Campbell University

Carl Ivarsson, one of the greatest distance runners in Campbell history, was inducted into the Campbell University Sports Hall of Fame in October 2002.
 
A four-time MVP of the cross country and track and field teams, the native of Greensboro was voted Campbell’s Outstanding Male Athlete for the 1980-81 academic year.  In 1982, Ivarsson was presented the Senior GPA Award as the graduating student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average.
 
During his senior year, Ivarsson won the Southern Independent College Cross Country Championship and set a school record for a 10,000-meter cross country event. 
 
On the track, he won the prestigious Carolina Relays 1500-meter title with a time of three minutes, 45.7 seconds, a mark that ranked as the best in the state in 1982 and stood as a school record for nearly four decades.  During his career, Ivarsson set school records in seven events, plus four relays.
 
A 1982 honors graduate with a B.A. in Government, Ivarsson earned his J.D. from Campbell in 1985.  He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.  A board certified specialist in criminal law, Ivarsson has practiced for more than three decades.