2016-17 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ron Haskell, HPU Athletics

Mitch Burgess

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Temecula, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Great Oak HS

Summary

Biography

#NookNotes
- Broke two personal records in 2014 season (8K and 10K)
- One of two returners who competed in every meet in 2014 season
 
Career Personal-Bests
5K: 16:42.47 (Sept. 14, 2013 at Big Wave Invitational)
8K: 26:09.90 (Oct. 4, 2014 at Charles Bowles Invitational)
10K: 34:42.30 (Oct. 8, 2016 at Western Washington Classic)
 
2016 | Senior
Appeared in three meets … Placed 12th overall and 11th on the team at the Moda Health Alaska Invitational 5K with a time of 16:52.9 … At the Sundodger Invitational ranked 121st overall with an 8K time of 26:32.10 … Finished 103rd overall and third among Nanooks in the 10K at the Western Washington Classic setting a personal best 34:42.3.
 
2015 | Junior
Appeared in two meets ... Finished 17th overall in the 8k at the Moda Health Alaska Invitational with a time of 28:30.6 ... Ran an 8k time of 27:36.80 at the Stanford Invitational.
 
2014 | Sophomore
Appeared in all six meets … Finished first amongst Alaska runners in two meets (Sundodger Invite and Charles Bowles Invite) … Helped score the Nanooks in all six appearances … Finished 123rd (34:47.08) at NCAA West Region Championships (10K) … Took 54th place (27:02.55) at GNAC Championships (8K) … Highest overall finish was 14th place (27:33.90) in the Moda Health Alaska Invitational (8K).
 
2013 | Freshman
Named GNAC Red Lion Co-Runner of the Week on Sept. 16...Placed ninth at Big Wave Invitational with a 16:42.47 over the 5K course...Placed 124th (36:10.50) at NCAA West Regional Championship (10K)...Took 68th place (27:17.86) at GNAC Championship (8K)...Helped Alaska win SMU Invitational (8K) with eighth-place finish (27:27.49)...Opened season in 12th (27:32.6) at Alaska Invitational long-course race (8K).
 
Prior to Alaska
Four-year letter winner at Great Oak High School in California...Team captain as a senior...Compted for GOHS California Interscholastic Federation team that was 13th overall and ninth among Division I boys' teams...Personal-best at Dana Hills Invite after placing 22nd of 203 runners on the three mile course (15:51)...Finished 17th at Mt. Sac Junior Varsity Nationals as third scoring runner for Great Oak that won the event...Dual-sport athlete who also ran track at GOHS...Personal-best times of 9:57.01 in the 3,200-meter and 4:38.78 in the 1,600-meter runs.
 
Personal
Son of Rick and Nancy Burgess ... Three siblings: Nick, Brad and Ericka ... Majoring in Petroleum Engineering.

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