Quinton Orr

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: KL6PHOTO LLC.

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Humboldt, Iowa
High School:
Humboldt

Awards and Honors
Honorable Mention All-American (Outdoor: 3,000m Steeplechase - 2025)
CSC Academic All-American (Second Team - 2024; Third Team - 2023, 2025)
CSC Academic All-District (23, 24, 25, 26)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (24, 25)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (XC: 22, 23, 24, 25; T&F: 23, 24)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (22)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F21, S22, F22, S23, F23, S24, F24, S25)

Personal Bests

Mile	4:04.23	2024 Indoor
3,000m	8:04.13	2025 Indoor
	9:35.75	2017 Outdoor
3,000m SC	8:39.11	2026 Outdoor

2025-26
Outdoor: Advanced to NCAA West Prelims for the third-straight year in the steeple and took 34th (8:43.49) … hit a steeple PR of 8:39.11 (No. 7 ISU) to take ninth at the Stanford Invite … led off the silver-medalist 4x1,600m at Drake Relays.
Indoor: Ran 8:17.31 in the 3,000m at the Tyson Invite … also competed in the 3,000m at the BU Season Opener clocking 8:31.84.

XC: Competed in five meets... placed 99th at the NCAA West Regionals and 55th at the Big 12 championships... finished eight in the Gans Creek Classic Open race...also competed at the Nuttycomb Invite and Cyclone Preview.

2024-25
Outdoor: Placed 20th in the steeple at NCAA Championships (8:44.02) to become an All-American ... qualified for nationals with his time of 8:39.13 (PR, No. 7 ISU) at NCAA West Prelims ... scored at Big 12 Championships with a seventh-place steeple finish of 8:44.90 ... led off the winning 4x1,600m at Drake Relays ... opened season with a steeple then-PR of 8:39.90 for eighth in his section at the Stanford Invite ... also ran the steeple at Bryan Clay (8:44.74).
Indoor: Competed unattached ... ran the 800m and paced the mile at the ISU Holiday Invite.
XC: Competed in two meets... ran 18:32.0 in the 6K at the Cyclone Preview to finish seventh individually... also finished seventh at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational with a time of 24:53.1 in the 8K.

2023-24
Outdoor: Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 3,000m steeplechase and finished 26th in 9:02.87 ... score in the steeple at Big 12 Championships finishing sixth (8:48.88) ... put up the ninth-fastest steeple performance in school history with 8:44.49 at the Bryan Clay Invite ... anchored the fifth-place 4x1,600m relay at Drake Relays ... also ran the steeple at the Stanford Invite.
Indoor: Placed 10th in the mile with 4:11.53 at Big 12 Championships … hit a mile personal best of 4:04.23 for fifth at the Tyson Invite … posted a 3,000-meter season best of 8:10.97 for fourth at the Razorback Invite … ran the mile in 4:05.96 for seventh at the Cyclone Open … also ran the mile at the Iowa State Classic and the 3,000m and mile at the Hawkeye Invite.
XC: Participated in four meets… finished fourth at the Cyclone Preview in 18:20.3… ran 24:27.9 for 14^th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational… ran 26:07.9 at Nuttycombe to finish 70^th… finished 61^st at the Big 12 Championships in 24:42.7.

2022-23
Outdoor: Posted highest Big 12 Championships finish in his career of fourth with a 3,000-meter steeplechase time of 8:55.83 … ran the 5,000m at conference the next day finishing 21^st with a personal best of 15:17.85 … placed 13^th at Drake Relays with a 3,000m steeplechase then-PR of 8:57.46 … opened season with the victory in the 2,000m steeplechase clocking 5:45.91 at the UCF Invite.
Indoor: Cemented a 3,000-meter personal best of 8:10.86 at the Razorback Invite … ran a mile PR of 4:10.17 at the Cyclone Open … also ran the 3,000m at the Husky Classic for a time of 8:14.66.
XC: Ran in three meets for the Cyclones … opened season with 10th place finish at the Mizzou XC Opener (6K, 18:22.4) … finished 86th at the Gans Creek Classic (8K, 24:59.7) … competed in the ‘B’ Race at the Nuttycombe Invitational, finishing 103rd (8K, 25:39.4).

2021-22
Outdoor: Redshirted … competed unattached in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Kip Janvrin Open, winning in 9:12.22.
Indoor: Ran at six meets for Iowa State … finished 30th in the 3,000m run (8:29.41) at the Big 12 Championships … ran to a personal best 8:20.50 in the 3,000m run to finish 11th at the Razorback Invitational … in ISU debut, finished third in the mile (4:12.55) at the ISU Holiday Invitational … posted personal best 4:12.12 in the mile to finish fourth at the Graduate Classic … also competed at the Iowa State Classic and Cyclone Open.
XC: Did not compete.

High School
Picked up a state championship anchoring for Humboldt’s sprint medley relay at the 2021 Class 3A Iowa High School State Championships … also finished third in the 1,600 and 3,200m and eighth as part of the 4x400m relay at the state championships … competed at the 2021 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 3,000m and 2-mile run ... in cross country, was a three-time Class 3A runner-up at the state championships, his junior and senior year finishing behind now-ISU teammate Nate Mueller.

Personal
Majoring in Biology.