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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Tanner Goetsch

Tanner Goetsch

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Spirit Lake, Iowa
  • Highschool:
    Spirit Lake H.S.

Summary

Biography

2017: national qualifer; all-conference and GPAC runner-up; 2x GPAC runner of the week (Sept. 13, Oct. 11); won the Defender Classic, four top 25 finishes; best 8K time-24:58 (GPAC)

2016: national qualifier; all-conference with sixth place finish at GPAC meet; four top 25 finishes; best 8K time-25:44 (GPAC); top finish-6th (2x)

2015: earned all-conference honors with 11th place finish at GPAC Championship; one top 20 finish; one of the team's top six runners in every meet; team's #1 runner at the NAIA Championship. 

2014: competed in all seven meets as a freshman; one top 25 finish; ran as one of the Red Raiders' top nine runners in every meet; placed 26th at the GPAC meet.

High School: earned eight letters running for the Spirit Lake High School cross country and track and field teams; four-time state qualifier in cross country; finished seventh and earned all-state honors as a senior; qualified for the state meet in three events in track and field as a senior, finishing third as a member of the 4x800 relay; also placed 15th in the 800m and 20th in the 1600m; qualified for the Drake Relays and also finished third in the 4x800m relay as a junior. 

Academic: Accounting/Finance major. Personal: son of Mark and Kris; brother to Travis and Tyler; also a letterwinner and All-American in track and field for the Red Raiders; earned all-conference honors seven times (3-2015, 4-2016).

Season Stats:
2017: Augustana Twilight-64th: 20:53 (4 miles)(280 runners)
          Defender Classic: 1st: 26:09 (8K)(98 runners)
          
Roy Griak Invite-85th: 27:53 (8K)(414 runners)
          Briar Cliff Invite-3rd: 25:46 (8K)(153 runners)
          NAIA Seminole Valley-16th: 26:25 (285 runners)
          *GPAC Championship-2nd: 24:58 (87 runners)(All-Conference)
         
NAIA Championship-127th: 26:28 (326 runners)

2016: Augustana Twilight-42nd: 20:16 (4 miles)(228 runners)
         Woody Greeno-25th: 27:44 (8K)(219 runners)
          Roy Griak Invite-102nd: 28:13 (8K)(262 runners)
          Briar Cliff-9th: 25:56 (8K, 157 runners)
          Mount Marty-6th: 26:12 (8K, 103 runners)
          GPAC-6th: 25:44 (8K, 89 runners)
          
NAIA Championships-95th: 25:58 (8K, 331 runners)

2015: Augustana Twilight: 87th-21:16 (4 miles)(266 runners)
          Herb Blakely Invite: 24th-27:54 (8K)(99 runners)
          
Roy Griak Invite: 152nd-29:06 (8K)(392 runners)
          Briar Cliff Invite: 47th-26:53 (8K)(196 runners)
          Mount Marty Invite: 21st-26:50 (8K)(132 runners)
          GPAC Championship: 11th-26:36 (103 runners)
          
NAIA Championship: 99th-26:27 (326 runners)

2014: Augustana Twilight-127th: 20:44 (4 miles)(287 runners)
          Herb Blakely Invite-14th: 28:18 (60 runners)
          
Roy Griak Invite-158th: 29:22 (219 runners)
          Briar Cliff Invite-40th: 26:58 (136 runners)
          Mount Marty Invite-45th: 27:18 (197 runners)
          GPAC Championship-26th: 26:23 (99 runners)
          NAIA Championship-223rd: 27:29 (320 runners)

*denotes personal best
bold denotes top 25 finish

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