Central College Athletics - Men's cross country

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All-time Dutch cross country records

All-Americans

Year-by-year results

All-time records

Best 8,000 meter time - Pete Anderson, 24:33, 1983
Best four mile time - Jerry Fitzsimmons, 19:51, 1977
Best five mile time - Jerry Fitzsimmons, 24:15.7, 1979
Best six mile time - Jerry Fitzsimmons, 32:01, 1977

Central College Cross Country Course records (course opened in 2004)

Men's 8,000 meters - 25:02, Josh Moen, Wartburg, Oct. 30, 2004
Men's 6,000 meters - 19:10, Hillary Samoei, Iowa Central, Sept, 2, 2006
Boys' 5,000 meters - 15:27, Kevin Lewis, Ottumwa, Sept. 18, 2010

Central Dutch Invitational meet records

Men's collegiate 8,000 meters - 26:22, Adam Wolf, Central, Sept. 3, 2005
Men's collegiate 6,000 meters - 19:10, Hillary Samoei, Iowa Central, Sept, 2, 2006
Boys' high school 5,000 meters - 15:55, Sam Cheney, Columbus (Columbus Junction), Sept. 5, 2009

Central's national championship meet qualifiers

Year	Name	NCAA finish	Team finish
1973+	Dave Waddle	89th	29th
	Dave Unger	196th	29th
	Chris Samson	211th	29th
	Dick Miller	225th	29th
	Edmund Newherd	231st	29th
	Tim Greenwald	236th	29th
	Jeff Lovell	237th	29th
1974+	Dave Waddle	204th	40th
	Dave Unger	224th	40th
	Jeff Lovell	267th	40th
	Chris Samson	281st	40th
	Ray Dial	295th	40th
1978	Jerry Fitzsimmons	116th	--
1979	Jerry Fitzsimmons	18th	--
1980+	Marley Wubbena	38th	21st
	Paul Sparks	46th	21st
	Mark Muyskens	76th	21st
	Pete Anderson	121st	21st
	Scott Visser	176th	21st
	Gary Meyer	180th	21st
	Rod Lavarias	186th	21st
1981	Mark Muyskens	80th	--
1983	Pete Anderson	38th	--
1994	Andy Goodman	21st	--
2006	Adam Wolf	207th	--
2011	Eli Horton	52nd	--
2012+	Eli Horton	29th	12th (tie)
	Cole Decker	40th	12th (tie)
	Drew Jackson	56th	12th (tie)
	Austin O'Brien	146th	12th (tie)
	Brent Ewing	212th	12th (tie)
	Sloan Beninga	222nd	12th (tie)
	Cody Doughan	256th	12th (tie)

All-Americans in bold

+qualified as a team. Others earned national meet berths individually.

 

Top 8,000-meter/5-Mile runners

1.	Jerry Fitzsimmons	24:15*	1979
2.	Pete Anderson	24:33	1983
3.	Paul Sparks	24:40	1980
4.	Mark Muyskens	24:48	1981
5.	Marley Wubbena	24:53	1980
6.	Eli Horton	24:58	2011
7.	Brian Hantsbarger	25:03*	1977
8.	Cole Decker	25:09	2012
9.	Adam Wolf	25:18	2005
10.	Bruce Merschbrock	25:20*	1986
11.	Drew Jackson	25:22	2012
12.	Andy Goodman	25:23	1994
13.	John Rouse	25:26*	1976
14.	Todd Christensen	25:34	1990
15.	Brent Ewing	25:40	2012
16.	Bryan George	25:43	2005
17.	Mark Lenke	25:44*	1977
18.	Dave Waddle	25:45*	1973
19.	Tim Fyfe	25:49*	1978
20.	Jon Rathje	25:52	1999
21.	Austin O'Brien	25:53	2012
22.	Chad Klocke	25:55	1996
23.	Seth Comfort	25:57	2002

*indicates a 5-Mile course

Iowa Conference champions

1978 - Jerry Fitzsimmons
1979 - Jerry Fitzsimmons
1981 - Mark Muyskens
1992 - Andy Goodman
1994 - Andy Goodman
2012 - Eli Horton

Iowa Conference Coach of the Year

1994 - Bryan Poulter
2012 - Joe Dunham

USTFCCCA Academic Team selections

2005 - 3.16 GPA