Career Bests
2018-19
Cross Country
Placed 41st at the Summit League Championships with a time of 28:06.38 … competed at four meets during the season, placing in the Coyotes’ top-seven for three of them … clocked a season-best 8,000-meter time of 26:44.0 at the Bradley Pink Classic … took 37th at the Augustana Twilight as the third Coyote across the line … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Competed at three meets during the season … placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 9:20.20 … clocked 15:41.71 for seventh place in the 5,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor Track & Field
Took ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 19th in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … victorious in the steeplechase at the Sioux City Relays with a time of 9:52.72 … posted a season-best of 9:32.02 for the steeplechase at the Drake Relays … also ran a leg of the Coyotes’ 4xmile relay at the Drake Relays, clocking the ninth-best time in USD program history in 17:31.33 … finished runner-up in the 5,000-meters at the Red Raider Open in 15:22.92 … tallied five top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
2017-18
Cross Country
Redshirted due to injury.
Indoor Track & Field
Redshirted … competed unattached at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet, finishing runner-up in the 3,000 meters in 9:01.09.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:21.19 and seventh in the 5,000 meters in 15:36.97 at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best of 9:16.50 in the 3,000 steeplechase with a runner-up finish at the Beach Invitational … ranks sixth in school history in the steeplechase in 9:16.50 … won the 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight with a season best clocking of 4:00.77 … captured the steeple at the ORU Invitational … finished runner-up in the steeplechase at the South Dakota Invitational in 9:28.35 … recorded a season best for 5,000 meters at the Kip Janvrin Open by clocking 15:06.09 … placed in the top-10 in all nine events he competed in during the season.
2016-17
Cross Country
Clocked a season best 26:06.9 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Classic … finished 22nd at the Summit League Championships with a time of 26:26.2 … took 18th at Iowa’s NCAA Regional Preview in 26:57.3 … finished in 175th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 33:57.3 for 10,000 meters … also took 23rd at the Augustana Twilight … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 12th in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked a career best 8:54.82 in the 3,000 meters at the Summit meet … won the mile at the USD Last Chance Meet with a season best time of 4:26.64 … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational … recorded a season best time of 15:18.43 in the 5,000 meters at the SDSU Classic … placed sixth in the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 4:27.96.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth at the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the Summit League Championships with a personal best of 9:34.63 … also finished 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … won the steeplechase at the USD vs. SDSU Dual … ran a leg of the 4x1,600-meter relay at the Drake Relays that clocked 17:25.72 to rank fifth on USD’s all-time charts … notched a season best of 4:05.84 in the 1,500 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in a season best 15:20.48 … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
2015-16
Cross Country
Competed in two meets during the season for the Coyotes … took 38th at the NDSU Bison Open … ran a time of 28:37.36 for 42nd at the SDSU Classic … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best mile of 4:33.66 at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet for ninth place … finished the 5,000 in a season-best 15:53.53 at the SDSU Indoor Classic … ran 9:14.74 for 3,000 meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … made the Summit League honor roll.
Outdoor Track & Field
Did not compete.
Prep
Captured the first South Dakota Class A Cross Country individual championship title in Elk Point-Jefferson High School history in 2014 ... holds the school record for cross country and in the mile ... also played basketball for the Huskies.
Personal
Son of Bill and Amy Paulsen ... Kinesiology and sport science major.
