Josh PuyearAll-time records
Best 8000 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 - 16:28, Nathan Weekly, Benton-Van Horne, Oct. 19, 2006

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 - 17:12, Thomas Hlad, Knoxville,      Sept. 2, 2006

1982 Men's Cross Country action shot

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 --

All-Americans in bold

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

Top 8,000-meter runners

1. Pete Anderson 24:33 1983
2. Paul Sparks 24:40 1980
3. Mark Muyskens 24:48 1981
4. Marley Wubbena 24:53 1980
5. Adam Wolf 25.18 2005
6. Andy Goodman 25:23 1994
7. Todd Christensen 25:34 1990
8. Bryan George 25:43 2005
9. Jon Rathje 25:52 1999
10 Chad Klocke 25:55 1996
11. Seth Comfort 25:57 2002
12.. Nate Smith 26:05 1992

Top 5-mile runners

1. Jerry Fitzsimmons 24:15 1979
2. Brian Hantsbarger 25:03 1977
3. Bruce Merschbrock 25:20 1986
4. John Rouse 25:26 1976
5. Mark Muyskens 25:27 1981
Marley Wubbena 25:27 1981
7. Peter Anderson 25:31 1981
8. Mark Lenke 25:44 1977
9. Dave Waddle 25:45 1973
10. Tim Fyfe 25:49 1978

Iowa Conference champions
1978 - Jerry Fitzsimmons
1979 - Jerry Fitzsimmons
1981 - Mark Muyskens
1992 - Andy Goodman
1994 - Andy Goodman

Year-by-year results

Year Iowa Conference NCAA regional Coach
1965 5th -- Jack Walvoord
1966 3rd -- Jack Walvoord
1967 3rd -- Jack Walvoord
1968 3rd -- Jack Walvoord
1969 6th -- Jack Walvoord
1970 4th -- Jack Walvoord
1971 4th --

Jack Walvoord

1972 3rd -- Jack Walvoord
1973 2nd -- Bill Herzog
1974 3rd -- Bill Herzog
1975 3rd -- Bill Herzog
1976 3rd -- Bill Herzog
1977 3rd -- Bill Herzog
1978 2nd 8th Chris Samson
1979 2nd 7th Chris Samson
1980 2nd 6th Chris Samson
1981 2nd 13th Brian Poulter
1982 4th 15th Dave Beason
1983 4th 7th Chris Samson
1984 3rd 13th Randy Wilson
1985 4th 13th Ron Thomason
1986 5th 10th Ron Thomason
1987 5th 15th Ron Thomason
1988 5th 13th Ron Thomason
1989 2nd (tie) 11th Mark Heid
1990 4th 13th Mark Heid
1991 3rd 11th Mark Heid
1992 3rd 14th Mark Heid
1993 5th 12th Mark Heid
1994 4th 4th Mark Heid
1995 6th 13th Ron Cox
1996 4th 12th Ron Cox
1997 4th 16th Ron Cox
1998 7th 17th Mike Gruver
1999 4th 15th Mike Gruver
2000 5th 15th Kendrick Clay
2001 6th 18th Kendrick Clay
2002 5th 19th Kendrick Clay
2003 4th 15th Jeff Bovee
2004 4th 11th Jeff Bovee
2005 3rd 9th Jeff Bovee
2006 3rd 9th Stephen Fyfe