Mitchell Lorenz 2011-12 Cross Country Roster

AS A SENIOR: Did not run during the cross country season … ran with the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … helped team qualify for the NCAA Championships at the NCAA East Preliminary Round by running a school-record time of 3:06.20 to finish ninth overall … teamed with Brandon Dougherty, Patrick Feeney and Chris Giesting … earned all-conference honors at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships after helping 4x400m relay team finish second (3:11.33) … member of the victorious 4×400 relay at the Blue and Gold Invitational … also on the winning 4×400 teams at the Indiana University Relays and the Meyo Invitational … claimed second place on the 4×400 relay squad at the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships … fourth in the 800 and second in the 4×400 relay at the Victor Lopez Classic … ran on the victorious 4×400 relay teams at the Stanford Invitational and Texas Roadhouse Border Battle … won the 800 at the GVSU 2nd to Last Chance Meet … named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star … earned a monogram.

AS A JUNIOR: Competed in 10 meets during the track and field season … earned a monogram … competed in the 800 meters at the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships … placed eighth at the indoor championships in the 500 meters in 1:04.37 … also helped 4,000m distance medley relay team to a fourth place finish at the indoor championships in 9:52.65 … helped 4x800m relay team to a third place finish at the outdoor Drake Relays in 7:25.75 … finished fifth in the 500m at the indoor Meyo Invitational in 1:04.90 … placed third in the 600m run at the Indiana Invitational in 1:20.06.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ran the 1,000 (2:30.79) for seventh place at the Blue and Gold Invitational … part of the 1,600 relay (3:28.86) that finished seventh at the Blue and Gold Invitational … finished the 800 (1:54.94) for sixth at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … finished third in the 1,600 relay at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … ran the 800 (1:53.48) for seventh at the Notre Dame Invitational … finished 14th in the 800 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in 1:55.63 … ran the 800 (1:53.03) and placed 30th at the Alex Wilson Invite … began the outdoor season at the Mike Poehlein Invitational and finished the 800 (1:55.11) for fourth place … part of the 1,600 relay that finished seventh in 3:23.31 at the Mike Poehlein Invitational … ran the 800 (1:51.87) for a ninth-place showing at the Border Battle … finished 18th in the 800 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished ninth in the 800 (1:55.23) at the Dave Rankin Invitational … had an eighth-place showing in the 800 (1:55.22) at the Mike Poehlein Invitational … ran the 800 (1:55.40) for 11th at the Notre Dame Invitational … opened the season with a sixth-place finish in the 1,000 (2:31.07) at the Blue and Gold Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eight- time cross country and track and field letterwinner at Brainerd (Minn.) … conference champion in track as a senior … two-time regional champion in track … part of a nationally ranked cross country team as a senior … two-time cross country team captain … track team captain as a senior … track MVP during junior campaign … five- time all-conference selection … earned all-state honors in track as a junior … set school record in the 4×800 … second-fastest runner in the 800 at Brainerd … member of the National Honor Society and Key Club … born in Grand Forks, N.D. … son of Mary Lou and Tom Lorenz … graduated from the College of Science with a degree in biological sciences and from the College of Arts and Letters with a degree in Spanish.

LORENZ[apos]S CAREER INDOOR BESTS

LORENZ[apos]S CAREER OUTDOOR BESTS