2020-21 Men's Track and Field Roster

Karen Eaton
Aaron Schneider

Thomas Wuchte

Thomas Wuchte

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    DeKalb, Ill.
  • High School:
    DeKalb

Summary

Biography

  • Competed in 21 cross country meets and 34 track and field events
  • Improved his overall finish each year at the GLVC Cross Country Championships
  • Competed in four GLVC Track Championships, and has four top-20 finishes in distance events
Collegiate Top Times (Through The 2020-21 School Year):
1,500m- 4:20.11
Mile- 4:57.14
3,000m- 9:03.82
5,000m- 15:29.52
10,000m- 31:49.09
5,000m (xc)- 16:59.0
6,000m (xc)- 20:23.0
7,000m (xc)- 23:39.0
8,000m (xc)- 26:41.1
4.97 mile (xc)- 27:41.1
10,000m (xc)- 35:26.7
 
UIS Cross Country:
2020- Competed in all three races … finished 40th at the GLVC Championships … had a top-10 finish at the GLVC Triangular.
 
2019- Competed in five races … finished 63rd at the GLVC Championships … was 16th overall at the UIS Invitational … was the runner-up runner for UIS during the Gold Race at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational.
 
2018- Only member of the roster to run in all seven races … finished among the top five on the team in two races … finished a season-best 14th at the UIS Invitational … finished 72nd at the GLVC Championships and 157th at the NCAA Regional meet.
 
2017- Ran in six meets … finished fifth overall at the Orion Twilight Mini-Meet … had a top-20 finish at the UIS Invitational … came in 110th at the GLVC Championships.
 
UIS Indoor Track and Field:
2021- Ran in three competitions … was fourth in the 5,000m at the Bob Eubanks Open.
 
2020- Competed in six meets … qualified for the 5,000m at the GLVC Championships and came in 18th … had two top-10 individual finishes, including seventh in the 3,000m at the Hilltop Invitational.
 
2019- Ran in five competitions … finished 16th at the GLVC Championships in the 5,000m … a member of the distance medley relay team that won the race at the Jim Green Invitational … earned a bronze finish at the Tom Hathaway Distance Classic in the 5,000m … also at that event, finished seventh as a member of the 4x400 relay squad.
 
2018- Competed in five meets … was the runner-up in the 3,000m race at the Hilltop Invitational … had another individual top-10 finish as he came in eighth in the mile at the Lewis Invitational … came in eighth at the Jim Green Invitational in the distance medley relay.
 
UIS Outdoor Track and Field:
2021- Completed in four meets … finished 14th in the 10,000m at the GLVC Championships … had a top-ten showing with a seventh-place finish in the 10,000m at the Dick Cochran Classic.
 
2020- Season Cancelled.
 
2019- Competed in five events … at the GLVC Championships, finished 14th in the 10,000m … won the 10,000m race at the Bellarmine Classic.
 
2018- Ran in six competitions … finished sixth in the 5,000m at the Southwestern College Invitational.
 
UIS Academic Awards:
2021- GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award … GLVC Academic All-Conference.
 
2020- GLVC Academic All-Conference.

2019- GLVC Academic All-Conference.
 
2018- GLVC Academic All-Conference.
 
High School:
Competed in cross country and track and field team with DeKalb High School for four years … claimed third in the 3,200 in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Meet to earn all-conference honors as a junior … two-time Northern Illinois Big 12 all-conference recipient in cross country (Junior-Senior) … team MVP in cross country as a senior … team captain in cross country and track and field as a senior … charged to 3-mile PR of 15:27 … posted 3,200 PR of 9:59 … clocked 1,600 PR of 4:39 … raced to 800 PR of 2:09.
 
Personal:
The son of Michael and Kelly Wuchte … has two siblings, Sara and Lauren … an Economics major.

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