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2014-15 Men's Track and Field

Michael Klein

Michael Klein

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Greensboro, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Wesleyan Christian Academy

Summary

Biography

PR's:

800High School   2010            2:23
MileATC All-Comers2015     5:11.16
3000Time Trial 2014   10:11.07
5000   Mississippi College   2015   17:47.18

 

2015: Named to the SAA Spring 2014 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll...Competed in six meets and achieved two personal records despite battling injury throughout the season...started off the season setting a personal best in the mile at the ETSU Buccaneer Invitational (2/7), posting a time of 5:13...ran a personal record in the 5000m at the Mississippi College Season Opener (3/7), clocking in at 17:47...competed in the 5000m and 1500m at the SAA Championships (4/24-25)...later improved his mile personal record by two seconds at the ATC All Comers meet (5/6), clocking in at 5:11. 

2014: Competed in eight races and achieved four personal records...set a personal best in the mile twice...his best time was at the SAA Indoor Challenge (2/15), where he ran a five-second personal best time of 5:18...achieved a 16-second personal record in the 1500m at the 'Southern Invitational (3/15) in Birmingham, Alabama, clocking in at 4:54...ran a 14-second personal record in the 5000m at the Emory Invitational (3/21), posting a time of 18:18...finished third at the Berry 10K (3/29)...competed in the 5000m at the SAA Track and Field Championships at Hendrix.

2013: Ran in six meets and posted three personal records...ran the mile at the Sewanee Invitational (2/16) in 5:32.26...ran a PR in the mile at the Rhodes College Open Meet with a time of 5:26.76 (3/16)...ran a 54-second PR in the 5000m at the Emory Invitational (3/23), posting a time of 18:32...ran the 1500m at the SAA Track and Field Championships (4/27).

High School: Lettered in cross country and track as a senior at Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina...received the Most Improved Runner award in cross country...member of the conference championship team in track...member of the JV basketball team as a freshman...played percussion in the school wind ensemble for four years, while earning honors as a senior...recipient of the American Citizenship Award...honor roll student.

Personal: Michael Patterson Klein was born in St. Louis, Missouri...the son of Dr. Steve and Marie Klein...Michael is a triplet...has one brother, Matthew, who also attends Berry College...has one sister, Ruth...his sister, Ruth, was on the swim team at Asbury University (2010-14) and was an Academic All-American...father, Steve, rowed crew at Harvard University (1974-1975)...transferred from Anderson University in 2012...made Dean's List in the fall of 2011, spring 2012, fall 2013 and fall 2014...on-campus job: sports information assistant and VITA tax preparer...also a member of the Berry cross country team...majoring in accounting at Berry.


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