COLLEGE PR: 5k - 17:45; 6k - 20:58; 8k - 28:07; 10k - 36:41
2015-16: Ran a 6k of 20:58 at the Winthrop Early Season Challenge ... Ran an 8k of 28:38 at the Furman Classic ... Ran a collegiate-best 28:07 to finish at the Asheville Invitational ... Ran 29:41 at the Upstate Invitational / Big South Preview Meet ... Ran 28:52 at the Disney Cross Country Classic ... Ran 29:31 at the College of Charleston Invitational ... Ran 28:54 at the Big South Championship ... Ran a 10k PR of 36:41 at the Southeast Regional Championship held at Panorama Farms.
2014-15: Led the team at the Carolina Challenge with a 5k of 18:28 ... Ran 31:04 at the 31st annual Eye Opener to lead PC ... Ran 31:39 to lead the team at the Big South Preview Meet hosted by Gardner-Webb ... Ran 29:58 (81st) to lead PC at the Upstate Invitational ... Ran 29:35 (68th) to lead the team at the Disney Cross Country Classic ... Ran 30:46 at the Big South Championship (59th) ... Named to the 2014 Big South All-Academic Team ... Led the team with a 10k time of 38:04 at the 2014 NCAA DI Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky.
2013-14: Finished second for PC at the Gamecock Invitational with a 5k time of 18:11 and 50th place finish ... Finished 10th with a time of 29:52 at the Eye Opener ... Led the team with a 6k of 22:02 at the Asheville Cross Country Carnival ...Ran 30:16 at the Adidas/Winthrop Invitational to finish 35th ... Ran a collegiate PR of 29:35 at the Royal Cross Country Challenge ... Ran a collegiate-best 5k time of 17:45 to finish sixth overall and third for PC at the Francis Marion Invitational ... Finished second for PC at the challenging 2013 Big South Championship, hosted by VMI, with a time of 31:28 ... Ran a 10k of 37:32 at the 2013 NCAA DI Southeast Regional, hosted by Virginia.
2012-13: Finished first for PC at the Gamecock Invitational with a time of 18:06 and 18th place finish ... Ran 30:47 at the Adidas/Winthrop Invitational and Big South Preview to finish third for PC ... Led PC at the Charlotte Invitational with an improved 8k time of 30:14 ... Finished 130th with a time of 32:07 at the Walt Disney World Classic ... Ran a season-best time of 30:11 at the Upstate Invitational to finish 11th overall ... Finished fourth for PC at the 2012 Big South Championship with a time of 30:49.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran three seasons of cross country at Fort Mill HS for Coach Marc Pyrc ... Multi-sport athlete who also ran three seasons of track ... Voted cross country team captain his junior and senior years ... Named Cross Country All-Region his senior year ... Ran a personal best of 17:14 at the SC State Meet his senior year ... Beta Club and Ultimate Frisbee Club President.
PERSONAL: Reid McCandless was born on August 1, 1993 to Richard and Sharon McCandless in West Chester, Pennsylvania ... Has one brother, Carter ... Majoring in English.
