Nathan Mills

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Columbia City, Ind.
High School:
Columbia City

Cross Country Bio
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team
• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2022, 2023)
• 2022 Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Team

Feature Story: Brotherly Competition (10/6/2020), Fostering Growth (10/13/2020)

Feature Friday: 9/18/2020

2024 Season Results

Event	Time	Distance	Place
Phoenix Open	25:59.2	8k	33rd
Mastodon Alumni Open	25:48.6	8k	5th
Joe Piane	25:48.2	8k	95th
Bradley Pink Classic	25:27.6	8k	147th
Horizon League Cross Country Championship	26:15.1	8k	48th
Great Lakes Regional	32:11.6	10k	132nd

2023 Season Results

Event	Time	Distance	Place
Mastodon Alumni Open	16:34.5	5k	19th
IUPUI Jaguar Invitational	27:00.5	8k	38th
Lehigh Paul Short Run (College)	26:30.1	8k	316th
Bradley Pink Classic	27:36.6	8k	206th
Horizon League Cross Country Championship	27:30.3	8k	89th

2022 Season Results

Event	Time	Distance	Place
Mastodon XC Opener	16:20.0	5K	14
Rumble in the Fort	26:14.5	8K	6
John McNichols Invite	26:42.3	8K	105
Louisville Classic	25:22.9	8K	65
Bradley Pink Classic	25:32.1	8K	172
Horizon League Cross Country Championship	25:58.2	8K	24
NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championships	32:25.5	10K	112

2021 Season Results

Event	Time	Distance	Place
Mike Baumer Invitational	15:43.9	5K	23
IUPUI Jaguar Invitational	26:22.4	8K	38
Spartan Invitational	26:48.7	8K	63
Live In Lou Classic	25:53.7	8K	54
Evansville Invitational	26:18.4	8K	4
Horizon League Championships	27:52.9	8K	57
NCAA Great Lakes Regional	33:08.5	10K	144

Ran the ninth fastest 10K time in program history (33:08.5), recieved Horizon League All-Academic honors

2020 Season Results

Event	Time	Distance	Place
Horizon League Championships	27:15.5	8K	28th

High School: Qualified for the 2016 Cross Country Individual Regional ... Earned 2016 Second Team All-Conference ... Was named 2017 and 2018 First Team All-Conference ... Was a Semi-State qualifier in 2017 and 2018 and was the individual runner up at 2018 Semi-State and 2019 conference runner up ... Helped lead his team to 2019 State and earned 2019 NE8 conference title ... Currently ranked sixth all time in school history ... Named 2018 Academic All-State Honorable Mention and 2019 Academic All-State First Team ... Was the valedictorian for the class of 2020 and a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Paul and Jennifer Mills ... Has three brothers, Nicholas, Jack and Ryan, and one sister Leigha ... brother, Nicholas, is a member of the cross country team at Purdue Fort Wayne ... Pursuing a master's in Business Administration.