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Ian McGinn at DirectAthletics

Career Highlights:

Scored in multiple events at the Big South Indoor and Outdoor Championships as a freshman
Finished fifth in the 5K at the 2010 Outdoor BSC Championships
Placed seventh in the steeplechase at the 2010 BSC Championships
Was eighth in the 5K and third in the DMR at the 2010 Indoor BSC Championships

2011-12: Finished 18th at the Big South XC Championships, thanks to a PR of 25:31...was fourth at the Furman Invite in his season debut...ran a 26:06 at the Queens Invite...posted a 32:53 10K at the NCAA SE XC Regionals, setting a new personal best.

2010-11: During the cross country season, set a new PR (26:01) by finishing 17th at the Big South Championships...was the Keydets' #4 runner for the majority of the year...competed in only three events during track season...finished 15th in the 5K at the VMI/W&L Carnival.

2009-10: Showed the potential to join the long line of solid VMI steeplechasers, with a season whose highlights included a seventh-place finish at the Big South Outdoor Championships...also showed a great deal of promise in the 5K, placing fifth in that event at the same meet (15:33.04)...had a steeplechase PR the week prior, running a 9:35.90 at Bucknell...was eighth in the steeple at the Military Championships...ran on the 4X800-meter relay teams at both the outdoor IC4A's and the Penn Relays, and had a lifetime best 1:54.09 800-meter time at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier...scored in multiple events at the Big South Indoor Championships, finishing eighth in the 5K with a lifetime best clocking (15:32.33), and anchoring the Distance Medley Relay squad to a third-place finish...also placed 11th in the mile...won his heat of the mile at Feb. 19's Virginia Tech Challenge, thanks to a lifetime best time of 4:24.47...began his collegiate track career with a pair of events at the VMI Winter Relays...started his college career in earnest during the cross country season, where he officially took part in four meets...had a personal best effort at the Paul Short Run (26:10)...was VMI's #3 finisher at the Big South Championships, placing 21st overall. 

Personal Bests:

800-meters: 1:54.09
1,500-meters: 4:04.32
Mile: 4.24.47
5K: 15:32.33
3K Steeplechase: 9:35.90
8K (XC): 25:31 (2011 Big South Championships)
10K XC: 32:53 (2011 NCAA SE Regionals)