Chico State Athletics

2016-2017
After an opening 11^th place finish at the Humboldt Invitational, injury wiped out the remainder of the 2016 harrier season…On the track, Morton opened the season with twin wins at the Wildcat Invitational recording a very impressive 3:51/1:52 double…The Hornet Invitational brought a huge 1:49.60 PR, making Morton the 7^th Wildcat in the history of the program to eclipse the 1:50 barrier…The SF State Distance Carnival brought a 3:46 PR for the 1500 and a second-place finish...The following day Morton recorded his second sub-1:50 800-meter run of the Carnival…Injury limited racing leading up to the CCAA Championships…Placed 2^nd behind teammate Michael Good in the 800-meter final at the CCAA meet...Put a bow on the season with a 17^th place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 800-meters.

2015-16
Opened the season with a 16th place finish at the Ash Creek Invitational in Monmouth, Oregon…Was the Wildcats’ second finisher at the Garin XC Challenge, placing fifth overall on the hilly 5k course with a time of 15:46…Placed a disappointing 58th overall at the San Francisco State Invitational…Concluded the fall with a 21st place run at the Doc Adams Invitational…On the oval began the spring with an 800m time of 1:53 at the Sac State Hornet Invitational…Recorded a nice 3:52 heat win and 1500m PR (3:52) at the San Francisco Distance Carnival…Recorded a 1:52 800m PR at the Chico Distance Carnival, and returned the next evening to place fifth in the 1500m with a 3:55 mark…Raced to a 1:53.1 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational…Placed fifth in the CCAA Championship 1500m final but narrowly missed making the final for 800m in the same meet…Concluded the season with a 4:04 1500m at the West Coast Last Chance Invitational…CCAA Spring All-Academic award winner.
 
2014-15
Redshirted in both cross country and track as true freshman…Finished fourth overall at Willow Hills Open, running a 16:00 5k on the hilly course…Placed 80th in the open race at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, finishing the 8k course in 27:05...Placed 30th at Doc Adams Invitational 8k in 26:49…On the track, opened the season with a 3:05 split in the 1200-meter portion of the distance medley relay during the team’s Red vs. White intersquad meet…Sickness hampered much of the remainder of the season…Ran a 1:54 800m at the Chico Distance Carnival…Won his 1500-meter heat at the West Coast Last Chance meet, clocking in at 4:03.

Pre-Chico Days
One of the most decorated distance runners in the San Diego Section, Morton was a standout runner in cross country and track at Mt. Carmel High School…During his senior cross country season won the Jaguar Kit Carson Invitational individual title, posting a time of 15:43…Placed third individually at the San Diego Section Championships to lead the Sundevils to the section championship and state meet berth…On the track, proved to be one of the best mid-distance runners in the state…His 1:53 PR in the 800m was one of the fastest dual meet performances of the year statewide…Lost the 1600m title by just .02 seconds at the San Diego Section Championships…Clocked another two second PR in the State Championship 1600m prelims (4:11.11) to qualify for the state final, where he would eventually post an 11th place finish.
 
Personal Best Marks
800m: 1:49.60
1500m: 3:46
8k XC: 25:10