Roger Straz

Mid-Distance
Graduated Senior
Des Plaines, Ill. (Maine West)

2009:  Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 12th in the 800-meter run (1:59.09) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2008:  Studied abroad during spring term and missed the track and field season.

2007:  Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship?finished seventh in the 400-meter dash (53.24) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the 800-meter run (2:00.74) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2006:  Finished 11th in the 800-meter run (2:06.01) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  Earned All-Central Suburban League honors his senior year as part of league-championship 3,200-meter relay team…coached by Andy Trotter…four-year member of the cross country team…four-year member of the soccer team and named all-conference, all-sectional and Daily Herald all-area as a senior and all-conference as a junior…Maine West “2004-05 Male Athlete of the Year”…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Central Suburban League all-academic, honor student and graduated with honors.

Personal:  Double major in mathematics and Spanish…member of the 2005-08 Carthage men’s soccer teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 30, 1987.