NEW MEXICO:Promising young distance talent who turned in solid rookie seasons in both cross country and track last year...could push for a scoring role this fall after running with the top-7 in every meet as a true freshman in `06... dad, Jef, is a former Lobo distance runner (1988-92) who helped UNM win the Western Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship and advance to the NCAA Championship meet in 1988...2006-07: (outdoor) Led the team (16th MWC) in the 3,000m steeplechase with a top time of 9:41.54 recorded on April 21 at San Diego...competed in 6 races in 5 meet appearances... (indoor) Redshirt season... (cross country) Ran with the Lobos' top-7 in all five meet appearances...scored at the MWC Championships (32nd) and NMSU Kachina Classic (13th),running fourth on the team both times...season-best 8K time of 26:15.0 at the conference meet...83rd (34:09.2) in his first 10K at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet in Albuquerque... HIGH SCHOOL:A 2006 graduate of Aztec (N.M.) High School...seven-time state qualifier and five-time district champion in track (1,600 & 3,200m) and cross country...helped Aztec finish second at the 4A state cross country meet as a senior...eighth in the state as a junior...finished third in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the 2006 Great Southwest Meet, recording the seventh-fastest time in meet history (6:41.48)...top-10 finishes in the 1,600m and 3,200m at the state track meet last spring...set school records in the 1,600 (4:37) and 3,200 (9:45)...Academic All-District honoree...PERSONAL:Born on July 16, 1988, in Farmington, N.M....age is 19...full name is Jeremy Lance Newland...son of Jef Newland and Tanya Frost...has a four siblings: Rikki (10) and Aspen (4) Newland and Katy (7) and Sammy (6) Frost...major is Physical Education. |
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