Cross Country and Track & Field
Stephen Harris made his mark as an All-American in cross country as well as track and field. In cross country, he helped Carleton finish in the top two at the conference meet all four years and was the top freshman on the 2002 squad that won the MIAC title. After posting a top-20 finish as a sophomore, Harris earned All-MIAC status the next two seasons. He finished sixth at the 2004 MIAC Championships and secured All-Region status with a 10th-place result two weeks later. At the NCAA Championships, Harris placed 47th overall as the Knights finished eighth, the program’s best showing on the national scene in more than two decades. He took third at the 2005 MIAC Championships, before collecting All-Region honors again (fourth place). Carleton returned to the NCAA Championships, finishing 19th, and Harris crossed the line 10th overall to pick up his first All-America award. Only two other Knights had previously posted top-10 individual finishes at nationals. During his first three seasons on the track, Harris earned All-MIAC honorable mention five times in four events—the 4×800 relay, the 1,000- and 1,500-meter runs, and the steeplechase. As a senior, he was a double-winner in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs at the 2006 MIAC Indoor Championships. He was selected the conference’s Outstanding Track Athlete and broke a 23-year-old conference record while winning the shorter of those two races. He later earned All-America recognition with his third-place result in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships. That spring he picked up All-MIAC status with runner-up results in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races. Harris also excelled in the classroom and received the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Stephen received is Master of Architecture from the University of Texas – Austin in 2010, and was the project designer for the recently completed Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul, Minnesota. Stephen and his wife Cassie Funke-Harris ’06 live in Connecticut, and are expecting their first child (and future Carleton student-athlete!) in the fall of 2016.