2022 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
TFRRS
2022: Seventh-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships…USTFCCCA All-Region… NCAA Central Region Team Champion.. Placed 142nd at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship running a time of 31:44.8… Placed 42nd at the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships running a time of 30:37.9… Placed 15th at the Augustana Twilight on Yankton Trail running in a time of 19:47… NSIC Fall Academic Team of Excellence
2021: Fourth-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships … NCAA All-American … USTFCCCA All-Region … NCAA Central Region Team Champion … NSIC Team Champion … First team All-NSIC … Placed 36th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships running a time of 31:26.5 … Placed 16th at the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships running a time of 30:17.3 … Placed third at the NSIC Cross Country Championships running a time of 25:30.4 … Placed 25th at the Chile Pepper XC Festival running a time of 24:37.9 … Competed in the 2021 Augustana Twilight at Yankton Trails, finishing the four-mile race in 19:53.1.
2020 (Junior): Fall season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (Sophomore): NSIC Team Champion ... Helped the Vikings to a 6th-place finish at the NCAA DII National Championships … Took home a 3rd-place team finish at NCAA Central Region Championships … Helped the Vikings win the NSIC Championship … Finished 123rd in the Nation with a time of 31:57.9 at the NCAA Championships (10K) … The sophomore finished 30th in the NCAA Central Region (8K) with a time of 31:46.1 … Took home 24th overall at the NSIC Championships (8K) with a time of 25:52.79 … Competed in the 2019 Augustana Twilight at Yankton, finishing the four-mile race in 76th at 20:33.42, and helping the team earn 2nd overall … Finished first as a team and 8th individually at the 8K Roy Griak, crossing the line in 26:23.3 … Crossed the line in 91st place at the Lewis Crossover (8K) in 26:44.8
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Finished 10th (8K, 26:06) at the Mount Marty Invite… Ran a season best at the NSIC Championships with an 8K time of 25:40.9, good for a 33rd place finish.
2017 (Freshman): Sat out as a redshirt.
High School: 2017 graduate of Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, S.D. ... finished in eighth at the South Dakota state cross country meet his senior year ... took seventh in the in the 1,600m and 3,200m at the South Dakota state track meet as a junior ... earned All-State as a senior ... helped the boys cross country team to three state titles.
Personal: Son of Rich and Joy Klitzke ... born in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Feb. 16, 1999 ... Biology major ... his brother Parker is a part of the Augustana Men's Golf team.
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