Tyler Kvach Class: Freshman Hometown: Avon, Ohio High School: Avon Position: Cross Country/Distance

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2011-12: Cross Country -- Ran in the first four races of the season for Miami ... posted a career-best 8K time of 27:21 at the Miami Open, crossing the finish line as Miami's seventh finisher and 22nd overall ... posted a time of 16:35.9 at the Dayton 5K Challenge, his first collegiate race, placing sixth for Miami and 46th overall ... took 25th overall and seventh for Miami at the LSU Invitational in 29:07.7 ... ran in the open division of the All-Ohio Championship (28:05.04).

High School: Earned four varsity letters in track and four varsity letters in cross country under head coach Tara Gruskiewicz at Avon High School ... served as team captain of the track team for two years and the cross country team for three ... posted personal-best times of 4:29 in the 1600m, 1:58 in the 800m, 9:36 in the 3200m and 15:54 in the 5K ... earned All-Ohio and Academic All-Ohio honors senior year ... named team MVP junior and senior year in cross country and senior year in track ... an all-conference and all-county selection all four years ... led the Eagles to a third-place finish at the state cross country meet after winning district and regional titles as a senior ... individually, qualified for the Ohio state cross country meet twice ... ran in the MidEast Meet of Champions for Team Ohio ... member of the honor roll all four years.

Personal: Born on March 18, 1993 in Akron, Ohio ... son of Joanne and Tom Kvach ... active with Relay for Life and Kiwanis International ... majoring in accounting with a minor in international business.