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Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2025-26 Men's XC Roster

Parker Draughon

  • Class Graduate Student

Biography

Honors and Accolades 
2025 GSC All-Academic Team
2024 GSC All-Academic Team

2025 Cross Country 
Competed in five meets ... Personal best time of 35:15.20 in the 10k at the NCAA Division II South Region Championships, helping the men's team finish eighth for the third consecutive year ... Collegiate best 8k at the GSC Championships (26:19.00), assisting the men to a 14th place finish ... Ran 26:48.80 in the 8k at the DBU Old Glory Gallop ... Crossed the line in 27:37.30 at the FSU Invite (8k) ... Crossed the line in 27:38.00 at the UNA Invitational in the 8k

2025 Outdoors 
Competed in two meets ... Ran 5000m in the 16:30.27 at the Lee University - Fast Break Athletics Invitational ... Delivered personal bests in the 1500m (4:12.07) and the 3000m (9:22.01) at the UWA Invitational 

2024 Cross Country 
Competed in three meets ... Placed 69th in the 8k at the GSC Championships (27:18.10), helping the team finish 5th overall ... Ran 27:39.80 in the 8k at the FSU XC Invitational ... Delivered a time of 28:41.90 in the 8k at the Southern Showcase

2024 Outdoors
Competed in four meets ... Personal best time of 16:03.23 at the Don McGarey Invitational (5000m) ... Crossed the line in 16:18.02 in the 5000m at the 2024 Falcon Classic & Multi, placing 34th overall ... Time of 16:10.88 at the Victor Ice Breaker Deals in the 5000m 

2023 Cross Country
Competed in two meets ... Part of a Warhawk squad that made six appearances in USTFCCCA’s weekly South Region rankings and finished the year ranked No. 8 in the region…raced twice for AUM, in the Foothills Invite and Royals Challenge…ran his collegiate-best 8K with a 28:55 at the Queen’s University of Charlotte Royals Challenge and also turned in a 17:08.6 5K at the Foothills Invitational.

2023 Outdoors 
Competed in three meets ... Ran 16:37.96 at the UAB Spring Invitational in the 5000m ... finished 29th overall at the Falcon Classic & Multi (4:25.24) in the 1500m ... Delivered a time of 16:44.06 in the 5000m at the Victor Ice Breaker Duals 2023

2022 Cross Country 
Competed in three meets ... Crossed the line in 29:43.40 in the 8k at the UAH DII Festival Year Showcase ... Time of 29:54.00 in the 8k at the Royals XC Challengs ... Ran 32:48.60 at the Argonaut Invitational in the 8k at his first collegiate meet

2021
Member of the team, but did not race as a freshman.

PREP
Lettered in both cross country and track and field under Head Coach Tony Benitez at Auburn High School in Auburn, Ala.…posted season-best times in 2019-20 of 16:31.80 in the 5K, 9:58.68 in the 3,000 meter run, 4:39.40 in the 1,600-meter run, and 2:09.99 in the 800-meter run.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Parker Allen Draughon…was born on March 1, 2002…is the son of Pat and Cynthia Draughon…has a brother, Hudson, and a sister, Laney…is an undeclared major…is related to Ralph Draughon, former president of Auburn University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

    5'7"
  • 2024Senior

    5'7"
  • 2025-26Graduate Student