Memorial on Sep. 20, finishing in 25:22.0.  
  • Posted a 170th-place finish in the 8K (25:10.3) at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Oct. 17.  
  • Placed 25th in the 8K at the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 31, recording an 8K best time of 24:13.7.  
  • Did not finish the 10K at the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships on Nov. 14.

2024 Cross Country:
  • Did not compete

High School:
  • 2018 National Cross Country Champion
  • U20 bronze medal at the English National XC Championships

Personal:
  • Son of Susan and Stephen Ponter
  • Has one brother, Sam, and one sister, Hannah
  • Wants to reach an NCAA Championship in his career
  • Plans to major in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025Freshman

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