Guilford College

Career

• Guilford's first cross country All-American
• participated in 25 events and was a four-time All-South performer
• holds eight of the school’s top-20 eight-kilometer times and competed in a school-record three NCAA Championships

2013

• competed in eight events
• fastest time came at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional where he finished fourth in 24 minutes, 41.81 seconds, a school record
• finished second in five of his eight races, including the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships and the NCAA Regional
• earned First Team All-ODAC recognition after finishing second at the ODAC Championships and received USTFCCCA All-South recognition for his fourth-place finish at the NCAA DIII Regional race
• earned the school's first All-America honors by virtue of his 26th-place finish at the Division III Championships where he posted a time of 25:14.0

2012

• named to the USTFCCCA 2012 Division III Men’s Cross Country All-Academic Team
• made his second straight appearance at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Nov. 17 in Terre Haute, Ind. and crossed the finished line in a personal-best 25:31.1
• his eight-kilometer time ranks fifth in school history and his 73^rd-place finish marks the best NCAA result by a Guilford runner
• also had a strong performance in the NCAA Division III Cross Country South/Southeast Regionals Nov. 10 in Hampton, Ga
• placed 11th and earned all-region honors for the second straight season with a time of 26:23.84
•  also received First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) recognition by virtue of his eighth place finish at the ODAC Championships Oct. 27 in with a time of 27:01.49
• finished second at the Charlotte XC Invitational on Sept. 28 with a time of 26:02.33, the 10th-best finish in school history

2011 

• had the Quakers' best time in six of seven meets
• earn Division III Cross Country All-Academic status from the USTFCCCA
• received All-South recognition and became the second Guilford student to reach the NCAA Division III Championships with his fifth-place time of 26:34.5 (8k)
• finished 177^th among 300 runners at the NCAA Championships with a time of 25:45.71, the sixth-fastest time in school history
• earned First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors with a fourth-place finish in 26:12.4 (8k) 
• set Guilford's five-kilometer record at the Adidas XC Challenge with a time of 15:24.9, which placed 15th
• ran the second-best eight-kilometer time in school history (25:11.4) at the Charlotte Invitational and finished 27^th in the predominantly Division I meet
• took second at the N.C. Collegiate Championships with a time of 27:16.18

2010

• received All-South/Southeast Region recognition
• participated in all six events for the Quakers as Guilford’s number-two or three runner
• best eight-kilometer time came on Nov. 13 at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional where he ran a season-best 26:00 and finished 12th
• best finish came on October 16 at the N.C. Collegiate Championships where he finished third with a time of 26:33

Personal 

• serves as a resident advisor
• teaching assistant in the physics department
• four-time member of the Academic All-ODAC Team
• eight-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
• lettered four years in cross country and track under coach Justin Schumacher at Walled Lake Central
• his all-conference performance helped his team win the Kensington Lakes Athletic Conference track title
• won two team division titles in high school as well as all-county and all-region recognition
• personal bests in high school: 1600m: 4:31, 3200m: 9:27, and 5k:16:03
• son of Cliff and Barbara Norton
• dean's list student
• math and chemistry minor
• received the Helen E. and Winslow Womack Chemistry Research Award (2014)