Michael Espinosa

Sport: Cross Country/Track

Class: Senior

Hometown: Media

High School: Penncrest

Major: Secondary Education

2005 (Track): (Outdoor) Placed fifth in the 5000 at Lehigh in 15:40.30...Won the 3000 meters at Lafayette in a time of 8:54.00...Finished the 5000 meters at Bucknell in a time of 15:14.39...Finished eighth in the 1500 meters at West Chester in 4:10.14...Ran a PSAC qualifying time of 15:34 in the 5000 meters at the Raleigh Relays...Had a PSAC qualifying time of 10:00 in the steeplechase at Virginia Commonwealth. (Indoor)Took third in the one mile run at Kutztown, finishing in a time of 4:31.55...Finished eighth in the 3000 meters at East Stroudsburg in 9:02.69...Qualified for the PSAC's in the 3000 meters at Bucknell in 8:56.87...Member of distance medley team that qualified for the PSAC's with a time of 10:34.63 at the Bison Open...Had a solid showing at Susquehanna, placing seventh in the 800 meters in a time of 2:03.75...Also to ninth in the 1500 meters in 4:10.72 at the same event.

2004: Was the second of two top-10 finishers for the Huskies at the NCAA Regional meet placing ninth in a time of 32:46...Came in 20th place at the PSAC Championships in a time of 26:49 to help lead the Huskies to a fourth place finish overall...Finished 121st at the Penn State National Meet in a time of 27:26...Won the Husky Invitational with a time of 26:36.00, leading the team to a first-place finish...Had a strong showing at the Bison Open, taking 20th in 15:44...Placed 63rd at the Penn State Spiked Shoe in a time of 27:47...Took the 7,500 meter Slippery Rock course in 26:51, good enough for ninth...Finished 26th overall in the Gulden Invitational at Bucknell University in a time of 26:21.

2003: Finished his home course in a time of 29:10, good enough for 28th place at the BU Invitational...Took 99th at Penn State in a time of 28:55...Took 123rd overall at Lock Haven...Finished in the top 50 at the Gulden Invitational at Bucknell, taking 49th place in a time of 27:06...Ran extremely well and finished first for the Huskies in the JV meet at the DeSales Invitational...Was the Huskies fourth finisher at Mansfield, completing the course in 16:04 and placing ninth overall...Was the team's second finisher and placed 17th overall at the PSAC Champion-ships...Finished 61st overall at the NCAA Regionals in a time of 34:15.

2004 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Spiked Shoe

SRU Quad

Gulden Inv.

Husky Inv.

Penn St..

ESU Inv.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(20) 15:44

(121) 27:26

(9) 26:51

(26) 26:21

(1) 26:36

(76) 27:47

(20) 26:49

(9) 32:46

2003 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

BU Inv.

Penn St.

Lock Haven Inv.

Bucknell Inv.

DeSales Inv.

Mansfield.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(28) 29:10

(99) 28:55

(123) 28:36

(49) 27:06

(1) JV 27:55

(9) 16:04

(17) 27:14

(61) 34:15

2002 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

KU Inv.

Penn St.

BU Inv.

Lehigh Inv.

DeSales Invit.

GC Invit.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(22) 29:04

(143) 29:43

(5) 29:38

(185) 28:20

(61) 27:49

(33) 28:25

(48) 35:06