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.