Blake Schlotzhauer

Hometown: Davenport, IA High School: Central Height / Weight: 5-9 / 150

Event: Distance

2007 -- Indoor - runner-up in unseeded 5,000 meters (14:43.75) and placed 19th in 3,000 meters (8:35.43) at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate bests in mile (4:19.69) at Gladstein Invite and 5,000 meters (14:40.66) at Cyclone Classic... placed second in 3,000 meters (8:34.79) and fifth in mile (45:24.26) at Hawkeye Invite... Outdoor - redshirted.

2006 -- Indoor - placed 16th in 3,000 meters (8:31.23)... ran season-best mile (4:20.02) at Iowa State Classic... Outdoor - placed 22nd in 5,000 meters (14:55.76) at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate-best 1,500 meters (4:04.38) at Tom Botts Invite... letterwinner...Cross Country - placed 32nd at NCAA Midwest Regional with collegiate-best 10,000 meters (31:55)... placed 40th (25:40) at Big Ten Championships and ran collegiate-best 8,000 meters (24:52) at NCAA Pre-Nationals... placed 12th (19:12-6,000 meters) at Hawkeye Open, 142nd at Roy Griak Invite (26:42-8,000 meters) and 206th (33:47-10,000 meters) at NCAA Championships... academic all-Big Ten... earned most improved cross country runner team award... letterwinner.

2005 -- Cross Country - ran collegiate-best 6,000 meters at Hawkeye Invite (18:55) and season-best 25:28 at Murray Keatinge Invite... letterwinner.

High School -- competed for Centennial High School in Las Vegas, NV, before moving to Davenport his senior year... seven-time conference and district champion in track... three-time conference and district champion in cross country... runner-up in 3,200 meters and placed fourth in 1,600 meters at state meet senior year... placed third at state cross country meet senior year and second as a sophomore... three-time all-conference, all-district and all-state in cross country and track... set school records in cross country 5,000 meters at Central (15:19), and in 1,600 (4:26), 3,200 (9:52), cross country three miles (15:00) and cross country 5,000 meters (15:48) at Centennial... placed second in two miles (9:15) and third in mile (4:15) at 2005 Drake Relays... all-academic team member, graduating with first honors... cross country coaches were Sam Richardson and Paul Barasel... track coaches were Coach Miller and Randy Peters.

Personal -- born December 9, 1986... guardian is Dick Phelps... pre-athletic training major.

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