Tony Rakaric

Hometown: Palatine, IL High School: Palatine Height / Weight: 5-10 / 150

Event: Distance

2006 -- Indoor - placed 15th in 3,000 meters (8:31.15) at Big Ten Championships... won mile at Iowa Open (4:18.34) and Panther Invite (4:22.70)... Outdoor - placed 12th (9:24.13) in 3,000-meter steeplechase at Big Ten Championships and 17th at NCAA regional (9:35.52)... runner-up in steeplechase (9:06.46) at Musco Twilight VIII, qualifying for NCAA regional and leading team in that event... won steeplechase (9:08.55) at Stanford Invite... ran on team-leading 6,400-meter relay that placed 11th and set school record (16:55.43) at Drake Relays... anchored team-leading distance medley relay to sixth-place finish (9:54.97) at Drake Relays, which ranks fourth on Iowa's all-time bests list... letterwinner.

2005 -- Indoor - ran collegiate-best mile (4:13.11) at Big Ten Championships and two miles (9:39.34) at Iowa Open... won mile (4:15.17) at Hawkeye Open... placed sixth in 5,000 meters (14:31.45) at Last Chance Meet, which ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time bests list... Outdoor - placed eighth in steeplechase with a collegiate-best 9:03.29 at Big Ten Championships... that mark led the team and ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time bests list... won steeplechase at Tom Botts Invite (9:04.19), placed 13th at Drake Relays (9:18.45) and 15th at NCAA regional (9:18.30)... letterwinner.

2004 -- Indoor - anchored team-leading distance medley relay (10:02.09), which ranks ninth on Iowa's all-time bests list... placed 12th in 3,000 meters (8:26.75) at Big Ten Championships... won mile (4:17.83) at UNI Invite... Outdoor - led team in 1,500 meters (3:56.73)... placed 19th in 10,000 meters (30:58.59) and 20th in 5,000 meters (15:14.01) at Big Ten Championships... letterwinner... Cross Country - team captain... ran in seven races... placed 24th (31:19:98) at NCAA regional, earning all-region honors... placed 15th (25:02.00) at Murray Keatinge Invite, 43rd (25:22) at Big Ten meet and 129th (33:17) at NCAA meet... letterwinner.

2003 -- Indoor - placed 13th in 3,000 meters with collegiate-best and team-leading 8:20.31 at Iowa State Classic... placed eighth in 3,000 meters (8:22.19) at Big Ten Championships ... won mile (4:14.41) at Iowa Open... Outdoor -- qualified for NCAA regional in 5,000 meters at Stanford Invite with collegiate-best 14.22.92... that time led the team and ranks ninth on Iowa's all-time bests list... placed 12th in 5,000 meters at Big Ten meet (14:54.39) and NCAA regional (15:00.31)... ran collegiate-best 1,500 meters (3:53.65) at Iowa Musco Twilight V... letterwinner... Cross Country - placed 31st (32:12) at NCAA regional... placed 11th (24:33) at Big Ten Championships, earning second team all-Big Ten honors... ran a career-best 8,000 meters (24:28) at Pre-National Invite.

2002 -- Track - redshirted... ran 8:25.07 in 3,000 meters at Iowa State Classic while competing unattached... Cross Country - placed 19th (30:31.42) at NCAA regional, earning all-region honors... that time ranks sixth in school history... placed 36th (25:04.9) at Big Ten Championships and 136th at NCAA Championships (31:51.8)... placed 50th (24:50) at Pre-National Invite and 83rd (25:27.8) at Roy Griak Invite... letterwinner.

2001 -- Cross Country - placed 11th at Illini Invite (24:32), 13th (25:42.60) at Purdue Open and 72nd (25:52.6) at Big Ten Championships.

High School -- placed fourth at state cross country meet as a senior with a collegiate-best 14:31... two-time 3,200-meter conference champion, placing second at state senior year... two-time all-state in track, once in cross country... three-time all-conference in cross country, two-time in track... set school records in indoor 1,600 (4:17.3) and 3,200 meters (9:13.3), and cross country 5,000 meters (15:31)... team MVP and captain twice in cross country and once in track... National Honor Society, Varsity Club and four-year honor roll student... coaches were John Nalley and Ron Theberge.

Personal -- born June 8, 1983... son of Zelko and Danica Rakaric... mechanical engineering major.

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