Profiles

Tom Baran

Returnee
Sophomore
Chicago, Ill. (Niles-Notre Dame)

2008:  Injured and did not compete as a freshman.

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…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 1, 1989.

Joel Brunner

Returnee
Graduated Senior
De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere)

2008:  Finished 40th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 25:48.60…finished 22nd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:39.

2007:  Finished 83rd at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-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 2006-09 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 a 2008-09 CCIW/Merle Chapman Leadership Award winner...named twice to the Carthage dean' list and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 21, 1987.

Nick Colona

Returnee
Junior
East Alton, Ill. (East Alton-Wood River)

2008:  Ran a career-best 29:45.87 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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:  Double major in geography and physics…distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage men’s track and field teams…born Oct. 5, 1988.

Jose Flores

Returnee
Sophomore
Round Lake, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)

2008:  Ran a season-best 28:58.33 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track an field team…born Aug. 31, 1990.

B.J. Fuller

Returnee
Sophomore
Lake Villa, Ill. (Lakes)

2008:  Finished 113th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 27:13.40…finished 39th at CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:39…ran a season-best 27:06.23 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

High School:  Coached by Andrew Schroeder…four-year member of the track and field team…also played basketball…honor student.

Personal:  Double major in finance and psychology…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track an field team…born Dec. 7, 1989.

Derek Hall

Returnee
Sophomore
Ingleside, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)

2008:  Finished 121st at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 27:17.90…finished 41st at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:45…ran a season-best 26:41.32 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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:  Exercise and sport science major…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…born June 7, 1989.

Tylor Lewis

Returnee
Senior
Waterford, Wis. (Union)

2008:  Finished 124th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 27:19.60…finished 30th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:17…ran a career-best 26:21.55 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 season-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 2007-09 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 six-straight times and six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 14, 1988.

Fidel Morales

Linebacker
Freshman
5-6, 160, Steger, Ill. (Chicago Heights-Bloom Township)

High School:  His senior-year team won a Southwest Inter-Conference Association East title…coached by Tony Palombi…four-year member of the boxing team and a member of the wrestling team his senior year.

Personal:  Athletic training major…born July 27, 1991.

John Morehouse

Returnee
Junior
Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper)

2008:  Did not compete.

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:  Exercise and sport science major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 28, 1989.

Sean O'Connor

Returnee
Graduated Senior
Rockford, Ill. (Boylan Catholic)

2008:  Finished 87th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 26:48.50…finished 27th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:05…ran a career-best 25:21.06, tops on the Carthage squad, at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational…finished fourth at the Carthage Invitational.

2007:  Finished 81st at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-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
Junior
Lindenhurst, Ill. (Lake Villa-Lakes Community)

2008:  Ran a career-best 28:22.02 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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:  Environmental science major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 13, 1988.

Kenton Rauwerdink

Returnee
Senior
Hingham, Wis. (Oostburg)

2008:  Ran a season-best 28:48.34 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 career-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 2006-09 Carthage men’s track and field teams¼named to the Carthage dean’s list eight-straight semesters and an eight-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 10, 1986.

Klayton Reed

Returnee
Sophomore
Bluffton, Ind. (Ossian-Norwell)

2008:  Finished 59th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with time of 29:14…ran a season-best 27:40.49 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

High School:  His freshman-year team won a sectional championship, his sophomore year squad won a Northeast Hoosier Conference title, and his senior-year team also won a sectional championship…coached by Randy Hawkins…four-year member of the basketball and track and field teams…honor student.

Personal:  Business administration major…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…born Jan. 13, 1989.

Phillip Rood

Returnee
Sophomore
Forreston, Ill.

2008:  Ran a season-best 35:29 in the open race portion of the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship.

High School:  Forreston High School does not sponsor varsity cross country…a four-year member of the track and field team and two years in basketball…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.

Personal:  Business administration major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 19, 1988.

Mike Ruff

Returnee
Sophomore
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)

2008:  Injured and did not compete as a freshman.

High School:  Named All-Upstate 8 both his junior and senior years…his senior-year team won both the Illinois High School Association Class 3A state championship and the Nike Team Nationals…coached by Paul Vandersteen…in track and field, set a Neuqua Valley High School record his senior year in the indoor 600-meter run…played football his freshman year and basketball as a sophomore.

Personal:  Criminal justice major…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 30, 1990.

Justin Sebens

Returnee
Junior
Seymour, Ill. (Mahomet-Seymour)

2008:  Finished 105th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 27:03.50…finished 42nd at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:46…ran a season-best 27:03.10 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

2007:  Finished 79th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a time of 25:56.63…finished 33rd at the CCIW Men's Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:00.47…ran a career-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 2007-09 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the spring 2008 Carthage dean's list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 2, 1988.

Josh Solorio

Returnee
Junior
West Allis, Wis. (Milwaukee-West Allis Central)

2008:  Finished 55th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:28…ran a career-best 27:45.34 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 and 2009 Carthage men’s track and field teams…a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 18, 1989.

Marshall Stewart

Returnee
Sophomore
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)

2008:  Ran a season-best 29:31 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship.

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:  Double major in business administratio and exercise and sport science…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…born Oct. 15, 1990.

Joe Stubenvoll

Returnee
Senior
Gurnee, Ill. (Warren Township)

2008:  Ran a season-best 29:25.70 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 2007-09 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 17, 1987.

Austin Twomey

Returnee
Junior
Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville)

2008:  Ran a career-best 30:47.97 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 and 2009 Carthage men’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean's list five times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 20, 1988.

Ryan Weber

Newcomer
Junior
Cary, Ill. (Cary-Grove)

2008:  Finished 50th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:07…ran a season-best 27:24.78 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

2007:  Attended the University of Kansas his freshman year…red-shirted on the cross country team.

High School:  A two-time state qualifier and a three-time All-Fox Valley Conference honoree…coached by Layne Holter…four-year member of the track and field team.

Personal:  Mathematics major…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…born Sept. 4, 1988.

Russell Wetzel

Returnee
Sophomore
Champaign, Ill. (Central)

2008:  Ran a season-best 28:59 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship.

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…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage men’s track and field team…named to the spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 1, 1989.

Tyler Wishau

Returnee
Senior
Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge)

2008:  Finished 110th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 27:10.60…finished 37th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:35…ran a career-best 26:46.70 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

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 season-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 five times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 27, 1987.