Profiles
Tom Baran
Newcomer
Freshman
Chicago, Ill. (Niles-Notre Dame)
High School: Named All-East Suburban Catholic Conference both his junior and senior years and conference “runner of the year” as a senior…a state qualifier as a senior…named Pioneer Press all-area his freshman, junior and senior seasons…coached by Mike Jankowksi…four-year member of the track and field team, named all-conference twice and all-area three times…member of the basketball team his freshman and sophomore years…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Illinois High School Association Scholar-Athlete, U.S. Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete, East Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in biology and secondary education…born Oct. 1, 1989.
Joel Brunner
Returnee
Senior
De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere)
2007: Finished 83rd at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 26:08.53…finished 34th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:02.52.
2006: Finished 103rd at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 26:51.70…finished 49th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:26.18.
2005: Finished 38th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 27:44.
High School: Earned first-team All-Bay Conference honors his senior year and second-team al-conference as a junior…honorable mention all-area both his junior and senior seasons…coached by Richard Visintainer…in track and field, named second-team all-conference his senior year in the 800-meter run and first-team all-conference as part of a 1,600-meter relay team…lettered in basketball his junior and senior years and played soccer his freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Environmental science major…distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage men’s track and field teams…his father, Kevin Brunner, is a 1977 Carthage graduate and ran cross country for the Red Men…his sister, Allison Brunner, played soccer at Wisconsin-Green Bay…named to the spring 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 21, 1987.
Nick Colona
Returnee
Sophomore
East Alton, Ill. (East Alton-Wood River)
2007: Ran a season-best 32:50.78 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
High School: His freshman-year team won a South Central Conference championship…coached by his father, Russ Colona…four-year track and field letterwinner and named All-Madison County his senior year in the 3,200-meter relay…four-year member of the basketball team…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Undecided on major…distance runner on the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team…born Oct. 5, 1988.
Austin Eddy
Newcomer
Freshman
Machesney Park, Ill. (Harlem)
High School: Four-year member of the cross country team and coached by Richard Johnson…four-year member of the track and field team and earned All-Northern Illinois Conference honors twice in the 3,200-meter relay.
Personal: Undecided on major…born Aug. 19, 1990.
Jose Flores
Newcomer
Freshman
Round Lake, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)
High School: Ran cross country his senior year only and coached by Jeff Durlak…two-year member of the track and field team and earned All-North Suburban Conference and all-area honors his senior year in the 400-meter dash…set a Grant Community High School indoor record in the 400-meter dash with a 54.24 time.
Personal: Computer science major…born Aug. 31, 1990.
Derek Hall
Newcomer
Freshman
Ingleside, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)
High School: Named All-Lake County both his junior and senior years and All-North Suburban League as a junior…coached by Jeff Durlak…four-year member of the track and field team and earned both all-county and all-conference honors both his junior and senior years…member of the football team his freshman and sophomore years and a member of the wrestling team his sophomore and junior years.
Personal: Athletic training major…born June 7, 1989.
Tony Lada
Returnee
Senior
McHenry, Ill. (Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic)
2007: Ran a season-best 30:07.08 to finish 39th at the Concordia (Wis.) Invitational.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 29:14.00 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
2005: Finished 48th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a career-best time of 28:26.
High School: His senior-year team won a regional championship en route to a fifth-place finish at the Illinois High School Association state championship…his sophomore-year team won a Suburban Catholic Conference title…coached by Paul Morf…in track and field, earned all-state honors his senior year on a school-record 3,200-meter relay team that finished fourth at the Illinois High School Association state championship.
Personal: Business administration major…distance runner on the 2006 and 2007 Carthage men’s track and field teams…born Jan. 21, 1987.
Tylor Lewis
Returnee
Junior
Waterford, Wis. (Union)
2007: Finished 112th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a time of 26:44.55…finished 39th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:23.91…ran a career-best 26:32.75 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Finished 52nd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:36.26…ran a season-best time of 27:32.07 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational…finished 13th at the Carthage Invitational.
High School: Named first-team All-Lakeshore Conference and Racine Journal-Times first-team All-Racine County his senior year on a league-championship team…coached by Nate Schreiber… Wisconsin All-State Scholar, National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in mathematics and biology…distance runner on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s track and field teams…his father, Scott Lewis, won the 1972 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association title in the one-mile run… winner of a Carthage mathematics and science scholarship…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 14, 1988.
John Morehouse
Returnee
Sophomore
Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper)
2007: Ran a season-best 31:23.51 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
High School: His senior-year team qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship…coached by Charles Bradley…four-year member of the track and field team.
