2026 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Paul Van Laningham
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Burlington, Ky.
- High School:
- Randal K. Cooper High School
2026 Cross Country: Finished 152nd at the John McNichols Invitational (Sept. 19) covering the course in 25:32.7 ... Finished 5th at the Badger Classic, covering the 8K course in 26:19.7 (Sept. 4)
High School: Named Kentucky’s Boys Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior … two time KHSAA State Cross Country champion … placed fourth at the KHSAA State Cross Country Championships as a sophomore, contributing to a second place team finish … KHSAA Indoor Track and Field 3200m state champion as a senior … KHSSA Indoor Track and Field 1600m state runner up as a senior … KHSSA Indoor Track and Field State Champion in the 1600m as a junior … KHSSA 3200m Indoor Track and Field State Championships runner-up as a junior … won the KHSSA Outdoor Track and Field 1600m as a senior … KHSSA Outdoor Track and Field 800m and 3200m runner-up as a senior … placed fifth in the 3200m at the KHSSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a junior and a sophomore … finished fourth in the 4x800 relay at the KHSSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a sophomore … as a freshman, placed sixth in the 3200m at the KHSSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Nike Outdoor Nationals 3000m runner-up as a junior … finished ninth at Nike Cross Nationals as a senior … as a junior, placed 33rd at Nike Cross Nationals … finished third at the Nike Cross Southeast Regional as a senior … finished sixth at the Nike Cross Southeast Regional as a junior … finished sixth at the Brooks XC Championships … placed fifth at the Brooks South XC Championships … won the Kentucky Dream Mile as a senior
Personal: Parents are Eric and Michele Van Laningham … has two sisters, Cecelia (25) and Alice (9), and one brother, Luke (23) … Eric (dad) ran four years of cross country and track at Marquette … Michele (mom) ran five years of cross country and track at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga … intends to major in industrial engineering.
Why Wisconsin?
“Great engineering program”
