Career Highlights - 2007 Big Ten 10,000-meter champion... 2006 NCAA Midwest Region Cross Country champion... two-time cross country all-region honoree... set school 3,000 (8:00.81) and 5,000-meter (13:56.46) records indoors, and school 5,000-meter (13:49.31) record outdoors... ran on school-record setting 6,400-meter relay (16:55.43)... track all-region honoree.

2008 -- team captain... Indoor - NCAA provisional qualifier in 5,000 meters with a team-leading (14:07.06)... placed 10th in 5,000 meters (14:47.50) at Big Ten Championships... placed fourth in mile (4:16.73) at Iowa Invite... Outdoor - did not compete... letterwinner.

2007 -- team captain... Indoor - led team in mile (4:07.54) and 5,000 meters (13:56.46), and ran on team-leading distance medley relay (10:24.54)... NCAA provisional qualifier in 5,000 meters... set school and meet 5,000-meter record with winning 13:56.46 at Last Chance Qualifier... first Hawkeye to break 14:00.00 in that event... runner-up in 5,000 meters (14:09.35) at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate-best mile (4:07.54) at Meyo Invite, which ranks seventh in school history... Outdoor - Big Ten 10,000 meter champion (30:28.50), running that event for the first time in his career... led team in that event... qualified for NCAA regional in 5,000 meters with a school-record setting 13:49.31 at Stanford Invite... first Hawkeye to break 13:50.00 in that event... named co-Men's Big Ten Runner of the Week (April 3) for that performance... placed third in 5,000 meters (14:11.59) at Big Ten Championships... placed eighth in 5,000 meters (14:14.62) at NCAA regional, earning all-region honors... ran 14:34.10 in 5,000 meters at NCAA Championships prelims... runner-up in 1,500 meters with collegiate-best 3:50.20 at Iowa Musco Twilight IX... that mark ranks eighth in school history... anchored fourth-place distance medley relay at Drake Relays (9:54.07), which ranks third in school history... named Iowa's Big Ten Sportmanship award winner for men's track... letterwinner.

2006 -- Indoor - set school record and provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in 3,000 meters with the collegiate-best 8:00.81 at Alex Wilson Invite... ran season-best mile (4:08.31) at Iowa State Classic... anchored team-leading distance medley relay (10:19.26)... Outdoor - broke 38-year-old school 5,000-meter record of 13:56.0 set by current Hawkeye Head Coach Larry Wieczorek with the 13:55.96 he ran at Stanford Invite... placed fourth in 5,000 meters at Big Ten Championships (14:13.13) and ninth at NCAA regional (14:41.78)... led team in 1,500 meters (3:54.36), placing second at Musco Twilight VIII... anchored 6,400-meter relay that placed 11th and set school record (16:55.43) at Drake Relays... ran lead leg on distance medley relay to sixth-place finish (9:54.97) at Drake Relays, which ranks fourth on Iowa's all-time bests list... letterwinner... Cross Country - won NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best 30:40 (10,000 meters), earning all-region and NCAA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year honors... placed third at Big Ten Championships (24:20), earning first team all-Big Ten honors... set school 8,000-meter record with a collegiate-best 23:39 at NCAA Pre-Nationals, placing sixth... also led team in 10,000 meters (30:40)... placed 40th (25:43) at Roy Griak Invite and 82nd (32:23) at NCAA Championships... team co-captain... earned Deacon Jones Outstanding Cross Country runner team award... letterwinner.

2005 -- Track - did not compete... Cross Country - placed 13th at NCAA Midwest Regional (31:18), earning all-region honors... placed 16th (24:33) at Murray Keatinge Invite, 38th (24:34) at NCAA Pre-Nationals, 65th (25:31) at Roy Griak Invite and 113th (31.24) at NCAA Championships... letterwinner.

2004 -- Track - did not compete... Cross Country - second team all Big-Ten selection, placing 14th at Big Ten Championships (24:39)...competed in all eight races... led team in 8,000 meters (24:39)... first Hawkeye to cross finish line in three of last four races... placed 27th (31:22.95) at NCAA Midwest Regional, 52nd (32:21) at NCAA Championships and 55th (24:55.2) at NCAA Pre-Nationals... placed fifth at Hawkeye Invite (19:02) and eighth at Hawkeye Triangular (25:39)... letterwinner.

2003 -- Track - redshirted... Cross Country - redshirted.

2002 -- Cross Country - second Hawkeye to cross the finish line at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 13th in 30:26 and earning all-region honors... that time ranks second in school history... was also second Hawkeye to cross the finish line at NCAA Championships, placing 109th in 31:29... earned Big Ten Male Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for winning Iowa State Open (25:17) in his collegiate debut... led Iowa at Big Ten Championships, placing 27th in 24:53.9... letterwinner.

High School -- Class AA state cross country champion as a senior, leading team to state title... two-time cross country conference champion, leading team to conference titles both seasons... also won regional and sectional cross country titles as a senior... four-time all-conference in cross country... first team all-state, second team all-Midwest and first team all-American in cross country as a sophomore... four-time all-state in track... three-time cross country and two-time track team MVP... three-time 3,200-meter conference champion, winning state title as a senior... won 1,600-meter conference title as a sophomore... placed eighth in 3,200 meters at Golden West meet... set school records in 1,600 meters (4:11.9) and cross country three miles (14:19)... other best time was 9:04 in 3,200 meters... coach was Andy Preuss.

Personal -- born February 23, 1984... son of Raymond and June VanDenend... attended same high school as Hawkeye teammates Eric and Bruce MacTaggart, and Dan Kuhlman... religion studies/history major.

VanDenend's Collegiate Bests

Event	Time	Meet	Date
1,500 meters (O)	3:50.20	Musco Twilight IX	4/21/07
Mile (I)	4:07.54	at Meyo Invite	2/3/07
3,000 meters (I)	8:00.81	at Alex Wilson Invite	3/4/06
5,000 meters (O)	13:49.31	at Stanford Invite	3/31/07
6,000 meters (CC)	19:02	Hawkeye Invite	9/3/04
Five Miles(CC)	25:09.10	at Murray Keatinge Invite	10/2/04
8,000 meters (CC)	23:39	at Pre-Nationals	10/14/06
10,000 meters (CC)	30:26.17	at NCAA Regional	11/16/02