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  Luke Kunze

Luke Kunze

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Wausau, Wis.

High School:
West

Height / Weight:
5-7 / 130

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
07/13/1980

2000-2001: Finished third in the 800 at the C-USA Indoor Championship setting a personal best and earning a place on the All-Conference team ... No. 2 Marquette runner and 10th overall at the Bradley Invitational Cross Country Meet with a time of 25:43.58 ... During the indoor track season, he finished first in the mile at Minnesota's Gold Country Classic (4:13.80) ... During the outdoor season, he ran a 3:53.14 in the 1500 meters at the Central Collegiate (2nd place overall) that was a personal best and eighth all-time at Marquette ... Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 1500 meters at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (3:55.49) ... Finished second in the 800 meters at the Marquette Invitational with a time of 1:54.02, a personal best. Named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll that recognizes a GPA of 3.0 or higher. 1999-2000: Ran in six events in cross country ... Best finish was 25:30 at the Murray Keatinge Invite, good for 26th overall, and second on the team ... Finished fifth in the mile at the C-USA Indoor Championships ... Took third in the mile in the Northern Iowa Invitational (4:18.10) ... Took third at the Indiana State Invite (outdoors) in the 1500 (3:57.23). 1998-99: Finished among Marquette's top seven in three races ...Finished 37th at the C-USA Championship in his best time of the season, 26:33 ... Had MU's third-best indoor 800-meter time (1:56.68) ... His 8:43.47 in the 3000 meters at the Iowa State Classic was the team's fourth-fastest time of the indoor season ... Had Marquette's second-best time in the outdoor 1500 meters, running a 3:58.20 at the Iowa Twilight Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL: Placed seventh in the mile (4:22.46) at the state championships his senior year ...Two-time all-conference selection in cross country (1996, '97) ...Wausau West High's Track MVP in 1998 ... Coached by Mike Matushak. PERSONAL: One of Kim and Debra Kunze's four children ...Born on July 13, 1980 ... Majors in physical therapy.