Hall of Fame
Two-time All-American and three-time All-Region honoree in cross country, eight-time All-PSAC honoree in track and field, four-time national qualifier in track and field, still holds the SRU 5,000-meter record, has become one of the top ultrarunners in the United States.
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Reagan earns a spot in the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility after graduating in 2010 following one of the best distance running careers in SRU history.
He excelled in all three seasons at SRU during his career, but really shined in cross country, where he earned two All-America honors in 2007 and 2008. He helped The Rock to a ninth place finish in the team standings at the 2007 National Championships when he was the first SRU runner across the line in 12th place overall. Reagan also earned three All-Region honors in cross country and finished inside the top seven at the PSAC Championships twice.
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He set and still holds the indoor 5,000-meter record at SRU with his time of 14:26.03 in 2008, which earned him a trip to the national meet in 2008, where he placed ninth. Reagan also earned three trips to the National Championships outdoor, placing 12th and 10th in the 5,000-meter run and 13th in the 10,000-meter run. Under the current All-America rules in Division II, he would have earned three additional All-America honors in track and field to go with his two in cross country.
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At the PSAC level, Reagan was an eight-time All-PSAC finisher in track events and was a four-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete for his work in the classroom.
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After graduating from Slippery Rock in 2010, Reagan took a brief detour from the running community when he traveled the country playing washboard percussion and tenor guitar in several ragtime and jug-bands that played in 36 different states through 2011. He returned to running when he was hired as the head cross country coach at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia in 2011.
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Reagan spent seven seasons as the head cross country coach at SCAD, where he led the women's team to seven NAIA National Championship meets before retiring from his position in 2018. He stepped away from collegiate coaching to focus on his professional running career, which had blossomed alongside his coaching career. He signed a professional running contract to run for the Hoka One One team in long distance races throughout the world.
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Reagan has been a staple in the ultrarunning community over the last decade, first making a name for himself in 2016 when he was a member of Team USA at the 100K World Championships, where he placed third overall and led the American team. He also qualified for and competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon. He went on to be named the USA Track and Field Ted Corbitt Ultrarunner of the Year in 2017 after he won the Javelina Jundred 100-mile race and was the first American and the 12th overall finisher in the Comrades Marathon, an 89-kilometer race in South Africa.
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Reagan owns the course record and is a three-time champion at the Javelina Jundred, most recently claiming the 2019 title. He also won the USATF 100-mile trail national title and set a meet record in 2019 and took eighth overall in the storied Western States 100-mile Endurance Run in 2019. He followed that performance with another top 20 showing at Western States with a 19th place finish in 2021.
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Reagan currently resides in Savannah, Georgia with his wife, Adrienne, while he trains and competes as a professional runner and also coaches other runners through his coaching business