Jerry Claunch Class: Senior Hometown: West Chester, Ohio High School: Lakota East Event: Cross Country/Distance

2004-05: All-MAC First Team Cross Country ... competed in all six of the team's cross country races, finishing either second or third among RedHawks in every meet ... was second overall at Miami's first two meets, the Dayton Flyer 5K (15:27) and the 8K Miami Invitational (25:32) ... top 8K time was at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing 24th overall and third on the team in 24:15 ... at the MAC Championships, earned first-team all-conference status by finishing sixth overall and third on the team in 25:22 ... at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, finished 48th overall and third on the team in 31:27.9.

2003-04: Cross Country: Competed in just two meets before missing the rest of the season due to injury ... awarded an additional year of eligibility by way of a medical hardship. Track & Field: Logged nine top-10 finishes during the season, including two at the MAC Championships ... Top finish at the conference meet was fifth place in the 1,500m ... Highest finish of the season was second place at the Miami Invitational ... finished third in back-to-back meets, in the 1,500m at the Southern Ohio Cup and 5,000m at the Billy Hayes Invitational.

2002-03: Cross Country: Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 25th-place showing at the NCAA Regionals ... posted fifth-place finishes at both the Miami Fall Classic and Purdue Open. Track & Field: Opened the season with six straight second place finishes over three events (800, 1500, 3000) ... took second in both the 1500 and 3000 at the Wake Forest Invitational ... on the season, finished lower than second just twice.

2001-02: Cross Country: Had two top-10 finishes during the season, including fifth place at the Indiana Open and ninth place at the Miami Fall Classic. Track & Field: His time of 3:50 in the 1,500 at the Miami Invite was 0.2 away from joining the Miami all-time top-10 list ... set a personal record with a time of 14:19.11 in the 5,000 at the Penn Relays, which placed Claunch ninth on the all-time top-10 list at Miami ... finished fifth in the 1,500 at the Billy Hayes Invitational.

2000-01: Cross Country: All-MAC Second-Team ... finished seventh at the MAC Cross Country Championships, where he ran a personal-best 24:43 ... came in 58th at the Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships. Track & Field: Finished 10th in the 5,000 and 14th in the 1,500 at the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... placed second at the Black and Gold Open, sixth at the Miami Fall Classic and seventh at the Miami and George Washington Invitationals ... took fourth in the 1,500 at the Southern Ohio Cup ... placed fifth in the 1,500 at the Miami Invitational ... finished seventh in the 5,000 and eighth in the 1,500 at the Notre Dame Spring Opener ... ran a season-best 15:00.55 in the 5,000 at the Butler Invitational en route to an eighth-place finish ... ran a season-best 3:53.76 in the 1,500 at the Billy Hayes meet, where he finished eighth ... came in ninth in the 1,500 at the UC-Irvine Spring Break and Cincinnati invitationals. High School: Prep teammate of fellow RedHawks Brian Godsey and Erik Reynolds ... holds Lakota East records in the 1,500, 1,600 and 3,000 ... member of school record-setting team in the 4x800 ... member of all-conference, district, region and state teams in both his junior and senior year ... second in the state in the 1,600 with a time of 4:10 and third in the 3,200 with a 9:17 ... 19th-fastest runner nationally in the 1,600 as a senior.

Personal: Son of Larry and Diana Claunch ... born September 26, 1981 ... majoring in sport studies.