Luke Harber

Hometown:

Muncie, IN
Year:

SR
High School:

Yorktown
Events:

Distance
Major:

Political Science, Philosophy, and Economics

Bio

2024-2025 at Taylor:

Indoor:

Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 3,000-meters and the 5,000-meters.
Ran a season-best time of 8:28.96 in the 3,000-meters at the CL Championships.
Won the mile at the George Glass Invitational.
Won the 5,000-meters at the IWU Midwest Classic with a season-best time of 14:47.66.
Finished 20th at NAIA Nationals in the 5,000-meters.

Outdoor:

Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 5,000-meters.
Posted a season-best time of 14:36.48 in the 5,000-meters at NAIA Nationals.
Won 5,000-meters at the CL Championships.
All-Crossroads League in the 5,000-meters.
NAIA All-American in the 5,000-meters.

2023-2024 at Taylor:

Indoor:

Ran a time of 8:44.40 in the 3,000-meters at the Trojan Invite.
Had the team’s third fastest 5,000-meters finish of 14:54.84 at the CL Championships.
Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 5,000-meters, where he finished 30th overall.

Outdoor:

Was TU’s second fastest runner in the 5,000-meters, once finishing in 14:50.01 at the Fighting Chance Invite.
Logged a time of 4:02.00 in the 1,500-meters at the We Fly Challenge.
NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

2022-2023 at Taylor:

Indoor:

Finished with TU’s top four times in the 5,000-meters, with a best time of 15:04.30 at the CL Championships.
Provisionally qualified for the NAIA National Championships in the 5,000-meters.
Ran to a 12^th-place finish in the 5,000-meters at NAIA Nationals.
Recorded a time of 8:57.30 in the 3,000-meters at the Indiana Tech Invite.

Outdoor:

Clocked TU’s second-best time in the 1,500-meters, running a 4:03.24 at Ball State.
Had TU’s top two times in the 5,000-meters with a season-best time of 15:11.36 at the Fighting Chance Invite.
Won the 5,000-meters at the Sunny and 65 Invite.
Recorded the team’s best two times in the 10,000-meters, including a season-best at the CL Championships with a time of 31:50.30.
Recognized as All-Crossroads League in the 10,000-meters.

Prep: Earned nine varsity letters while running track and cross country for coach Jared Turner at Yorktown … Holds the 3200m school record … First-Team All-Indiana in cross country … Indiana All-Star in track … Two-time sectional champion in track and one-time champion in cross country … Winner of the Golden Y award and the Outstanding Physics Student award.

Personal: Son of Lisa Brock and Matthew Harber … Majoring in political science, philosophy, and economics.