| Michael Banks |
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 | Class: Graduate Student
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 | Hometown: Holden, Mass.
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 | High School: Wachusett Regional
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 | Event: Middle Distance
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PR's - 800r: 1:50.8; 1000m: 2:24.54; Mile: 4:03.48; 3000m: 8:08.54; 3000st: 8:57.85
2007-08 - Indoor ... Ran 800m leg of fifth-place DMR team at NCAA Nationals (All-American) ... Ran 800m leg (1:50.8) of BIG EAST runner-up DMR team ... Finished fifth in the mile at the BIG EAST Championship ... Placed second in the IC4A 1000m ... Outdoor ... Ranked 11th on GU's all-time list in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:57.85 ... Finished third at the BIG EAST Championship in the 3000m steeplechase ... Placed second in steeplechase at the IC4A Championship with a personal-best of 8:57.85 ... Qualified for the NCAA Regional in the 3000m steeplechase.
2006-07 - Cross Country ... Named All-BIG EAST with a 14th-place finish in 24:14 ... Named All-Mid Atlantic Region with an 18th-place finish ... Indoor ... Named All-BIG EAST in the 4x800m relay and the DMR ... Took sixth at the Terrier Classic with a mile time of 4:03.48 ... Finished fifth in the BIG EAST Championship with a mile time of 4:07.96 ... Won the Giegengack Invitational in the 3000m with a time of 8:08.54.
2005-06 - Redshirted the cross country, and indoor and outdoor track & field seasons.
2004-05 - Cross Country ... Placed 33rd (sixth among freshmen) at the BIG EAST in 24:59 over 8000m course ... Finished 44th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (31:12 over 10,000m) ... Named All-IC4A with a 21st-place finish in 25:32... Indoor ... Ran 8:20.90 for 2000m at the IC4A Championship ... Outdoor ... Mmber of the BIG EAST Champion 4x800m relay to earn All-BIG EAST honors ... Qualified for the USATF Jr. National Championship where he placed fourth in the 1500m final in a season-best 3:52.02 ... Named USA Junior National All-American in the 1500m.
High School - Set school records in the 800m, mile, two-mile, 4x800m, DMR and SMR ... Team MVP ... State champion and meet record-holder in the mile ... New England Champion in the 4x800m relay ... NSIC All-American and runner-up in both the DMR and the mile with a personal best time of 4:11.00 ... Led team to 2002 Massachusetts State Cross Country title ... Member of the National Honor Society.