Senior
Distance
Allenford, Ontario/Chesley District

At Miami: Academic all-MAC and GTE all-academic selection in 2000 ... finished ninth in the 2000 steeplechase at the 2000 MAC Outdoor Championships ... led cross country squad at the All-Ohio Championships with a ninth-place finish ... first place in the 3,000-meter run at the Purdue Invitational ... finished fourth at the Miami Invitational track and field meet ... solid showing in 3,000-meter steeplechase run at Southern Ohio Cup with third-place finish ... ran Miami's fourth-fastest times in both the 3,000- (8:49.11) and 5,000-meter (15:05.44) runs during 1999 ... competed in the 10,000-meter run at the 1999 MAC Outdoor Championship ... earned first varsity letter in cross country in 1998 ... finished 18th at the 1998 MAC Cross Country Championships ... competed for the RedHawks at the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Prior to Miami: Established high school personal bests of 32:24 in the 10,000-meter run and 15:07 in the 5,000-meter run ... transferred from South Alabama as a sophomore ... finished 10th at the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championship the same season ... finished third in the 3,000 and fourth in the 5,000 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships ... was the Canadian Junior Bronze Medalist in the 10,000-meter run in 1996. Personal: Son of David and Barbara Gowan ... born June 17, 1977 ... physical education major.