2021 Cross Country Roster

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Carter Coughlin
Photo by: Sara D. Davis, the ACC
Carter Coughlin and Jack Tiernan
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Carter Coughlin

Carter Coughlin

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Knoxville, TN
  • High School:
    Webb School of Knoxville

Career Records
 
Awards & Accolades
2020 All-ACC Team (XC)
2020 All-ACC Academic Cross Country Team
2019 All-ACC Academic Cross Country Team
 
Top 10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 4 – 10,000m (Outdoor) – 29:09.97
No. 9 – 3000m Steeplechase – 9:04.69
 
Collegiate PR
1500m – 3:50.42
3000m – 8:17.99
5000m – 13.54.73
3000S – 9:04.64

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Outdoor:
Grabbed a 36th place finish at the NCAA East Prelims in the 10,000m event ... Set a personal best in the 5000m, placing 16th at the ACC Outdoor Championship and 10th in the 10,000m ... Set a personal best in the 10,000m at the Virginia Challenge, placing eighth. 

Indoor: Placed 25th at the ACC Indoor Championship in the 5000m.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Outdoor: 
Placed fourteenth (9:04.64) in the 3000S at the Raleigh Relays…Set a new PR in the 1500m (3:50.42) at the Tobacco Road Challenge.

Cross Country: Earned All-ACC honors at the ACC Championship with a team-best fifth-place finish, completing the 8k in 23:24.8 ... Finished second as Wake Forest defeated NC State and North Carolina in a tri-meet (Oct. 16), as his mark of 24:44.48 was a hundredth of a second behind teammate Jack Tiernan ... Took third overall in the season-opener against Virginia and North Carolina, crossing in 24:13.5.

2019 (Freshman)
Indoor: 
Competed in the 5000m at the Iowa State Classic and placed sixteenth in the 3000m at the ACC Championships.

Cross Country: Second on the team and 28th overall at the 10K NCAA Southeast Regional at Charlottesville (11/15) … All-ACC Academic team honoree … Third Deacon across the finish line at the ACC Championship (11/1), finishing 24th overall in 25:01.6.

High School
2017 Foot Locker All-American…2016 and 2017 Foot Locker All-South Team…Earned 10 varsity letters at the Webb School of Knoxville…Three-time Cross Country State Champion (2015, 2016, 2017) and 2014 runner-up…2017 Track State Champion in the 1600m and 3200m…Runner-up in the 2015 3200m…Three-time PrepXtra Cross Country Runner of the Year…Twice named to the Tennessee Sports Writer Association All-State team…2017 New Balance Nationals Qualifier…Metro-Knoxville All-Coaches Track and Field Team…Four-time PrepXtra First-Team honoree…All-KIL in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017...Also ran with Knoxville Youth Athletics from 2014-2017.

Personal
Son of Jeff and Tiffany Coughlin…Born July 21, 1999…Chose Wake Forest over Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and West Point...Majoring in Health and Exercise Science.
 

Football Media Availability (9/24/25)
Wednesday, September 24
Football Media Availability (9/23/25)
Tuesday, September 23
Wake Forest Football Head Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (Week 5)
Tuesday, September 23
Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (Sept. 22, 2025)
Monday, September 22