A four-time distance running NCAA Champion, Henderson clocked Division III all-time marks in the 5000m (13:50) and 10,000m (29:23). Henderson won the 10,000m national title in 1978, and 5000m national titles in 1979 and 1980. Henderson still holds the NCAA outdoor 5000m championships record with a 13:55.0 run recorded in winning his first of back-to-back national D-III titles at the distance in 1979. Henderson also claimed the national cross country title in 1978, and then recorded the highest Division III finish at the Division I championships (10th place in 1978) when Division III Champions were allowed to compete. Henderson was Wheaton College’s Athlete of the Year in 1979 and was inducted to Wheaton’s Hall of Fame in 1990. Henderson is Wheaton’s current Indoor Record Holder in the mile and two-mile, and Outdoor Record Holder in Mile, 1500m, Two-Mile, 5K, 10K, Marathon, and DMR. Henderson finished sixth in the 5000m at 1984 Olympic Trials.
