2016-17 Men's Track & Field Roster

Eli Cook

Eli Cook

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, IL
  • Highschool:
    Rochester High School

Summary

Biography

As a Junior (2016-17)
Cross Country:
Finished 1st at UIS Orion Mini Meet (9/2/16) with tim eof 16:09 ... Took 2nd at UIS 2nd First Meet Ever (9/9/16) with 6K time of 19:55 ... Took 35th at Louisville Classic (10/1/16) with time of 26:07 ... Finished 27th at GLVC Championship with time of 26:02) ... Finished 85th at Midwest Regional (11/5/16) with time of 32:35 ... Totaled win percentage of .817 in 2016, beating 982 runners and falling to 220. 

Track and Field: Competed in six outdoor meets ... Ran personal best 4:29.09 in the mile at Rhodes Invitational (3/17/17) ... Won the 5000m run at Rose-Hulman Twilight Invitational (4/21/17) with a personal best time of 15:32.21 ... Ran 10,000m run at GLVC Outdoor Championship (5/4/17) in personal best 32:38.30.

As a Sophomore (2015)
Led his team in his first meet of the season, the 6K UIS Campus Course with a time of 20:22 finishing oin 2nd place ... Led the stars to place 10th at the College of Dupage Invitational 8K with a time of 27:23.54 ... Led UIS at the NCAA Regional finishing the 10K race in 34:30 placing 154/215 runners ... nominated for the 2015 GLVC individual sportsmanship award.

Previous School
Ran cross country and track for Millikin ... Academic All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) in both semesters ... Finished wtih a time of 27:38 at the CCIW Championship (Nov. 1) ... Also ran at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional (Nov. 15) ... In track posted a 4:43.71 to finish 25th in the mile at the Engineer Invitational (Jan. 31) ... Ran his best time in the 5K at the SLU Billiken Invite (April 10) with a time of 16:12.32 ... Had his best finish at the Millikin Big Blue Invitational, finishing third.

High School
Attended Rochester High School ... ran cross country ... Posted a 15:59 3-mile time at the Carlinville Invitational ... As a sophomore ran with the Rockets to a sixth-place finish at the IHSA State meet ... Helped Rochester finish eight and ninth, respectively in his final two seasons.

Personal
Son of Jay and Leeann ... Has one sibling ... Majoring in accounting ... Played baseball while in high school ... Was an intern a Northwest Mutual after his freshman year.

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