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Cory Landon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carlinville, Ill.
  • Highschool Carlinville HS

Biography

Season and Career Results
WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists
#8 Indoor DMR - 10:01.34 (2018)(Penrod, Poe, Law)
NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional
175th - 34:41.8 (2018)
Academic Honors
2018 Fall AD Honor Roll
2019-20: Cross Country - Ran in four races for Wichita State … Scored at the AAC Championships, finishing 35th overall and No. 5 for Wichita State … Ran a season-best 8K time of 25:38.2 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational for a 115th-place finish … Took fourth at the JK Gold Classic with a time of 18:48.8 over 6K … Was the sixth Shocker across the line at Pre-Nationals with a 188th-place finish. Indoor - Ran at six meets for Wichita State … Competed in the Mile at the AAC Championships and made it to the final race where he finished 10th … Also competed in the 3,000 meters at the AAC Championships … Won the Shocker Prelude Mile to open his season … Ran his season-best time in the Mile at the Iowa State Classic when he crossed the line with a time of 4:15.37 … Competed in his only 800 meters race at the WSU Invitational and was the runner-up … Competed and finished the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational with a time of 8:27.85 … Also ran in the evening section of the Mile at the Jayhawk Classic. Outdoor - 2020 season canceled.

2018-19: Cross Country - Completed five cross country races, including two top-50 finishes...Finished 10th at the season opener J.K. Gold Classic 6K with a time of 19:12.3...Ran a personal best 26:10.7 8K to finish 81st at the 30th Annual Chile Pepper Invitational...Ran in two postseason races, 41st in the American Athletic Conference Championships and 175th in the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor - Ran a total of eight races in six meets...Opened the season running a personal best 800m time of 1:57.36 to finish third at the Hawkeye Invitational...Ran a personal best 1000m (2:34.87) at the KU/KSU/WSU Triangular...Finished sixth in the 3000m at the Gorilla Classic with a personal best time of 8:27.33...Ran 8:30.69 in the 3000m to finish 13th at the American Athletic Conference Championships. Outdoor - Competed in eight races, finishing top-5 five times...Record third places finishes at the Herm Wilson Invitational 1500m (4:00.21) and Texas State Bobcat Invitational (9:30.47)...Ran a personal ebst 1500m time of 3:56.83 to finish 10th at the K.T. Woodman Classic...Was part of the distance medley relay that finished fourth at the 92nd Kansas Relays in 10:32.80...Scored four points for the Shockers at the American Athletic Conference finishing fifth in the 3000m steeplechase in a personal best time of 9:07.57, also ran a personal best 14:59.50 to finish 15th in the 5000m.

2017-18: Cross Country - Redshirted and competed unattached...Finished 11th at the J.K. Gold Classic 6K with a time of 19:01.8. Indoor - Ran in five meets, including two top-5 finishes...Won the Herm Wilson Invitational 3000m with a personal best time of 8:37.45...Ran a personal best mile (4:19.71) to place sixth at the KSU/KU/WSU Triangular...Competed at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, finishing 16th in the 3000m (8:39.13) and 17th in the mile (4:45.13). Outdoor - Competed in seven meets, including five top-5 finishes...Finished second in the 3000m steeplechase (9:35.64) at the Emporia State Relays, third in the 3000m steeplechase (9:39.20) at the K.T. Woodman Classic and third in the 1500m at the Central Missouri Mule Relays with a personal best time of 3:58.54...Ran a personal best 9:23.11 in the 3000m steeplechase to finish ninth at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.

2016-17: Cross Country – Ran in four races, including a third place finish in the 6K with a time of 18:57.5 at the J.K. Gold Invitational. Indoor – Competed in two meets…finished first in the 3000m (8:35.33) at the Herm Wilson Invitational and second in the 800m (1:59.66) at the Shocker Prelude. Outdoor – Finished top ten in three races, including a first place finish in the 800m (1:56.79) at the Shocker Open.
 
High School: Was second in the Class 1A 1600 meters and fourth in the 800 meters in the 2016 Illinois State Championship meet… Medaled twice in cross country and four times in track and field for the Cavaliers… Lettered four times in track and field and four times in cross country, and was the MVP of his team all four seasons…  Personal Bests - 1:56.51 in the 800m, 3:55.02 in the 1500 meters, 4:10.82 in the 1600 meters, and 9:16.46 in the 3200 meters.    

Personal: Son of Mike and Jennifer Landon… Younger brother Jason competes on the WSU cross country, track and field teams… His uncle, Riley, was the head basketball coach at Hawaii, while he is also related to Nebraska Track and Field All-Americans Tara Korshoj and Tami Essington and Kendall Wallace, who played basketball at UNLV… Also recruited by Illinois, Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri State and Eastern Illinois… Is considering a criminal justice major at WSU with plans to become a police investigator.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior