Jesse Luciano

Class: Junior Hometown: Villa Park, Ill. High School: Willowbrook

2008 -- Indoor - redshirted... Outdoor - led team in 1,500 (3:51.99), 5,000 (14:27.31) and 10,000 meters (30:19.92)... placed fourth in 10,000 meters (30:19.92) at Big Ten Championships, running that event for the first time in his career... ran season bests in 1,500 meters (3:51.99) at Tiger Classic and 5,000 meters (14:27.31) at Drake Relays... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner...Cross Country - lone Hawkeye to compete at NCAA Championships, placing 43rd with a collegiate-best 30:17 (10,000 meters)... that time ranks second in school history... set school 6,000-meter record (23:01) with his fourth-place finish at Auburn Invite... earned Big Ten Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors Oct. 7 for that performance... Iowa's top finisher in six of eight races... led team in 8,000 (23:01) and 10,000 meters (30:17)... placed ninth at Big Ten Championships (24:52), earning all-Big Ten honors... placed 15th at NCAA Midwest Regional (31:32), earning all-region honors... also placed second at Hawkeye Invite (18:40), which ranks sixth in school history... placed 14th at Roy Griak Invite (24:40) and 55th at NCAA Pre-Nationals (24:31)... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2007 -- Indoor - won 800 meters with a collegiate-best 1:55.94 at Iowa Invite... ran collegiate-best mile (4:10.68) at Cyclone Classic Outdoor - ran collegiate-best 1,500 meters (3:49.99) at Stanford Invite... that time led team and ranks seventh in school history... placed third in 1,500 meters at Musco Twilight IX (3:50.59) ... letterwinner... Cross Country - placed 15th at NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best 30:30, earning all-region honors... placed 20th at Big Ten Championships (24:24) and 41st at NCAA Pre-Nationals (23:59)... led team in five of six races.. won Early Bird Invite (25:26), placed second at Loyola Lakefront Invite (24:41) and third at Hawkeye Open (25:27)... academic all-Big Ten... USTFCCCA academic all-American... team also earned USTFCCCA academic all-America honors... letterwinner.

2006 -- Cross Country - placed 45th (32:11) at NCAA Midwest Regional and 66th (24:34) at NCAA Pre-Nationals ... placed sixth at Hawkeye Open (6,000 meters-18:51)... placed 87th at Roy Griak Invite (26:12)... letterwinner.

High School -- placed sixth (14:26) at state cross country meet senior year and 10th (14:44) as a junior... six-time conference and two-time sectional champion... four-time all-conference, three-time team MVP and two-time all-state in cross country... named Booster Club most outstanding athlete, track team MVP and cross country team captain senior year... best 1,600-meter time was 4:13... soccer team MVP... Illinois state scholar... academic all-conference... coached by T.J. Artman, Mike Brosseau and Romelle Taylor.

Personal -- born January 10, 1988... son of Geri Luciano and Dominic Luciano... health and sport studies major.

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