2010 XC (Senior): Competed and scored in all seven meets ... at the Horizon League Championships, was 39th with a time of 26:43 (8k) ... was 150th at the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 33:34 (10k) ... was the team's best finisher twice ... led the way at the Duquesne Duals with a time of 26:49 and a 28th-place finish ... was 103rd at the Iona Meet of Champions with a time of 26:56 ... was 28th at the Akron Quad Meet and 49th at the BGSU Invitational ... was 77th at the Notre Dame Invite .. earned his fourth letter.
2009 XC (Junior): Competed in all six meets, scoring in five of them … ran a time of 28:13 to finish 39th at the Horizon League Championships … ran a 10k time of 34:47 at Regionals … ran a four-mile time of 22:37 at Kent State … season-best 8k time of 26:51 came at the BGSU Falcon Invite … also added times of 29:00 and 29:04 at the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational and the All-Ohio Championships.
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Redshirted.
2009 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 10th in the mile with a time of 4:27.31 at the Horizon League Championships … also ran a time of 9:23.00 in the 3,000m at the event … finished third in 3,000m with a time of 9:24.30 at the Robert Morris Sixway … ran a time of 4:31.05 in the mile to finish fifth at the KSU Triangular … added two more top 10 finishes, claiming ninth in the 5,000m (16:24.65) at Baldwin-Wallace and eighth in the 3,000m (9:02.48) at the Akron Open.
2008 XC (Sophomore): Scored in three meets...ran a personal-best 8K time of 26:37 at the Falcon Invite...placed 48th at the Horizon League Championships... ran a time of 35:54 at the Great Lakes Regional.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 18th in the 1,500m (4:12.79) and 29th in the 5,000m (16:53.32) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted season-best times in both events ... earned two top-eight finishes in the 1,500m.
2007-08 Indoor (Freshman): Finished 14th in the mile (4:35.71) and 16th in the 800m (2:02.84) at the Horizon League Championships ... ran the mile in a personal-best 4:33.71 at the Akron Quad ... placed seventh in the mile at the Baldwin Wallace Mid February Meet.
2007 XC (Freshman): Scored in four meets ... placed 40th at the Horizon League Championships (27:50.5) ... ran a personal-best 8K time of 27:15 at Notre Dame ... ran the 10K in 34:59.56 at the Great Lakes Regional.
High School: Earned eight letters for the Blue Devils ... finished 25th at the Division III state cross country meet as a senior to help McDonald to a third-place finish ... was 18th at state as a junior and 21st as a sophomore ... was the top finisher for McDonald when it won the state title his sophomore year ... named First-Team All-Suburban League, Inter-County League, Inter-Tri-County League ... was an individual champion at the county and conference level ... led McDonald to multiple conference, county and regional titles ... also played basketball ... was a member of National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars and Who's Who Among American High School Scholars ... graduated as class valedictorian.
Personal: Born Aug. 20, 1988 ... son of Joe and Toni Copple ... has two brothers (Michael and Antonio) and one sister (Lisa) ... major is biochemistry.
