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2015 Men's Cross Country Roster

Michael Vercoe-Curtis

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kelston, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Highschool Kelston Boys (Auckland)

Biography

OCU Personal Bests
 
SeasonEventTime
Outdoor1,500m3:50
Outdoor800m1:53
Cross Country8K25:12:20
Indoor1,000m2:27
IndoorMile4:09:97

Top veteran contributor.

Fall 2015: Finished sixth with a time of 20:45.38 at the Central Oklahoma Land Run ... clocked at 25:36.9 for 41st place in the Fort Hays State Tiger Open ... set a personal record time of 25:12.20 in the NAIA Mid-States Classic, good for fifth place ... placed sixth with a time of 25:14.6 at the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships ... earned all-SAC honors ... finished 29th at the NAIA cross country championship with a time of 25:17.1 ... reeled-in all-American honors.

2014-15: Took 82nd place with a time of 
26:17.70 at the NAIA men's cross country championships ... Finished sixth with a time of 25:47.86 in SAC cross country championships ... all-SAC ... 14th-place finish with a time of 25:57.10 in the NAIA Mid-States Classic ... Placed 96th in the Chile Pepper Festival ... Finished 40th in the Missouri Southern Stampede ... Placed 11th with a time of 20:59 in the 6,000 meter at the Central Oklahoma Land Run ... Named to the 2014 academic all-SAC men's track and field team ... Finished 10th at the Oregon State High Performance Meet in the 1,500 meters ... Placed third in the 800 meter with a time of 1:56.47 at the Southwestern Relays ... Finished fourth in the 1,500 with a time of 3:53.20 at the Oklahoma Baptist Open ... Had a seventh-place showing in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Relays ... Earned all-American honors by finishing eighth in the mile run with a time of 4:17.01 in the NAIA Indoor Championships ... Set a school record with a time of 4:09.97 and placed third in the one mile race at the Nebraska Tune-Up ... Won the one-mile race in the Missouri Southern Lion Open ... Ran a leg of the first place OCU distance medley team at the Central Oklahoma Invitational ... Finished in second place with a time of 2:30.79 at the Central Oklahoma Open ... academic all-SAC in cross country.

High School: Ran track at Kelston Boys School and for the Waitakere City Athletics … finished second in the 1500 meter run at the New Zealand Championships … member of tow-time Auckland schools championship team … represented West Auckland in cricket.

Personal: Majoring in public relations … son of Dave and Pauline Vercoe-Curtis … father, Dave, played professional cricket in Auckland … mother, Pauline, represented New Zealand in track at the U-18 level … born on June 5, 1992 in England.


More on Michael:
Favorite midnight snack: Ice cream
Favorite actress: Scarlett Johanson
Favorite team: New Zealand Black Caps
What makes me unique: I like vegemite
My goal for 2015-16: Do something big

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Senior