J.R. Creekmore                  Hometown: Wilmington, Del. High School: Archmere Academy Height / Weight: 6-0 / 163 Event: XC/Distance Year (XC/In/Out): So./R-Fr./R-Fr.

Named to the 2012 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Earned both the 2012 Vol Scholar Award and the James Snow Award for the Outstanding Academic Vol Freshman for his 3.92 GPA in Material Science.

Indoors

• Ran unattached at the Virginia Tech Invitational in the 3000m, earning a new career best of 8:54.74 and placing 11th

Ran sixth for the team and 103rd overall at the NCAA South Regional, navigating the 10K course in a personal best time of 33:10.9...Finished 8th on the team and 94th overall in 26:27.85 at the 8K SEC Championships...Scored for the first time as a Vol, finishing 21st in the race and fifth on the team in 16:06.70...Ran sixth for the Vols and 66th overall in a then-personal best time of 26:11.79 at the 8K Commodore Classic...Improved his 8K time again at the Brooks Paul Short Run, completing the race in 25:55 to finish in 158th place overall and fifth on the team...Finished 55th overall and fifth on the team in 27:17.00 at the 8K Crimson Classic.

Honors - Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Vol Scholar Award and the James Snow Award for the Outstanding Academic Vol Freshman...Indoors - N/A...Outdoors - N/A.

Competed in the SEC Championships, running to an 8K PR of 26:59.74 and a placing of 79th...Finished 16th overall and seventh on the team at the 8K Tennessee Invitational, logging a then-career-best time of 26:59.92...Placed 44th overall and ran eighth on the team at the Belmont-VU Opener, logging a 5K time of 16:36.43.

Earned all-state acclaim in cross country his final three seasons and was a two-time all-state honoree in track and a four-time award-winner in swimming...Made all-county all four years in cross country and during his final two seasons on the oval...Helped Archmere win state cross country team titles in 2007 and 2008...His career cross country 5K best is 15:39...PRs on the oval include 9:35.59 for 3200m, 4:20.78 for 1600m and 1:59.08 for 800m...Member of National, Spanish and Science National Honor Societies...Won the 1600m at the 2011 Delaware Meet of Champions and claimed the 3200m crown at the 2010 edition of that meet...Third in the 1600m and fourth in the 3200m at the 2011 Delaware DII State Championships....Was third in those events at state in 2010...Went to the New Balance Indoor Nationals in 2011.

Born Dec. 1, 1992, in Newark, Del....Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Interested in materials science engineering as a course of study...Parents are Richard and Lisa Creekmore...Has a younger brother, Ben.