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2008-09: Cross Country -- First-Team All-MAC ... All-MAC Academic Team ... All-Great Lakes Region ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Earned Division I Male Athlete of the Year from Ohio Cross Country Coaches Association ... Named MAC Runner of the Week three times (9/3,9/10,9/23) ... finished first on the team in six of seven races ... crossed the line in 65th place (70 places better than 2007) at the NCAA Championships in 30:35.8 on Nov. 24 ... placed 12th at the Great Lakes Regional to earn a spot in the NCAA Championship meet ... won the first three races of the season (Dayton 5K, Great American Legends Invitational and Tennessee Invitational) ... turned in a season-best 8K time of 24:07.9 at the Pre-National Meet for 24th place ... finished third at the MAC Championships in 24:39.1 (second on the team). Track and Field -- CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine First-Team Academic All-District IV ... Academic All-MAC ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... All-MidEast Region ... finished third at the MAC Championships in both the 1,500 meters (3:46.44) and the 5,000 meters (14:37.00) ... ran a season-best 5,000m time of 14:06.09 at the Penn Relays for ninth place, with the time serving as a regional qualifier and the best time in the MAC all season ... ran a personal-best 1,500m time of 3:44.59, ranking third on Miami's all-time list, to win the Miami Invitational, which set the meet record, was the MAC's top time all year and was also a regional qualifying time ... registered Miami's top four times in the 1,500m and the top three times in the 5,000m during the season ... at the MidEast Regional finished in eighth place in the 5,000 meters in 14:20.42 ... also put in Miami's top 800 meter time of the season with a mark of 1:52.95 at the South Florida Quad to claim second ... won the 1,500m at the South Florida Quad and the Jesse Owens Invitational and took second in the event at the All-Ohio Championships.
2007-08: Cross Country -- All-MAC Academic Team ... First Team All-MAC ... Named MAC Runner of the Week on Sept. 4, Sept. 11, and Oct. 16 ... Finished 135th at the 2007 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships in 31:24.7 with his 8K split at 24:58 ... competed in all six of Miami's races as well as NCAA Championship ... set a meet record at the Dayton Flyer 5K challenge with a time of 15:02.00 helping Miami to win the meet ... won the Great American Legends Race at Purdue University with in 25:20.00 and the George Mason Invitational in 25:30.26 ... featured in Faces in the Crowd in Sports Illustrated on Oct. 22 ... clocked in 12th at the Great Lakes Regional Championship ... placed 4th overall at the MAC Championship, leading Miami with a time of 25:05.0 ... led the Redhawks in the Pre-NCAA's coming in 31st place ... turned in season-best 8K time at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (23:54). Track and Field -- Second-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine First-Team Academic All-District ... First-Team All-MAC ... All-MAC Academic Team ... All-MidEast Region ... Finished 16th in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships ... placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA MidEast Regional ... MAC Champion in both the 5,000 and 1,500 meters ... ran a career-best time of 13:56.77 for the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays finishing in fifth place, while the time ranks fifth on Miami's all-time list ... recorded a career-best in the 1,500 meters when he finished second at the Jesse Owens Track Classic (3:45.96) ... ran a season-best 800 meters time of 1:53.57 in winning the Southern Ohio Cup ... won a total of six races during the season.
2006-07: Cross Country -- MAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 26) ... All-MAC Academic Team ... one of three Miamians honored as the conference runner of the week ... competed in all seven of Miami's races, placing first on the team at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational and MAC Championship ... earned MAC Runner of the Week honors after placing sixth at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational ... posted three straight top-six overall finishes to open the season, including a pair of third-place finishes at the Flyer 5K Challenge and Miami Invitational ... placed 26th overall at the MAC Championship... turned in season-best 8K time at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (24:58). Track and Field -- NCAA MidEast Regional Qualifier ... All-MAC Academic Team ... MAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 18) ... back-to-back regional qualifier in the 1,500 meters ... finished 22nd (3:58.06) at the regional meet in the 1,500 meters ... placed third in the 1,500 meters at the MAC Championships (3:59.65) ... named the MAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 18) after regionally qualifying in the 1,500 meters at the Miami Invitational ... won the 5,000 meters at the All-Ohio and the 1,500 meters at the Miami Invitational ... turned in career-best time in 1,500 meters (3:47.37) at the Miami Invitational ... turned in career-best time in the mile (4:03.54) at the Jesse Owens Classic ... registered career-best time in the 5,000 meters (14:42.02) at the All-Ohio Championships.
2005-06: Cross Country -- Competed in all six of Miami's races ... finished in the scoring five at the MAC Championships (Oct. 29), placing fifth on the team and 21st overall ... ran top 8K time of the season at the MAC Championships (25:52) ... had pair of top-25 finishes at the Dayton Flyer 5K Challenge (10th; Sept. 3) and the conference meet (21st) ... finished seventh on the team at the Great Lakes Regional (35:30; Nov. 12) in only 10K race of the season. Track and Field -- NCAA Regional Qualifier in the 1,500 Meters ... placed 13th in the 1,500-meter preliminaries (3:52.31) at the MidEast Regional ... scored at the MAC Championships in the 1,500 meters, finishing third (3:54.19) ... also notched a 13th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the MAC meet ... one of two Miami true freshmen to score at the conference meet ... qualified for the regional meet after posting a career-best time of 3:46.48 at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... 1,500-meter time ranks as the fifth-best clocking in program history ... only freshman to post an individual win, compiling four during the season ... took first in the 1,500 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational, Miami Invitational and Southern Ohio Cup ... added a win in the 5,000 meters at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational ... notched season-best times in the 800 meters (1:57.47) at the Wake Forest Invitational and the 5,000 meters (14:52.87) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational ... ran top mile time of 4:08.66 at the Miami Invitational ... one of three RedHawks who competed in the Mount San Antonio College Relays.
High School: Four-time all-state runner in track and field ... member of St. Ignatius team that was state runner-up in track in 2005 ... was two-time Academic All-Ohio for track and field ... member of the No. 1 ranked cross country team in the state in 2004 ... four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field ... ran top times in the 5K (16:05), 400m (50.3), 800m (1:52.7) and 1600m (4:11.15).
Personal: Son of Marie and Jim Sovacool ... born April 18, 1987 ... majoring in zoology.
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