Air Force Academy

Abe Wengel

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Class: Senior Hometown: Menomonie, WI High School: Menomonie

Position: Team Co-Captain

JUNIOR (2003): Finished 11th at the MWC Championships for the second year in a row, with a time of 25:16 ... earned all-conference second-team honors ... opened the season with a seventh-place finish at the Woody Greeno Invite (25:35) ... placed eighth at Indiana State with a time of 25:31 ... finished 38th at the NCAA Mountain Regionals ... set a season-best 10k mark of 31:01.6 at the NCAA Championships, finishing 94th ... set a season-best 8k record at the Pre-NCAA meet, placing 51st with a time of 24:26 ... SOPHOMORE (2002): Earned all-conference second-team honors after finishing 11th at MWC Championships (24:54) ... finished in the top-10 at New Mexico with a time of 25:07 ... recorded a time of 25:20 at the Cowboy Jamboree (28th) ... tallied a Pre-NCAA time of 25:33 to finish 127th of 244 athletes ... finished 60th at the NCAA Mountain Regionals with a time of 32:01 ... moved into the top-10 on the outdoor track program's all-time list with a 10,000-meter time of 30:43.29 ... FRESHMAN (2001): Was the top Falcon to finish at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational, finished fifth with a time of 26:28 ... team finished first ... recorded a season-best time of 26:17 at the Lobo Invitational ... finished 48th at the CSU Invitational and 215th at the Roy Griak Invitational ... moved into the track program's best marks list for the indoor 3000-meter, as well as the outdoor 1500-meter, 5000-meter, 10,000-meter runs ... HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain for track and cross country ... named MVP as a senior ... two-time conference champion ... two-time all-conference first team member in track ... placed soccer for three years and basketball for one ... DARE representative and Badger Boys State representative ... NOTABLES: Two-year letterwinner on the track and field team ... majoring in Geography ... selected as co-captain of the men's cross country team.