Nicholas Laning Season 2021-22

Civil Engineering

Class Senior

Hometown Barrington, Ill.

High School Barrington

Major Civil Engineering

Bio

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)

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