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  Brice Cleland

Brice Cleland

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

High School:
Pike

Event:
Distance

Experience:
JR

2008-09: Ran an indoor personal best time in the 3,000m at the Grand Valley Early Bird, finishing in 8:43.85 and earning a third place finish...Bested his personal record again finishing the 3,000m in 8:38.17 at the Notre Dame Invitational...Finished the mile with an indoor season best time of 4:20.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational...Finished the 5,000m in 14:51.76 at the Meyo Invitational, setting a new indoor personal record...Finished the 5,000m in 14:42.91 at the John McDonnell Invitational, besting his outdoor personal record by over 7 seconds and reaching a BIG EAST qualifying mark.

2007-08: Was the top Marquette finisher at the Illini Open, finishing the 6K race in 18:58.58...After placing as the top MU runner in the season's first race, finished the rest of the season in either third or fourth place among the men...Ran best times in the 8K of 24:56 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships...Set an indoor personal record in the 3,000m with a time of 8:44.94 at the Panther Tune-Up...Recorded an outdoor personal record in the 5,000m at the Missouri Relays with a time of 14:49.94 for a fifth place finish...At the Wisconsin Twilight meet, set a personal-record in the 1,500m with a time of 4:05.45.

High School: Cleland was a four-time letterwinner as a member of the track team and earned three letters for cross country at Pike High School ... Placed 16th at the Indiana State Cross Country Meet as a junior and finished 10th in the 3,200m (9:23) as a senior ... Cleland also wrestled for three seasons and was a two-time state qualifier.

Personal: Cleland was born on December 10, 1987 and is the son of John and Judy Cleland ... He has two siblings Chris and Cecilia ... Cleland is a triple major in exercise science, theology and psychology.