MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY BIOS

DAN LIECHTY
Senior
Winterset, IA / Winterset High School

2007-08: Competed in all six races for the CSM cross country squad...A member of the 2007 CSM cross country squad that placed seventh at the NCAA Division II National Championships...Finished 20th at the RMAC Cross Country Championships, 35th at Regionals and 85th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships...Competed for the CSM track & field squad...Placed fifth in the 5,000m run and 14th in the 3,000m run at the 2008 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships...Finished 13th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2008 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships...Qualified for the Dean's List...Has earned multiple Silver Academic Achievement Awards.

2006-07: A member of the 2006 CSM cross country team that finished seventh at the NCAA Division II National Championships...Qualified for the CSM Dean's List...An Academic All-American...Competed on the CSM track & field team.

2005-06: A member of the 2005 CSM cross country team that finished sixth at the NCAA Division II National Championships...Competed on the CSM track & field team...A national qualifier in the Steeplechase at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships (9:22)...An Academic All-RMAC performer during the indoor track & field season.

2004-05: Redshirted at CSM.

High School: Earned two letters in cross country and one in track & field...A two-time All-Conference selection in cross country...A State qualifier in cross country his senior year... Selected as WHS's Best Athlete his senior season...Earned four letters in golf...A four-year letterwinner on the baseball team...Led the baseball team to a pair of appearances in the State tournament...Earned a pair of letters in basketball and one in football...Winterset's Class of 2004 Valedictorian...Recipient of the Foreign Language Award and the Social Studies Award...A Finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman...An Iowa Scholar.