Nicholas Laning - Men's Cross Country - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Nicholas Laning

Civil Engineering

Class Senior
Hometown Barrington, Ill.
High School Barrington
Major Civil Engineering
Bio

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Career Results

Career Honors

  • 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America First team
  • 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
  • 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • 2021 USTFCCCA All-Region
  • 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team; first Academic All-American in program history
  • 2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Two-time SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2020, 2021); first Vanderbilt man or woman to earn honor and second man in SEC history to win it more than once
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 USTFCCCA All-Region
  • 2019 All-SEC second team
  • Second man in program history to earn all-conference honors, first since 1966
  • Two-time CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District (2019-20, 2020-21)
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018-19 First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 18, 2018); second Commodore male to receive SEC weekly cross country recognition (Austin Williamson, SEC Runner of the Week on Sept. 26, 2006

As a Senior (2021-22)

Cross Country

  • CoSIDA Academic All-America First team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
  • Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • USTFCCCA All-Region
  • SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year; second man in SEC history to win the honor more than once
  • First on the team and 21st overall (30:27.81) at the 10k NCAA South Regional Championships (Nov. 12)
  • Second on the team and 23rd overall (24:14.9) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 29)
  • Fourth overall and second on the team (24:36.6) at the 8k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Second on the team and 21st overall (25:10.6) at the 8k Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)
  • Eighth overall and second on the team (24:56.4) at the 8k Commodore Classic (Sept. 17)
  • Finished second on the team and 18th overall (18:29.7) at the 5k Mizzou Opener (Sept. 3)

Track & Field

  • Second overall at the lone outdoor home meet, the Outdoor Music City Challenge, in the 3,000 (8:11.0.6) with a personal best
  • Finished first at the Joe Walker Invitational in the 5,000 meters (14:07.50) with a personal best
  • Competed at one indoor meet and finished fifth overall in the mile (4:10.83) at PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational

As a Junior (2020-21)

  • CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
  • CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District
  • SEC Fall Honor Roll
  • SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (first in program history)
  • Competed and scored at all four Fall meets
  • Finished 69th overall (24:47.4) as an individual at FSU Winter Classic (Feb. 5)
  • Second on team and 27th overall (24:46.4) at SEC Championships (Oct. 30)
  • First Commodore across and 18th overall (24:14.75) at Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Third overall (second on team) with time of 24:09.0 at Gans Creek Classic (Oct. 3)
  • Led team and finished sixth overall (24:55.5) at Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)

As a Sophomore (2019-20)

  • All-Region
  • All-SEC second team
  • CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Second man in program history to earn all-conference honors, first since 1966
  • First on the team at every meet
  • Led team and finished 20th overall (30:58.6) at NCAA Regionals (Nov. 15)
  • First on the team and 12th overall (23:21.8) at SEC Championships (Nov. 1)
  • Vanderbilt finished 10th with its lowest point total at the conference meet since 1980
  • First on the team and fifth overall (25:01.9) at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
  • First on the team and 15th overall (24:04.6) at Louisville Classic (Oct. 5)
  • Led team with 16th-place finish (24:54.2) at Commodore Classic (Sept. 14)
  • Second overall and first on the team with a finish of 15:19.9 at Belmont Opener (Aug. 30)

Track & Field

  • Sixth in the indoor 5,000 meters at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 14) with a time of 14:32.69

As a Freshman (2018-19)

  • SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 18)
  • Led the Commodores in all but one meet
  • Ran a career-best 24:17.2 at the SEC Championships (8K)
  • Finished fifth overall at the Belmont Opener with a time of 15:32.9

Track & Field

  • Won the outdoor 3,000 meters with a time of 8:25.69 at the Black & Gold Invitational (March 23)
  • Sixth in the indoor 5,000 meters at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 14) with a time of 14:32.69