NEW MEXICO:Fifth-year senior who returns for his final outdoor track season...a three-time all-Mountain West Conference cross country runner and an indoor all-MWC honoree in the 800... three-time MWC 1,500 finalist and can run a strong 5K as well...coaches believe he has some of the best raw talent of any UNM distance runner in recent history, but just needs to put it all together at the end of the season... 2005: (cross country) Led the Lobos in all 5 meets in his final season...earned second team all-MWC honors with an 11th place finish at the conference championship meet...best performance at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet, placing 30th...3 top-25 finishes...7th at Auburn, his highest finish in three years, with a season-best time of 24:06.55...2004-05: (outdoor) Redshirt season...(indoor) Wrapped up his indoor career in fine fashion...led the team and earned all-MWC honors for the first time on the track with a runner-up finish in the 800...just missed the league title in photo finish ending...his altitude-adjusted time of 1:53.55 was 0.15 seconds behind the winner and 0.15 ahead of third place...ran the fastest indoor 800 in head coach Matt Henry's tenure at Northern Arizona, finishing second in 1:52.34...top mile time of 4:11.56, recorded at Arkansas, was the team's third-fastest...also helped the UNM distance medley relay team finish a close second at the MWC Championships with a school record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:49.15...(cross country) Pivotal runner for the top UNM cross country team of all-time...was one of the most durable competitors, scoring in all six meets after missing the opener due to an academic conflict...ran second on the team in two meets and was the fourth scorer at the regional and NCAA Championship meets...second team all-MWC honoree with his 14th place finish in San Diego...ran third on the team to help the Lobos' finish third overall at the MWC meet...2003-04: (outdoor) Displayed tremendous versatility during the spring when he was one of the team's top runners in the 800, 1,500 and 5,000...clocked a PR time of 14:13.90 in the 5K at the Mt. SAC Relays to qualify for his first regional meet...went on to place 19th with a time of 15:04.13 at the Midwest Regionals...also placed seventh in the 1,500 for the second straight season at the MWC Championships...time of 3:51.39 was the team's fourth-fastest and a career-best...(indoor) Ran the mile three times...finished third at NAU with a season-best time of 4:11.70...(cross country) Redshirt season...2002-03: (outdoor) Recorded the team's fifth-fastest 1,500 and 5,000m times...clocked a season-best 1,500 time of 3:52.07 at LSU and finished seventh at the MWC Championships in the event...also placed second in a pair of meets at UTEP...(indoor) Ran two individual races...season-best 800m time of 1:55.68 was good for fifth on the team...ran the lead leg on UNM's distance medley team...(cross country) First team all-MWC selection who was the Lobos' top runner in three meets, including the Lobo and Stanford Invitational meets, where he finished second overall...notched personal bests of 23:51 in the 8K and 31:05 in the 10K...top 8K time of 23:51 at Stanford was the fastest ever run during Matt Henry's tenure and was the second-fastest in the MWC during the season...owned three of the Lobos' top-10 8K times...four top-five finishes, including a third place performance at the MWC Championships...2001-02: (outdoor) Strong collegiate debut competing in the middles distance events...led the team and finished eighth at the MWC Outdoor Championships with a season-best time of 3:51.96 in the 1,500...ranked third on the team in the 800 (1:55.48)...four top-five finishes on the season...(indoor) Team's No. 2 runner in the 800 (1:55.01) and mile (4:14.71)...ranked ninth in the MWC in both events and ...notched three top-five finishes, including a fourth place effort in the mile at the MWC Championships...member of the Lobos' distance medley relay team, which earned all-MWC honors with its third place finish at the championship meet...(cross country) Was one of UNM's top runners...finished among the team's top-five in five meets and led all Lobo freshmen with four top-25 finishes...recorded the squad's eighth-fastest 8K of the year, the only freshman in the top-10...
HIGH SCHOOL:Three-time state 3,200-meter champion and a two-time winner in the 1,600 at Sandia High School in Albuquerque...state, city and district cross country champion as a senior...named 2000-01 Albuquerque Public Schools and Albuquerque Journal Male High School Athlete of the Year...led the Matadors to the 5A cross country state title as a senior...also an all-state midfielder for the SHS soccer team...four-year letterwinner in track, cross country and soccer...lettered two years in swimming as well...student body president...PERSONAL:Born on Dec. 23, 1982, in Albuquerque, N.M....age is 23...full name is Cameron Reed Clarke...son of Blaine and Tammy Clarke...has a brother, Michael (19) and sister, Lynde (17)...father, Blaine is the head cross country and track coach at Sandia High School and ran cross country at New Mexico Highlands and UNLV...mother, Tammy, coaches swimming at the Coronado Club at Kirtland Air Force Base, attended UNM on a swimming scholarship and also played softball for the Lobos...majoring in Physical Education.800: 1:53.74 1,500: 3:51.39 5,000: 14:13.90 COLLEGIATE BESTS - INDOOR 800: 1:52.34 Mile: 4:11.56 |
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