Honors:
- NCAA All-South/Southeast Region (2014; 34th at region meet)
- USA South Runner of the Year (2014)
- USA South Rookie Runner of the Year (2014)
- USA South All-Conference first team (2014)
- USA South Runner of the Week (Sept. 8, 2014; Sept. 29, 2014; Oct. 6, 2014; Oct. 20, 2014)
- USA South Rookie Runner of the Week (Sept. 1, 2014; Sept. 8, 2014; Sept. 15, 2014; Sept. 29, 2014; Oct. 6, 2014; Oct. 20, 2014)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (2014)
- USA South All-Academic (2014-15)
2014 (Freshman): Covenant's top finisher in four races on the year... USA South Runner and Rookie of the Year becoming just the second runner in conference history to achieve the feat... Finished third in the USA South Championship (Nov. 1) with a time of 27:44.1 in the 8k and earned All-USA South first team... Finished 34th at the NCAA South Regionals, and was named to the NCAA All-South/Southeast Region team... Had four top-five finishes... Placed third in the Mountaintop Invitational (Aug. 29) with a time in the 5k of 17:52.3... Won USA South Rookie Runner of the Week six times on the year, and USA South Runner of the Week four times... Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic and USA South All-Academic honors
High School: Attended Xavier High School… Qualified for state in cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior… Personal best 5K time is 16:08… All-American in track and field during his junior year… Ran the anchor leg of his 4x800 that placed sixth in the New Balance Indoor National Meet… Member of the National Honor Society
Personal: Born Oct. 10, 1995… Parents are Ben and Kimberly Kaufmann… Father, Ben, ran cross country at Covenant from 1991-93 and qualified for the NAIA Championships in both 1992 and 1993... Three of his uncles, Andrew Kaufmann, Dave Kaufmann and Joe Kaufmann, ran cross country at Covenant in the 1990s and early 2000s... Favorite bible verse is 2 Kings 2:23-24… Majoring in English with the hope of becoming a writer one day
Kaufmann's Personal Records:
Cross Country:
5K: 17:52.3 (Mountaintop Invitational, Aug. 29, 2014)
8K: 26:40.2 (NCAA South/Southeast Regional, Nov. 15, 2014)
Track:
800: 2:04 (Mountain Laurel Twilight Invitational, April 17, 2015)
1500: 4:16 (Emory Classic, March 28, 2015)
4x400 relay: 3:53 (with Massot, Weaks, Jantomaso; Mountain Laurel Invitational, April 17, 2015)
High School:
5K: 16:08
1-mile (track): 4:19
800 (track): 1:54
1000 (track): 2:32
