Student-Athletes MAX CRUZ Senior Middle Distance Chesterfield, Mo. St. Louis Priory AS A JUNIOR: Competed in multiple events for the Irish in his Junior season … ran two events at the Blue & Gold Invitational … was part of the winning 4x400m relay team that crossed the line in 3:27.64 … finished the 800m in second with a time of 1:55.73 … completed his Junior campaign with a
PATRICK GLASS Senior Jumps Deerfield, Ill. Deerfield AS A JUNIOR: Continued to compete with the jumpers, serving as a long jumper and triple jumper on the season … best long jump result on the outdoor season came at the Gina Relays with a mark of 6.77m, good for fourth in the finals heat and seventh overall … strongest indoor jump came at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational with a flight of 6.59m and a 20th-place result … best overall triple jump on the season came at the Blue & Gold Invitational after setting a
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second place finish (1:57.46) at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open’s in the 800 meter run. AS A SOPHOMORE: Opened the season running the 800 at the Blue and Gold Invitational in 1:58.37 … also teamed with the 4x400 relay to finish in 3:30.13 … racked a fourth-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:28.47) as the first leg at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … closed the indoor season at the Meyo Invitational running the 800 in 1:55.43, a personal best … concluded the outdoor season at the Gina Relays with an outdoor personal best in the 800 (1:56.41). AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the outdoor season at the Dave Rankin Invitational in the 800 (1:59.11) … competed at the Mike Poehlein Invitational in the 800 (1:57.09) for 11th … ran the 800 in 2:01.54 at the Notre Dame Invitational … opened the season in the 500 (1:09.70) at the Blue and Gold Invitational for 10th place.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eighttime letterwinner in track and cross country at St. Louis Priory (Mo.) … team won cross country state title his freshman year and placed second during his sophomore campaign … three-time ABC Conference champion in track … senior cross country and track team captain … eight-time all-conference selection … named an all-state runner five times (four times in track and one in cross country) … set school records in the 1,600, 3,200 and 4x800 … born January 17, 1990 … full name is Maximilian Joseph Vincent Cruz … son of Joseph and Christiane Cruz … has two sisters, Miriam and Maria … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a Spanish major with a minor in preprofessional studies.
mark at 13.76m, good for third place in the event … later set his best outdoor mark at the Gina Relays, travelling 12.86m and earning seventh place. AS A SOPHOMORE: Started the indoor season with a personal best in the triple jump (13.10m) … went 6.09m in the long jump at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … posted a triple jump of 12.73m at the same meet … at the Notre Dame Invitational, went 6.11m in the long jump for a personal best … cleared 12.56m in the triple jump at the Notre Dame Invitational … at the Meyo Invitational, went 12.89m in the triple jump … opened the outdoor season at the Mike Poehlein Invitational in the triple jump (13.01m) … went 13.24m in the triple jump at the Dave Rankin Invitational … concluded the season with a personal best in the triple jump (13.64m) at the Gina Relays for a fourth-place finish. AS A FRESHMAN: Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Fourtime letterwinner in track and soccer at Deerfield (Ill.) … named to the all-confer-
ence track squad as a junior and senior … all-city track selection as a senior … twotime track team captain … set school’s indoor school triple jump record with a mark of 43-6 … also set the outdoor record at 44-9 3/4 … helped soccer team win a regional championship as a senior … member of the National Honor Society and Loaves Youth Group … born October 27, 1989, in Deerfield, Ill. … son of Timothy and Marie Glass … one of four children … father (‘77), mother (‘77) and sister, Samantha (‘07), graduated from Notre Dame … father was a fencer at Notre Dame … sister was a member of the Irish rowing team … brother, Nick, plays football at St. Norbert … enrolled in the College of Science and majoring in preprofessional.
CRUZ’S INDOOR BESTS 500m 800m
1:09.70 (Blue & Gold Invitational, 2009) 1:55.43 (Meyo Invitational, 2010)
GLASS’ INDOOR BESTS Long Jump Triple Jump
6.59m (Meyo Invitational, 2011) 13.76m (Blue & Gold Invitational, 2011)
GLASS’ OUTDOOR BESTS Long Jump Triple Jump
6.77m 13.64m
(Gina Relays, 2011) (Gina Relays, 2010)
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