Returning Tigers the 4x400m relay team place eighth at the Clemson Games. 2009 Cross Country: Competed at five meets, including the NCAA Championships, where he finished 212th with a 10k time of 37.10.0 ... Ran at the SEC Championships, where he finished 85th in 29:01.54 (8k) ... Also ran at the Troy Trojan Invitational, the Wisconsin adidas Invitational and the NCAA Pre-Nationals. 2009 Track and Field: Did not compete. 2008 Outdoor: Had a season-best time in the 1500m of 4:07.99 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Was ninth in that event at the Coach O Invitational ... Also competed at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and the LSU Alumni Gold meet. 2007 Cross Country: Recorded an 8K season-best time of 26:44.72 at Tiger Invitational ... Placed 45th at 5K UT-Chattanooga Invitational. Personal: Born Oct. 8, 1988 ... Son of Chuck and Ellen Mitchell ... Majoring in entrepreneurship and family business.
joby peake
Distance Senior Macon, Ga./First Presbyterian Day 2010 Cross Country: Auburn’s No. 2 runner at the SEC Championships, placing 37th with a time of 25:33.85 ... Also the Tigers’ second finisher at the NCAA South Regional in 31.43.77 on the 10k course to place 41st ... Was fourth at the season opening Troy Invitational in 16:26.93 ... Was 28th at the Crimson Classic, 35 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic and 69th at the Chile Pepper Festival. 2010 Outdoor: Competed at three meets, including the SEC Championships in the 3000m steeplechase ... Was 18th in the 800m at the Coach O Invitational and 19th in the 1500m at the War Eagle Invitational. 2010 Indoor: Did not compete. 2009: Did not compete. 2008 Cross Country: Placed 233rd at NCAA Championships to help the men’s team to a fifth-place finish … Had four top-50 finishes during sophomore campaign … Came in 49th at NCAA South Regional, clocking a 33:28.07 (10K) … Crossed the SEC Championship finish line with a season-best 8K time of 25:23.20 to finish 40th … Was 50th at Tiger Invitational (8K) and 15th at Powerade Invitational (5K). 2008 Outdoor: Competed at three meets ... Was eighth in the 3000m at the Coach O Invitational ... Season-best times of 4:05.31 in the 1500m and 8:51.45 in the 3000m came at the Tiger Track Classic. 2008 Indoor: Ran in the 3000m and 5000m at the ISU Classic ... Placed 10th in the 3000m and helped the distance medley relay team take third at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic. 2007 Cross Country: Competed in all six meets for Auburn ... Finished fourth for Auburn and 47th overall at the SEC Championships ... Placed 53rd at the NCAA South Regional ... Was also Auburn’s No. 4 runner at the Chile Pepper Festival and UT-Chattanooga Invite. High School: Georgia State champion in the 1600m as a senior and junior, and part of the winning 4x400m relay team junior year ... Helped team win state titles as a senior and sophomore Personal: Born Oct. 14, 1988 ... Son of Allen and Betsy Peake ... Majoring in mathematics.
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Stephen saenz
Throws Redshirt Freshman Rio Grande City, Texas/Rio Grande City 2010: Redshirted. High School: Earned All-American honors in the shot put ... Was the 2009 Nike Indoor National Champion in the shot put with a throw of 710.5 that ranked No. 3 in the U.S. all-time for high school boys ... Finished second at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals in both the shot put and discus with marks of 71-6 and 200-0, respectively ... Two-time Texas 5A state titlist in the shot put ... In 2009, won in the shot put with a throw of 69-1.75 and was second in the discus (195-6) ... In 2008, won the shot with a mark of 64-9.75 and was third in the discus (180-1) ... Won the shot put (67-0) and the discus (170-6) at the 2008 AAU Junior Olympics ... Named the ESPN RISE National Boys Athlete of the Week after winning the shot put at the Carl Lewis Invitational in Houston with a thenU.S. leading 69-07.75, which was the longest high school throw since 1990 ... Was one of five throwers named to the Txrunning All-Decade Team ... Had personal bests of 72-6.25 in the shot put and 204-0 in the discus. Personal: Born Aug. 23, 1990 ... Son of Ricardo and Ofelia Saenz ... Majoring in kinesiology.
Jeff sanders
Distance Junior Mandeville, La./Fontainebleau 2010 Cross Country: Finished 65th at the SEC Championships in 26:48.50 and 72nd at the NCAA South Regional in 32:37.07 ... Placed third at the season-opening Troy Invitational for Auburn’s top finish in 16:08.91 ... Finished 13th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic, 15th at the Crimson Classic and 76th at the Chile Pepper Festival. 2010 Outdoor: Finished 16th in the 1500m at the SEC Championships in 3:53.41 ... Season-best time in the 1500m was 3:48.78 while placing fourth at the War Eagle Invitational ... Also finished fourth at the Spec Towns Invite and fifth at the Tiger Track Classic ... Helped the 4xMile relay team place second at the Penn Relays in 16:20.41. 2010 Indoor: Finished 17th in the mile at the SEC Championships and helped the distance medley relay team take ninth ... Season-best time of 4:15.19 in the mile came while placing 10th at the Tyson Invitational ... Won the mile at the Clemson Games in 4:17.08 ... Eighth in the 3000m in 8:26.74 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. 2009 Cross Country: Ran at every meet, finishing as Auburn’s No. 4 or 5 runner at each ... Placed 205th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 33:53.6 on the 10k course ... Was 61st at the SEC Championships in 27:28.01 (8k) ... Placed 67th at the NCAA South Regional (32:45.5) ... Sixth overall at the Troy Trojan Invitational in 16:20.37 (5k). 2009 Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the 1500 meters but unable to compete ... Qualified in the 1500m at the Seminole Twilight meet, finishing third with a time of 3:47.57 ... Also finished third in his section at the Oregon Relays in 3:49.08, and was fifth at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 3:48.94 ... Just missed a spot in the finals of the 1500m at the SEC Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth in this heat and 13th overall in the prelims in 3:52.76 ... Placed eighth at the Sun Angel Invitational in
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