Michael Welsh
Sr., Distance
Tullahoma, Tenn. | Tullahoma
Three-year letterwinner in track & field and cross country and a team captain in cross country ... notched a personal-best time in the mile (4:33.31) at the CNU Vince Brown meet last year ... placed fourth in the 5000 meters (15:45) at the 2008 Indoor ODAC Championships ... finished fourth in the 5000 meters at the 2007 Indoor ODAC Championship meet ... ran the 1500 meters in a personal-best time of 4:17.32 as a first-year at the W&L Invite ... as a member of the cross country team, was voted team's MVP each of the last two seasons ... finished second at the ODAC Championships and fifth at the NCAA Regional last year en route to garnering all-conference and all-region accolades ... also qualified for Nationals and finished 164th out of 280 runners ... placed third at the ODAC Championships and 21st at NCAA Regional as a sophomore ... also earned First Team All-ODAC honors and named all-region ... finished third at the W&L Invitational, fifth at the ODAC Championships and fourth at the Virginia Division III Championships as a first-year ... garnered all-region, all-state and First Team All-ODAC honors ... lettered in cross country, track and soccer at Tullahoma ... named to the cross country all-state team as a junior and senior, and was named to the all-midstate cross country team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... chemistry major.
