Will Callender
Will Callender
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Seattle, Wash.
  • High School:
    Roosevelt
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • Events:
    Distance
Bio

One-time member of the AD Honor Roll …

2024 Outdoor: Made three starts … Won 5k at home Wooster Invitational (Apr. 6) in 15:09.25 … Narrowly missed out on All-Ohio honors with a fourth-place finish in the 10k, turning in a collegiate best 32:19.66 … That 10k time was good enough for ninth on the program top-10 list … Placed eighth in 10k and ninth in 5k at NCAC Championships (May 3-4) … Went 33:42.39 and 15:40.91 in those races, respectively …

2024 Indoor: NCAC Indoor Middle-Distance/Distance Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year … Turned in All-NCAC and record-setting performances at NCAC Championships, winning the 5k and finishing as the runner up in the 3k … Went 14:56.50 and 8:39.94 in those races, respectively, improving on own 3k school record time … Part of the winning distance medley relay team that broke the tape in 10:30.05 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10), earning All-Ohio honors … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 22 after winning the 3k and breaking the indoor facility record with a time of 8:42.97 at the Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 20) … Won the 3k in the first meet of the season as well, running 8:55.72 at the Wooster Invitational (Jan. 13) … Had a pair of PRs in the dual meet against Wooster (Jan. 25), turning in times of 2:07.32 in the 800 and winning the mile in 4:26.05 …

2023 Cross Country: Repeated as an All-Great Lakes Region performer by finishing 21st in a career-best 24:31.4 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 11) … Landed on All-NCAC first-team for first time and collected third-career all-conference accolade in cross country by finishing third in 25:58.9 at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 28) … Finished fourth in NCAA Div. III and 15th overall at All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 15), earning All-Ohio honors for the second time in career in 25:17.9 … Top collegiate athlete and overall runner-up at Dan Mullen Memorial Invitational (Sept. 30), crossing the finish line in 27:06.5 … Runner-up at season-opening Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1) with a top 4K time of 13:36.8 … Also recorded a top-five finish in the dual meet with Denison (Sept. 21), finishing fourth in the 5K event in a time of 16:43.8 …

2023 Outdoor: Took third for All-NCAC honors in the 5K at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) with a time of 15:07.39, which was the sixth-fastest time in school history … Runner-up in the 5K at the All-Ohio Championships (April 15) in a time of 15:26.91 … Turned in a collegiate-best time of 9:42.04 in the 3K steeplechase at NCACs, narrowly missing out on another all-conference honor with a fourth-place finish … Steeple time at conference championship ranks as the seventh-fastest in program history … Competed in four meets …

2023 Indoor: NCAC Indoor Distance Athlete of the Year … NCAC Champion in 3K with a school-record breaking time of 8:40.60 at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Also earned All-NCAC honors in the 5K with a third-place finish in a time of 15:08.39 … Recorded three additional individual event wins, twice in the 3K and once in the mile … Also part of Wooster’s winning distance medley relay (10:45.34) at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21) … Overall competed in five meets …

2022 Cross Country: Consistent top finisher for the Scots … Earned USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honors with a 30th-place finish in a career-best championship-length time of 25:00.9 at Great Lakes Regional Championships (Nov. 12) … All-Ohio and second-team All-NCAC honoree for the second consecutive season … NCAC Athlete of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Sept. 19, Sept. 26) … Took the individual title in three separate meets - against Denison (Sept. 22), the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 1) and the Wooster 5K Twilight Challenge (Nov. 4) …  Placed 11th at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 29) in 27:33.8 … Finished 30th out of all Division III runners at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 16) in a time of 25:27.9 …

2022 Outdoor: Earned All-Ohio honors with third-place time of 15:35.48 in the 5K at the All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … Logged season-best 10K time of 32:50.21 at the Bob Kahn Invitational (April 8) … Competed in the 5K and 10K at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) and just missed on scoring in both …

2022 Indoor: Scored in the 3K and 5K with times of 8:51.36 and 15:22.48, respectively, at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Placed fifth in the 3K and seventh in the 5K at the conference meet … Won the 3K at the Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 5) and Wooster Quad (Jan. 15) with times of 8:59.48 and 9:30.47, respectively …

2021 Cross Country: Wooster’s No. 1 finisher in every race … Earned second-team All-NCAC honors with ninth-place time of 26:50.9 at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) … Won the Wooster 5K Twilight Challenge (Nov. 5) at 16:01.1 … Fifth-place at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2), with championship-length time of 28:50.4 … Helped Scots to team title at Muskingum, a first for the program at a traditional meet since 2014 … Crossed 111th at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) with time of 27:05.7 … Stopped the watch at 27:03.0 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17), which was 69th among Div. III entrants … Debuted with fifth-place 4000-meters time of 21:35.3 at the Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1) … Time at Wooster Invite marked a new team course record for the 4K race …

Prior to Wooster: District qualifier as a junior and was the fifth-place finisher in the conference meet as a senior at Roosevelt High School … Four-year letterwinner in cross country and lettered once in track & field … Prepped for Howard Collier …

Personal: Parents are Jeffrey and Sarah Callender … Psychology major and sociology minor … Involved with the orchestra and part of a service house that performs regular community service.

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Wooster Captures Three Individual Titles on Day One of NCAC Championships

Garretson completes career sweep of pole vault titles, Tharenos breaks record while winning steeplechase

May 3, 2024

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Scots Collect Eight All-Ohio Honors

Wooster sees success in annual All-Ohio meet

April 13, 2024

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 Robertson Steps Into Athlete of the Week Honor

Junior led way in steeplechase this past weekend

April 8, 2024

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Two Win Major NCAC Awards as Teams Place Fourth at Championships

Jeju named NCAC Newcomer and Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Callender collects second Distance Runner of the Year award

February 24, 2024

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Three Champions and an NCAC Record After First Day of NCAC Championships

Callender, Jeju and Wiesner leave day one as champions

February 23, 2024

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NCAC Championships Preview: Indoor Track & Field

Scots Travel to Kenyon to start Championships on Friday

February 19, 2024

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Wooster Quartet Named to NCAC All-Decade Team

Callender, Hoover, McMichael, Webster Wooster's qualifiers

February 12, 2024

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Jeju Leads Wooster's Stars at All-Ohio

First-year wins three events, breaks three records

February 10, 2024

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Scots Storm Back, Tie Up Series of Dual Meets with Denison

Wooster wins 20 events, including all eight jumps

January 25, 2024

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Callender Garners Athlete of the Week Honors

Junior takes down facility record in 3000 meters 

January 22, 2024

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Men Win Fighting Scots Invite as More Records Go Down

Jeju and Wiesner break school records, Callender facility

January 20, 2024

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32 Year Old Record Broken in First Indoor Meet of Season

First-year Jeju sets new school record in the long jump

January 13, 2024

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Solid Core to Lead Men's Track and Field in 2024

Many have sights set on conference, national qualifications

January 8, 2024