Men’s Returner Bios
Casimir
LOXSOM SO./SO. Eligible New Haven, Conn. Wilbur Cross MID-DISTANCE • CROSS COUNTRY
Loxsom’s Collegiate Career Bests Indoor 400 Meters *** 500-Meters 1:01.28 600 Meters 1:16.92 800 Meters 1:47.36 4x400-Meter Relay 3:07.27 Sprint Medley Relay *** 4x800-Meter Relay ***
Outdoor 47.97 *** *** 1:45.28 3:07.19 3:17.10 7:12.90
On the International Stage … || 2011 Outdoor || Placed fourth in the 800-meters at the World University Games, while representing the United States ... Finished second in a world-class field at the Harry Jerome Invitational in Vancouver, running a school-record 1:45.28 … Would come back just two days later to finish second at the Victoria Track Classic in 1:46.71. || 2010 Outdoor || Became the highest-ever United States finisher in a distance event at the IAAF World Junior Championships, with a second-place standing in the 800-meters … Clocked a PR 1:46.57 in the final – the second-fastest time in PSU history, and sixth-best ever run by a U.S. junior athlete … Advanced to the IAAF World Juniors via a victory in the 800-meters at the USATF Junior Championships, where he clocked 1:47.75 in the final ... Performance is the sixth-fastest ever run by a U.S. Junior athlete || 2010 Indoor || Clocked a personal-best 1:16.92 for 600-meters, which was recognized as a World Junior Best. On the National Scene … || 2011 Outdoor || Earned his first individual All-America citation via a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the fastest men’s 800-meter final on record … Ran a then school-record 1:45.31 – the all-time fastest performance by a fourth-place finisher in the NCAA final … Also fared well against professional competition, finishing sixth in the 800 final at the USATF Outdoor Championships in 1:47.89 5x – the second-best finish among collegiate competitors … Ran a 46.3 split for the 400-meter leg on the Nittany Lions’ schoolrecord sprint medley relay at Penn Relays … Team combined to win Penn State’s first “wheel” since 1987 with a finishing time 2x of 3:17.10 … Anchored the second-place 4x800 in 1:46.70 at Penn … The Nittany Lion ran a sizzling 7:12.90 – the seventhfastest time in collegiate history. || 2011 Indoor || Ran on the Lions’ fifth-place 4x400-meter relay, which finished in All-America status with a time of 3:07.50 … Clocked 45.42 on the relay – the third-fastest split of the competition … Finished 10th in the 800, earning Second Team All-America honors … Ran a school-record 1:01.28 for 500-meters, which was tied for the fastest by a collegian in 2011 … Ranked third in the collegiate 600-meter standings at 1:17.63 … Indoor 800 PR 1:47.36 was the fifthfastest mark by a collegian. || 2010 Outdoor || Placed 17th in the 800 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as one of just four freshman in the field … Advanced to the NCAA Championships after two heat victories at the NCAA First Round ... Was named
Mid-Atlantic Track Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season. || 2010 Indoor || Placed 15th in the 800 in his first-career NCAA appearance. At the Big Ten Championships … || 2011 Outdoor || Earned his second-straight Big Ten Outdoor 800 title, en route to a new Cretzmeyer Stadium (University of Iowa) record 1:47.70 … Also ran on the fifth-place 4x400 at Big Tens. || 2011 Indoor || Ran 1:17.63 to finish second in the 600 … Was also a member of the third-place 4x400 and eighth-place DMR. || 2010 Outdoor || Cruised to his first-career Big Ten title, running 1:48.06 in the 800 final … Anchored the Lions’ seventh-place 4x400-meter relay, which clocked a season-best 3:11.85 … Was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. || 2010 Indoor || Placed sixth overall in the 600, and was a member of the sixth-place 4x400 (3:13.45). Around the Track … || 2011 Outdoor || Won the 800 at the Jesse Owens Classic in 1:46.45 … Was a member of the school-record 4x400 at Florida Relays … Team combined to run 3:07.19. || 2011 Indoor || Ran the third leg on the Nittany Lions’ 3:07.27 4x400 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, winning the competition and setting a new school record … Clocked an automaticqualifying 1:47.36 to win the 800 at the Penn State National … Ran a school-record 1:01.28 to win the 500 at the Penn State Relays … Was a member of winning 4x400s at the Penn State Relays, Nittany Lion Challenge, and Penn State National. || 2010 Outdoor || Clocked a career-best 1:46.74 to win the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford … Ran the fastest split of the day on the 4x800 at Penn Relays, clocking 1:46.58, as a member of the third-place team, which ran 7:17.02 … Placed fourth overall and was the top collegiate finisher at the Sun Angel Classic, running 1:48.41 … Ran on the Lions’ winning 4x800 at the Florida Relays, helping the team to a meet-record 7:18.72 … Was twice named Big Ten Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season. || 2010 Indoor || Won the 600 at the PSU Northeast Challenge in 1:16.92 – the second-fastest time in PSU history … Finished fourth in the 800 at the Penn State National with an indoor PR and NCAA automatic-qualifying 1:47.98 … Was a member of winning 4x400s at the Penn State Relays and PSU Northeast Challenge. Before Penn State … || High School || New England indoor champion in the 600meters as a senior ... Also won the state outdoor 800-meter title in 2009 ... 600 PR of 1:18.72 was ranked third among preps in 2009 and is a New England record ... Clocked 1:50.45 in the 800 as a senior, which ranked eighth nationally ... Named 2008-09 Gatorade Connecticut Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... Placed sixth in the 800 at 2009 Nike Indoor Nationals, and 12th at Nike Outdoor Nationals. || Personal || Son of John and Christine Loxsom ... Born March 17, 1991 ... Majoring in Communication, Arts and Sciences.
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