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2019 (Senior): NCAA All-American … USTFCCCA All-Central Region … NSIC Athlete of the Year … NSIC Individual Champion … First-team All-NSIC … NSIC Team Champion ... Helped the Vikings to a 6th-place finish at the NCAA DII National Championships … Led the Vikings to a 3rd-place finish at NCAA Central Region Championships … Helped the Vikings win the NSIC Championship with 1st-place finish … At the NCAA Championship 10K race, finished 16th overall with a time of 30:14.5 … Finished 3rd overall in the NCAA Central Region (10K) with a time 30:13.3 ... Took home the NSIC individual title with a 1st-place finish of 25:03.98 (8K) …Started off the season with a 7th place finish at the Augustana Twilight with a time of 19:19.34 … Top Viking finisher and top-10 out of more than 320 competitors … helped the Vikings to a second-place finish … FInished first as a team and 2nd individually at the 8K Roy Griak, crossing the line in 25:10.2 … Took home 11th place at the 8K Lewis Crossover Race, finishing in 25:37.4
2018 (Junior): Finished 72nd (8K, 34:10.3) at the NCAA Championships on Dec.1… Earned All-Region honors by finishing in 11th at the NCAA Regional with a 10K time of 30:41.3… Earned First Team All NSIC with a ninth place (8K, 24:38.9) and season best finish at the NSIC Championships on Nov 3… Finished in fifth place at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational with an 8K time of 25:14.8.
2017 (Sophomore): Finished in 56th (10k, 32:16.6) at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 18 … earned All-Region honors with a sixth place finish (10k, 32:00.5) at the Central Regional on Nov. 4 … earned first team All-NSIC accolades by finishing in fifth (8k, 24:51.2) at the NSIC Championships on Oct. 21 … finished in the top-10 at the Bob Waxlax Invite (third), the Griak Invite (sixth), the Woody Greeno Invite (third) and the Augustana Twilight (eighth).
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Finished 24th at the NSIC Championships (8k, 25:25.9) on Oct. 22… took 78th at the Chili Pepper Invitational (8k, 26:00.3) on Oct. 1… finished 88th at the Griak Invitational (8k, 27:54.4) on Sept. 24… placed 101st at the Augustana Twilight (4k, 21:07.4) on Sept. 2.
2015 (Freshman): Did not compete ... sat out as a redshirt
High School: A 2015 graduate of Alexandria High School … four-year letterwinner for the Cardinals … holds a personal-best in 5,000-meter run (15:52), 3,200-meter run (9:46), and 1,600-meter run (4:32) … three-time Cross Country Most Valuable Runner award … named Central Lakes Conference Champion and took third at Section 8AA … team finished six-place at state his senior season …two-time Conference Champion.
Personal: Son of Joel and Denise Runge … born April 28, 1997 … Accounting major.
