2012 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Career Summary
2012: Named runner of the year after winning the NAC Championship for the second straight year with a time of 26:36.7... Earned all-conference for the fourth straight year... Led Edgewood College in six out of the seven races this year... Ran to four straight top ten finishes including ninth at the Greater Louisville Invitational with a time of 26:25.40, third at the Ripon College Invite with a time of 27:30.99, second at the Wisconsin Private College Championships in a time of 26:36.72, and first at the NAC Championships... Finished 28th at the NCAA III Midwest Regional after crossing the finish line in a season-best 25:10.85... Named Edgewood College men's cross country student athlete of the week twice... Also named NAC student athlete of the week two times.
2011: Earned the first win of his career when he won the Northern Athletics Conference Championship with a time of 26:0.1 on October 29... Earned all-conference honors with that finish... Finished 12th at the NCAA Midwest Regional to qualify for the NCAA National Championship with a time of 25:18.7... Earned All-Midwest accolades for the second time in his career... Became the first runner in school history to cover the 8,000 meter distance in under 25 minutes when he set a personal-best time of 24:52.6 at the NCAA National Cross Country Championship on November 19 in Winneconne... Placed 40th in the NCAA National Cross Country Championship... Finished third at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational with a time of 26:25.1 on October 8... Posted his career-best 6,000 meter time of 19:37.9 in the first meet of the season, the UW Cross Country Classic on September 9... Named NAC Men's Cross Country Student-Athlete of the week from October 10-16... Twice named Edgewood College men's cross country athlete of the week... Set school records at the 6,000 (19:37.9) and 8,000 (24:52.6) meter distances as well as at the five mile (26:06) distance.
2010: Finished third at the Northern Athletics Conference Championships, earning all-NAC recognition... Placed second at the Wisconsin Private School Championships on October 16 with a time of 26:35... Posted his second career time under 26 minutes with a season best 25:22 at the NCAA Midwest Regional at Rock Island, Illinois on November 13... Finished 56th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
2009: Earned All-Midwest Region honors from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association... Was the top freshman runner at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 24th out of 282 runners... Received Northern Athletics Conference Freshman of the Year along with first team All-NAC honors... Broke the school recored on two occasions, first at the Wis. Private College Championships where he ran the 8K distance in 25:54, and topped that mark at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 25:06... Finished second at the NAC Championships with a time of 26:33... Named to the NAC All-Sportsmanship team... NAC Scholar-Athlete.
High School: Helped his cross country team at Madison West High School qualify for state twice and finish second once... Named fist team all-state in 2008 along with academic all-state... Named first team all-conference in 2008... Participated in track and was name first team all-conference in 2009... Competed on the swimming team for three years.
Personal: Parent is Andrea Williams... Major is elementary education.
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