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Spencer Clark Season 2017

Pos.DISTANCE
YearSenior
HometownClive, Iowa

2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (JR): Entered three races on the year, including two at 5,000m and one at 10,000m… finished the 10,000m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Open in 31:40.88, lowering her personal best by over 21 seconds.
2017 IN (SO*): Competed in the 3,000m run at three meets… lowered season and career-best time in each of those three races… finished the season with a best of 8:37.12 at the Buckeye Tune-Up.
2016 XC (JR): Raced four times… finished as the team’s second runner at the All-Ohio Championships as his 13th-place run helped the team finish third overall (42 teams)… placed 39th at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational to finish third on the team… also raced at the American Athletic Conference Championships, placing 48th overall.
 
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (SO): Raced twice outdoors… opened the year with the 10,000m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, finishing seventh overall… also ran the 3,000m run at the Lyle/Wood Invitational, finishing with a PR 9:03.33… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR*): Did not race.
2015 XC (SO): Competed in five meets on the season with two Top 30 finishes, including a season-best 11th at the Queen City Invitational… was third on the team at the All-Ohio Championships (28th) and fifth at the American Athletic Conference Championships (34th).

2014-15 SEASONS
2015 OUT (FR): Competed in five meets… scored for the team by placing eighth in the 10,000m run at the American Outdoor Championships with a career-best 32:01.10… that time lowered his career best by 22 seconds… posted two more Top 10 finishes on the year with an eighth-place showing in the 1,500m (RedHawk Invitational) just one week prior to taking ninth in the 5,000m (Kentucky Relays). 
2015 IN (FR): Redshirted.
2014 XC (FR): Opened his collegiate career finishing eighth overall at the Friendship Invitational at Cedarville University… finished fourth on the team to help UC to the team title… team’s eight finisher and 34th overall at the American Cross Country Championships where UC took runner-up honors.

High School: Qualified for the Iowa State Cross Country Championships three times and placed top 10 his junior and senior seasons...runner-up at state cross country his senior season...took third at the 2012 Heartland Regional to qualify for the 2012 Nike Cross Nationals...ran and placed top eight at the 4A State Championships in the mile and two mile his senior year...took sixth in the mile at the 2014 Drake Relays.


Personal Bests – Indoors:
3,000m – 8:37.12 (Buckeye Tune-Up – 2/17/17)

Personal Bests – Outdoors:
1,500m – 4:07.59 (RedHawk Invitational – 4/25/15)
3,000m – 9:03.33 (Lyle/Wood Invitational – 4/23/16)
5,000m – 15:09.58 (Kentucky Relays – 5/2/15)
10,000m – 31:40.88 (Nikoloff Open – 3/31/17)

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2016

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2015

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Freshman
2014

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Freshman
2005

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