IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS
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Holds the school record in the indoor mile with a time of 4:01.92 (Jan. 17, 2020)
- Ranks No. 4 in school history in the outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:47.88 (April 20, 2019)
2019-20
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Senior- 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Placed 12th overall in the mile, in 4:14.96, and seventh in the distance medley relay, in 9:47.08, at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 28
- Won the Iowa State Classic with a 3,000 time of 8:07.78 on Feb. 14
- Broke the school record in the mile with a mark of 4:01.92 to finish second at the Larry Wieczorek Invite on Jan. 17
- Won the Gene Edmonds Memorial 800 in 1:53.61 on Jan. 10
- All-Big Ten Second Team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Finished the 10k NCAA Championships in 32:23.7 on Nov. 23, as the Boilermakers earned an 11th-place finish, their best since 1950
- Recorded a career-best 10k time of 30:38.2 to finish 13th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 15, to help Purdue win its first regional in team history
- Placed 11th at the 8k Big Ten Championships in 24:19.9 on Nov. 3, helping Purdue finish fourth with 82 points, its best point total since 1985
- Earned a personal-best 5 mile time of 23:41.9 at the Notre Dame Invite on Oct. 4
2018-19
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Junior- Ran the 3,000 steeplechase at the NCAA Regionals and finished 33rd in 9:09.37
- Placed fifth in the 3,000 steeplechase in 8:58.02 and seventh in the 5,000 in 14:37.63 at the Big Ten Championships on May 10
- Recorded the fourth-fastest time in program history and placed second overall with an 8:47.88 in the 3,000 steeplechase at the Cardinal Classic on April 19
- Earned a personal-record time in the 5,000 in 14:16.82 at the Stanford Invite on March 29
- Won the 2,000 steeplechase with a personal-best mark of 5:51.61 at the UTSA Invite on March 15
- Finished ninth overall in the 3,000 in 8:31.54 at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 22
- Set a personal-best time of 8:02.15 to finish fifth overall in the 3,000 at the Razorback Invite on Jan. 25
- Placed third overall and set a career-record time in the mile, in 4:07.68, at the Gene Edmonds Open on Jan. 12
- Was the fastest Boilermaker at the NCAA Championships, finishing with a time of 30:42.1 in the 10k for 108th-place on Nov. 17
- Secured 27th-place at the NCAA Regional with a 10k time of 31:45.9 on Nov. 9, and helped Purdue to a fourth-place team finish, its best in over 23 years
- Placed 17th with an 8k time of 24:09.2 at the Big Ten Championships on Oct. 28, and helped the Boilermakers to a runner-up finish, their best in 33 years
- Ran a personal-best 8k time of 24:01.6 at the Nuttycombe Invite on Sept. 28
- Earned a season-best fifth-place finish at the John McNichols Invite 8k with a time of 25:09.9 on Sept. 15 in his Boilermaker debut
PRIOR TO PURDUE / AT UTAH STATE FROM 2016-2018
2018 Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore- First Team All-Mountain West
- Posted a personal-best time of 3:48.17 in the 1,500 at the NCAA regionals
- Won the 1,500 at the Mountain West Championship in 3:54.13
- Was second in the 1,500 in 3:50.47 at the Mark Faldmo Invite
- Notched a personal-best 800 time of 1:53.11 at the Utah/Weber State Spring Classic
- First Team All-Mountain West
- Won the 3,000 at the Mountain West Championships with a personal-best time of 8:15.24
- Ran a personal-best time of 4:10.83 to place third in the mile at the Don Kirby Invite
- Finished second in the mile in 4:12.26 at the Montana State Dual Meet Invite
- Academic All-Mountain West
- Placed 249th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 34:50.04
- Finished 59th at the NCAA Regionals with a time of 32:02.1
- Placed 27th at the Mountain West Championships with a mark of 24:48.41
- Came in ninth at the Sagebrush Invitational with a time of 21:41.857
2017 Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
- Academic All-Mountain West
- Placed ninth in the 1,500m (3:53.81) and 18th in the 5,000m (15:55.38) at the Mountain West Championships
- Set career-best times of 1:57.61 in the 800m at the Mark Faldmo Invitational, 3:49.91 in the 1,500m at the Cardinal Classic and 14:30.93 in the 5,000m at the Spring Collegiate Classic
- Recorded five top-10 finishes during the season; earned academic all-MW honors
- Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors after placing second in the DMR with a time of 9:49.24, the third fastest in school history
- Placed 17th in the 3,000m with a time of 8:40.22 at the Mountain West Championships
- Set a career best time of 4:14.47 in the mile at the Ed Jacoby Invitational
- Ran a 8:20.08 in the 3,000m, which is seventh all-time in USU history, at the Washington Invitational
- Recorded five first-place finishes during the season, including capturing the DMR crown with a time of 10:13.73 at the Ed Jacoby Invite
- Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
- Earned All-American honors in cross country
- Won two cross country state championships
- Won indoor state titles in the 1,600m and 3,200m
- Won outdoor state championships in the 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m
- Led Cody to three state runner-up finishes, in cross country in 2015 and track & field in 2015 and 2016
- Recorded personal-best times of 15:17 in the 5k, 8:19 in the 3,000, 4:10 in the mile and 1:53 in the 800m
- 11-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field
PERSONAL
- Parents are Maggie Kirkham and Richard Smith
- Has three siblings, Bailey Smith, Riley Smith and Lillie Kirkham
- Parents, Maggie Kirkham and Richard Smith, were runners on the Western Michigan track & field team
- Brother, Bailey, is on the cross country and track & field team at Trinidad State College
- Majoring in sociology