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2021 Cross Country

Derek Basinger

Derek Basinger

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Girard, Ohio
  • High School:
    Girard
  • Major:
    Integrated Science Education

Summary

Biography

2021 (Senior): Made six appearances during the 2021 season...Named to the Horizon League Academic Honorable Mention Team...Clocked the sixth-fastest 10K mark in program history at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals with a time of 32:02.8 to finish 98th (11/12)...Finished 15th at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best time of 26:26.8 (10/30)...Posted a 5.2-mile time of 27:24.6 at the Penn State National Open to come in 59th (10/15)...Ran a 5-mile time of 27:13.5 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/1)...Turned in a time of 27:29.8 at the Michigan State Spartan 2021 Auto Owners Invitational (9/17)...Placed 26th with a 6K time of 20:16.9 at the inaugural Yinzer Classic (9/3).

2020 (Senior): Did not compete in 2020. 

2019 (Junior): Competed in six events...Ran a 10K time of 33:14.4 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/15)...Finished 15th at the Horizon League Championships (11/2)...Finished fifth at the Canisius Alumni Open with a time of 25:41.5 (10/19)...Placed third at the Disney World Classic with a time of 25:30.0 (10/12)...Recorded a time of 25:71.74 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/4)...Turned in a time of 20:25.8 at the Tommy Evans Invitational (9/7).

2018 (Sophomore): Competed in all seven races...Earned All-Horizon League Second-Team honors...Placed 88th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 32:47 (11/9), which ranked tied for 15th on the all-time 10K list...Finished in 12th place with a time of 25:30.6 at the Horizon League Championships (10/27)...Had a time of 25:45.1 at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals and placed 165th (10/13)...Ran a 25:39.62 for a 38th-place finish at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28)...Finished 76th with a time of 27:14.4 at the Auto Owners Spartan Invitational (9/14)...Posted a time of 20:21 and finished 12th at the Tommy Evans Invitational (9/8)...Fininshed 19th with a time of 27:07.67 at the Duquesne Duals (9/1)...Earned his second letter.

2017 (Freshman): One of two Penguins to run in all seven meets during the year...at the Horizon League Cross Country Championships placed 50th with a time of 27:40.1...ran at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals and posted a time of 34:46.3 in the 10K race...placed 26th at the Tommy Evans Invitational with a time of 16:12.2 in the weather-shortened 5K race...was 27th at the Canisius Alumni Classic with a time of 27:08.2 in the 8K event...placed 34th in the Disney World Cross Country Classic with a time of 28:04.1...placed 35th at the Duquesne Duals with a time of 27:54.2...at the George Mason Invitational, had a time of 28:15...earned his first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Had a personal-best 5K time of 16:42.90 during cross country career...in track and field competed in the mile and 3,200m.

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