2004-05 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Paul Hefferon
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley West
2008 Indoor: Won the mile at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 4:18.39 … Placed eighth at the Big 12 Championships in the 3,000 meters (8:17.43) … Ran a season best time of 8:11.40 in the 3,000 meters at the New Balance Collegiate … Won the 3,000 meters at the Kansas Invitational with a winning time of 8:35.39 … Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic with a time of 14:02 to place 10th … Placed 14th at the Big 12 Championships in the 5,000 meters. 2007 Cross Country: Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Finished as the team[apos]s number two runner in every meet he competed in … Was runner-up at the Bob Timmons Invitational with a time of 25:50 … Finished 18th at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:54) … Ran a season-best time of 24:06 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and finished in 55th place … Placed 21st at the Big 12 Championships (25:28) … Ran a personal best time of 30:40 in the 10K at the Midwest Regionals and placed 20th. 2007 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the Big 12 Championships in the 10,000-meter run and seventh in the 5,000-meter run … Had the two best times of the season for any Jayhawk in the 10,000-meter run, including a season-best time of 29:45.33 at the Cardinal Invitational … Also ran the 1,500-meter run at the Kansas Relays. 2007 Indoor: Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run after finishing with a time of 14:03.50 … Finished second at the Husker Invitational in the 3,000-meter run … Won the mile at the Jayhawk Invitational … Ran in four different events for Kansas: the mile, 1,000-meter run, 3,000 meter-run and 5,000-meter run. 2006 Cross Country: Earned All-America status after finishing 42nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (31:47.7) … Named all-region for the second-straight year after a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (31:02.3) … Named All-Big 12 after finishing fourth at the Big 12 Championships (24:41.1) … Won the season-opening Bob Timmons Invitational, his first career victory (25:38.9). 2006 Outdoor: Recorded a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 14:17.77 … Placed 14th and earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 14:28.37 … Ran a season-best time of 13:59.47 in 5,000 meters at the Cardinal Invitational, finishing 17th … Finished sixth in the mile at the Kansas Relays in a time of 4:12.70. 2006 Indoor: Competed in three events during the season … Placed third in the mile at the Jayhawk Invitational in a time of 4:11.17 … Competed in the 3,000 meters at five meets … Placed seventh and earned a NCAA provisional qualifying time (8:01.51) at the Alex Wilson Invitational … Finished 12th at Big 12 Championships (8:15.13) … Came in sixth at the ISU Classic (8:05.01) … Won both the KU/KSU/MU Triangular (8:27.07) and the Arkansas Invitational (8:22.06) … Ran the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships, finishing third in a time of 14:13.88. 2005 Cross Country: Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Finished 88th overall and third on the team at the NCAA Championships (30:54.1) to help the team to a 12th-place finish … Finished first on the team at the Midwest Regional Championships (31:10), receiving all-region honors … Garnered all-conference accolades by finishing 13th overall at the Big 12 Championships (24:21) … Finished second on the team and 29th overall at NCAA Pre-Nationals (24:18.1) … Ran a 25:07 at the Roy Griak Invitational, good for 39th place. 2005 Outdoor: During the summer, won the 5K at the USA Juniors en route to capturing silver at the Junior Pan Am Games in Windsor, Ontario … Finished sixth in the 5K at the Big 12 Championships … Won the 3,000-meter run at the Tulsa Duels in a time of 8:30.97 … Finished first in the 5,000-meter run at the Emporia State University Relays and the UMKC Invitational … Also placed first in the mile relay at the Kansas Relays. 2005 Indoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships (42nd, 8:43.89) … Ran a personal best of 8:28.78 in the 3,000 meters at the ISU Classic … Competed in the 3,000-meter run at the KSU/KU/MU Triangular, finishing seventh in a time of 8:45.36. 2004 Cross Country: Competed in four events … Placed 14th at the Bob Timmons Invitational … Recorded his best 8K time (25:51) with a 42nd-place finish at the Big 12 Championships … Placed 34th at the NCAA Midwest Regional. High School: As a senior, won the state cross country championship as well as the 3,200-meter run and the 1,600-meter run for the Blue Valley West track team … Broke school records in the 5K (15:34), the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and as a member of the 3,200-meter relay team … Named first team all-metro five times, three times in track and two in cross country … Named the Johnson County Sun Runner of the Year in 2003 … Named the Johnson County Sun Athlete of the Year in 2004 … Named the 2003 Kansas City Star Cross Country Runner of the Year. Personal: Parents are Dan and Jan Hefferon … Majoring in business.