Personal: Undecided on major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 28, 1989.
Sean O'Connor
Returnee
Senior
Rockford, Ill. (Boylan Catholic)
2007: Finished 81st at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 26:05.83…finished 45th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:51.89.
2006: Finished 51st at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:33.56…finished 138th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 27:32.80.
2005: Finished 69th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 29:19…ran a season-best 29:08 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Earned All-Northern Illinois Conference 9 honors his senior year…coached by Ted Holm…four-year member of the track and field team and named first-team all-conference as a senior…four-year member of the swimming and water polo teams, two years in cross country and two years in football.
Personal: Double major in communication and geography…distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage men’s track and field teams¼named to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 26, 1987.
Bill Quade
Returnee
Sophomore
Lindenhurst, Ill. (Lake Villa-Lakes Community)
2007: Ran a season-best 31:01.40 at the Concordia (Wis.) Invitational.
High School: His junior-year team qualified for the sectionals…coached by Andy Schroeder…four-year track and field letterwinner…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Undecided on major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 13, 1988.
Kenton Rauwerdink
Returnee
Senior
Hingham, Wis. (Oostburg)
2007: Ran a season-best 30:27.74 to finish 48th at the Concordia (Wis.) Invitational…finished 66th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 30:28.74.
2006: Injured and did not compete.
2005: Finished 54th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 28:38.
High School: Four-time All-Central Lakeshore Conference honoree and qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship as an individual his senior year…both his freshman and junior-year teams won league titles, while his freshman through junior-year teams qualified for the state championship…coached by Steve Brill…four-year member of both the track and field team and coached by his uncle, Jack Rauwerdink, a four-year track and field letterwinner at Carthage between 1980 and 1983…four-year member of the baseball team and a three-year member of the ice hockey team…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in music and chemistry…decathlete on the 2006-08 Carthage men’s track and field teams¼named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a four-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 10, 1986.
Justin Sebens
Returnee
Sophomore
Seymour, Ill. (Mahomet-Seymour)
2007: Finished 79th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a time of 25:56.63…finished 33rd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:00.47…ran a season-best 25:20.25 at the Wisconsin Private College Cross Country Championship.
High School: Three-year All-Corn Belt Conference honoree…named all-area both his junior and senior years and all-sectional as a senior on a regional-championship team…coached by Neal Garrison…four-year member of the track and field team and earned all-state honors as a senior…member of the basketball team his freshman year…National Honor Society member and four-year honor student.
Personal: Physics major…distance runner on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 2, 1988.
Josh Solorio
Returnee
Sophomore
West Allis, Wis. (Milwaukee-West Allis Central)
2007: Finished 65th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 29:45.41.
High School: Coached by Don Hoekstra…four-year member of the track and field team…honor student.
Personal: Biology major…distance runner on the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 18, 1989.
Marshall Stewart
Newcomer
Freshman
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
High School: Did not run high school cross country…four-year member of the track and field team and earned all-state honors his senior year in the 3,200-meter relay…also a member of the football team.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…born Oct. 15, 1990.
Joe Stubenvoll
Returnee
Junior
Gurnee, Ill. (Warren Township)
2007: Ran season-best time of 30:23.99 at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
2006: Ran a career-best time of 28:57.00 at the Loyola (Ill.) “Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational.”
High School: Both his junior and senior-year teams advanced to the sectionals…coached by Bill Dawson…four-year member of the track and field team and played basketball his freshman year.
Personal: History major…distance runner on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 17, 1987.
Austin Twomey
Returnee
Sophomore
Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville)
2007: Ran a season-best 31:51.90 at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
High School: Three-year letterwinner and coached by Gary Miller…four-year track and field letterwinner…member of the basketball team his freshman and sophomore years and played golf his freshman year…honor student.
Personal: Business administration major…his grandfather, John Edward Twomey, was an NCAA All-American in track and field at the University of Illinois…mid-distance runner on the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 20, 1988.
Russell Wetzel
Newcomer
Freshman
Champaign, Ill. (Central)
High School: Named All-Big 12 Conference his senior year…coached by Argie Johnson…National Honor Society member, Big 12 Conference all-academic and honor student.
Personal: History major…born June 1, 1989.
Tyler Wishau
Returnee
Junior
Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge)
2007: Finished 148th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a time of 27:28.53…finished 48th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:14.64…ran a career-best 27:25.54 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 29:59.64 at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
High School: Two-year member of the cross country team and coached by Neal Blackburn…two-year member of the tennis team.
Personal: Double major in German and biology…distance runner on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 27, 1987.