Stephen Traphagen

Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL High School: Stevenson Height / Weight: 6-4 / 149

Event: Distance

2004 -- Indoor - ran collegiate-best two miles (9:45.49) at Hawkeye Invite... ran season-best 8:46.72 in 3,000 meters at ISU Classic ... Outdoor - placed 19th in 5,000 meters (15:28.60) at Missouri Relays.

2003 -- Indoor - runner-up in 3,000 meters with a collegiate-best 8:45.09 at Iowa Open... Outdoor - ran collegiate-best 14:57.89 in 5,000 meters at Iowa Musco Twilight V... also placed fourth in 5,000 meters (15:49.20) at UNI Twilight and seventh (15:34.45) at Western Michigan Invite... Cross Country - ran season bests at Iowa Invite (19:51) and Roy Griak Invite (26:44)... letterwinner.

2002 -- Indoor - ran season-best 3,000 meters (8:47.11) at Iowa State Classic... placed sixth in 3,000 meters (8:48.67) at Hawkeye Invite... Outdoor - did not compete... Cross Country - placed 55th (25:31.2) at Big Ten Championships and 24th (19:49) at Northern Illinois Invite... letterwinner.

2001 -- Track - redshirted... Cross Country - placed 67th at Illini Invite (25:49)... placed 34th (26:59.00) at Purdue Open.

2000 -- Indoor - ran season-best 8:52.60 in 3,000 meters at Illini Classic... Outdoor - ran season-best 5,000 meters (16:08.42) at Purdue Open and career-best 1,500 meters (4:19.00) at Lee Calhoun Memorial... Cross Country - redshirted.

1999 -- Cross Country - ran season-best 8,000 meters (27:10) at Illinois State Invite.

High School -- placed fifth in the Class AA 3,200 meters at state track meet... placed 20th at Class AA state cross-country meet (14:59)... all-state in cross country and track as a senior... runner-up at county track meet in 1,600 and 3,200 meters... won county cross country meet and placed third at conference meet... conference champ in 3,200 meters and runner-up in 1,600 meters... team was conference, county and regional champions his senior year... three-time all-conference in track, two-time in cross country... Collegiate bests were 4:28.2 in 1,600, 9:22.67 in 3,200 meters, 14:59 in cross country three miles and 15:36 in cross country 5,000-meters ... lettered four years in track and three in cross country... National Honor Society member... National Merit Scholar... coach was Don Proft.

Personal -- born September 5, 1981... son of Greg and Linda Traphagen... exercise science major.

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