Tommy E. Kauffmann (2024) - Hall of Fame - Xavier University Athletics

Tommy E. Kauffmann

Induction:
2024
Class:
2011

Tommy Kauffmann, a two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference performer in cross country and NCAA Outdoor Track and Field East Regional qualifier as a junior and a senior, lettered four years in cross country and track and field, finishing his career with a long list of school records: cross country 10k (31:10.00 at the 2010 NCAA Great Lakes Regional) and cross country 8k (24:38.00), indoor track 3,000-meter run (8:17.80) and indoor mile (4:16.41), indoor track 5,000-meter run (14:23.95), outdoor track 1,500-meter run (3:55.39), outdoor track 10,000-meter run (29:28.12 on March 25, 2011 at the Stanford Invitational) and the outdoor track 5,000-meter run (14:13.02).

As a junior, Kauffmann collected a championship at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships in the 3,000-meter race, breaking the meet record and school record with a time of 8:20.97. He later lowered his own record to 8:17.80.

As a senior, Kauffmann became the first male athlete to win an outdoor track and field individual championship at Xavier when he took the 10,000-meter run at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2011.

Kauffmann also excelled off the track, earning spot on five Atlantic 10 All-Academic Teams and on seven consecutive Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

In his post-Xavier career, Kauffmann participated in the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2016 after hitting a qualifying half-marathon standard time (1:04:34) in Indianapolis.