2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

© Michael Mann Jr
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Kristin Shaffer
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Andy McLean

Ethan Lipham

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Largo, Fla.
  • High School Berkley Prep

Biography

PR's
Cross Country: 6K - 18:14.8 ... 8K - 23:43.6 ... 10K - 31:18.0
Outdoor: 800m - 1:55.70 ... 1,500m - 3:46.84 ... Mile - 4:03.91 ... 3,000m Steeple - 8:58.49 ... 5,000m - 14:44.40

2024-25
Cross Country 
  • Garnered First Team All-SBC honors after finishing fourth with an 8K time of 24:40.6 and helping the Mountaineer men to their second consecutive team title at the Sun Belt Championships (Nov. 1) 
  • Clocked a 10K time of 31:42.5 to place among the top-70 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 15)
  • Finished first with a 6K personal best of 18:14.8 at the Covered Bridge Open (Aug. 30)
  • Stopped the clock at 23:43.6 for an 8K personal best and top-15 finish at the Panorama Farms Invitational (Oct. 19)
  • Took fifth with an 8K time of 24:20.3 at the Firetower Project Run (Sept. 13), which moved him to seventh in the program all-time list
  • Earned the season’s first SBC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week accolade on Sept. 4 after setting the pace at the Covered Bridge Open (Aug. 30), where he placed first with a 6K time of 18:14.8 and helped the Mountaineers to a first-place team finish
Outdoor
  • Collected First Team All-SBC honors after defending his 1,500-meter title with a time of 3:50.83 and finishing first with a personal best of 8:58.49 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Matched with Arkansas State’s Jacob Pyeatt as the men’s top meet scorer, scoring 20 points for the Mountaineers at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Clocked a personal best of 3:46.82 to round out the top-10 in the 1,500 meters and was part of the 4x800-meter relay team that stopped the clock at 7:40.60 at the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-26) 
  • Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:06.85 at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 10-12)
  • Stopped the clock at 3:47.12 in the 1,500 meters at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 27-29)
  • Notched first-place finishes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mountaineer First Chance (Mar. 21) and Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15)
  • Finished the season ranked fourth in the 1,500 meters and sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on the App State all-time list
2023-24
Cross Country 
  • Helped the Mountaineers clinch the Sun Belt Men’s Cross Country team title, the program’s first since 2019
  • Helped the Mountaineers to a team score of 28 points at the SBC Championships, the lowest score at the championship meet since 2013
  • Recorded a 10K personal best of 31:18.0 to round out the top-100 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 10)
  • Rounded out the top-20 at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) with an 8K time of 26:24.0
  • Posted a season best 8K time of 24:42.7 at the Firetower Project Run (Sept. 1)
Outdoor
  • Earned First-Team All-SBC honors after clinching gold with a time of 3:52.30 in the 1,500 meters at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Placed third in the 800 meters (1:55.70, PR) and mile (4:03.91, PR) at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Stopped the clock at 9:11.19 for a season best and sixth-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 11-13)
  • Recorded a season best of 3:47.24 in the 1,500 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational (Apr. 19)
2022-23
Cross Country
  • Two-time Sun Belt Cross Country Men’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 7 and Sept. 21)
  • Stopped the clock at 32:23.1 for a 10K season best at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 11)
  • Clocked an 8K season best of 24:10.0 to place 35th at the Louisville Classic (Oct. 1)
  • Clinched first with an 8K time of 25:19.2 at the Firetower Project Run (Sept. 16)
Outdoor 
  • Recorded a season best of 3:55.81 in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 21-22)
  • Clocked a personal best of 14:44.40 in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 6-8)
  • Placed third in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:58.02 at the Bill Carson Invitational (Mar. 31-Apr. 1)
  • Took fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:31.49 at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational (Mar. 24-25)
  • Stopped the clock at 15:29.80 in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13)
High School
  • Named Male Athlete of the Year
  • Three-time cross country MVP
  • Earned the Cross Country Coaches Award
  • Three-Time Track Coaches Award recipient
  • Two-Time state runner up and has made state finals on ten occasions
  • Holds the school record in the 3,200 meters and 4x800-meter relay 
Personal
  • Son of Tiffany and Erik Lipham
  • Has a sister, Catelin
  • Enjoys the outdoors as well as  mountain biking, rock climbing, longboarding, and fishing 
  • Has visited 30 national parks

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior