Mark Battista

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: New Lenox, IL High School: Lincoln Way Centra

Event: Distance

2008 -- Track - redshirted...Cross Country - ran collegiate bests in 6,000 meters (19:28) at Iowa Invite and 8,000 meters (23:48) at Auburn Invite... his 8,000-meter time ranks sixth in school history... placed 55th at NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best 32:37 (10,000 meters)... placed 39th at Big Ten Championships (25:31)... letterwinner.

2007 -- Cross Country - placed 57th with season-best 8,000 meters (25:26) at Big Ten Championships... placed 60th with collegiate-best 10,000 meters (31:53) at NCAA Midwest Regional... team earned USTFCCCA academic all-America honors... letterwinner.

High School -- two-time conference and sectional cross country champ and two-time conference runner-up in track two miles... two-time sectional 3,200-meter champion... placed sixth at cross country state meet senior year... five-time all-conference and all-section, three-time all-region and two-time all-state... bests were 4:18 in mile and 9:15 in two miles.

Personal -- born March 12, 1989... son of Mark and Pamela Battista... business major.

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