AS A FIRST YEAR (FALL 2023)
Competed in 4 meets this season... Season best time of 17.43.69 in the 5K at the Queen City Invitational, Season best time of 27.47.00 in the 8K at the Thundering Herd Invitational.

PRIOR TO MSU
Bunting was the National Division Runner of the Year for the Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference this past fall in cross country... Named to the All-SBAAC First Team... His Clermont Northeast High School Rockets captured back-to-back league crowns in 2021 and 2022. In outdoor track and field, the Batavia, Ohio resident, owns second-fastest time in the 3,200m (10:08.71) and third-fastest mark in the 1,600m (4:55.92) in his school’s history. As a senior, he won every regular-season meet in which he raced... In his junior season, finished 49th at the state’s Division II championship.

ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
 

Cross Country

Date	Meet	Site	Dist.	Time	Finish on Team/Overall (Total Individuals)	Team Finish (Total Teams)
9/14/24	Mike and Mark K. Johnson Classic	Berea, Ky.	8K	28:50.7	2/9 (62)	2 (7)
8/30/24	Thundering Herd Invitational	Huntington, W.Va.	5K	17:10.62	13/40 (68)	3 (5)
10/13/23	Angel Mounds Invitational	Evansville, Ind.	8K	27:59.3	11/103 (174)	8 (18)
9/30/23	Live in Lou Classic (Blue Division)	Louisville, Ky.	8K	28:20.0	13/353 (438)	20 (46)
9/15/23	Thundering Herd Invitational	Huntington, W.Va.	8K	27:47.00	12/47 (91)	3 (7)
9/1/23	Queen City Invitational	Highland Heights, Ky.	5K	17:43.69	13/23 (52)	1 (5)