2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
TFRRS
2019 (Senior): Second-team All-NSIC … NSIC Team Champion ... Helped the Vikings to a 6th-place finish at the NCAA DII National Championships … Competed in the NCAA Central Region Championship and helped the team finish 3rd … Helped the Vikings win the NSIC Championship … Finished 60th in the nation with a time of 31:13.5 (10K) at the NCAA DII Championships … 26th place finish at the NCAA Central Region championships with a time of 31:37.7 … Finished 19th at the NSIC Championships (8K) with a time of 26:40.99 … Competed in the 2019 Augustana Twilight at Yankton, finishing the four-mile race in 37th place at 20:06.48 and helping the team earn 2nd overall … Finished 26th overall at the 8K Roy Griak, crossing the line at 26:35.7 … Took home 7th overall at the 8K Lewis Crossover Race, finishing in 26:26.34.3 ...
2018 (Junior): Finished in 171st (8K, 35:32.1) at the NCAA Championships on Dec. 1 where the Vikings placed 10th… Ran a personal best (10K, 31:56) at the NCAA regionals… Earned second team All-NSIC honors with a 19th place finish (8K, 24:55.5) at the NSIC Championships on Nov. 3… Finished 14th at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational (Oct. 13) and 19th at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29).
2017 (Sophomore): Was the alternate at the NCAA Championships and the Central Regional … earned second team All-NSIC honors with an 18th place finish (8k, 25:26.4) at the NSIC Championships on Oct. 21 … finished in 11th at the Bob Waxlax Invite (Oct. 6) and 20th at the Augustana Twilight (Sept. 1) … took 32rd at the Woody Greeno Invite (Sept. 16) and 112th at the Griak Invite (Sept. 23).
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Finished 184th at the NCAA Championships (10k, 33:41.3) on Nov. 19… finished 41st at the Central Regional (10k, 32:30.0) on Nov. 5… took 21st at the NSIC Championships (8k, 25:18.2) on Oct. 22… placed 75th at the Chili Pepper Invite (8k, 25:58.9) on Oct. 1… took 12th at the Augustana Twilight (4k, 19:38.7) on Sept. 2.
2015 (Freshman): Sat out as a Redshirt
High School: 2015 graduate of Oskaloosa High School... four-year letterwinner... ran a personal best 15:45 5k senior year... conference champion junior and senior year... team MVP sophomore year... academic All-Conference junior and senior year
Personal: son to Steve and Deb DeJong... born June 21, 1996... Biology major
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