Cody Harper
Cody Harper

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.

High School:
Albuquerque Academy

Height:
5-10

Freshman Year: Teamed with Clay Ragan to place second at the UNC Challenge 10K relay • Finished with a time of 30:54 at the event • Finished ninth at Wolfpack Invitational with a time of 15:55.82 in the 5K event • Helped the Tar Heels to a second place showing in the event.

Prep: Albuquerque Tribune Track Athlete of the Year as a senior • New Mexico Gatorade Athlete of the Year as a senior • Member of state championship winning cross country team • Also participated in swimming and soccer • Captain of the swim team as a senior • Had a pair of top-five finishes at Nike Championships - fourth in the indoor mile and fifth in the outdoor 800.

Personal: Undecided on a major • Lists snowboarding and ping-pong as hobbies • Lists winning the city championship in the 800 as a sophomore as his biggest sports thrill • Father played water polo, rugby and swam at Yale • Grandfather played football, baseball and swam at Princeton, and swam across the English Channel at the age of 65 • Cody Taylor Harper is the son of Donna and Fred Harper • Born February 17, 1987 in Albuquerque, N.M.