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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2015-16 Track & Field Roster

John Lozano
John Lozano
John Lozano
Fran Ruchalski
Fran Ruchalski

Julie Mathisen

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Askim, Norway
  • Highschool Wang Toppidrett Fredrikstad

Biography

Personal Bests: 
800m - 2:07.68
1,500m - 4:27.27
Mile - 4:55.01
3,000m - 10:28.74
5K (XC) - 17:41.09

National/Regional Honors: 
Outdoor Track - Regional Participant (2015)

OVC Individual Championships:
Indoor Track – Mile (2014, 2015)

2014-15:
Cross CountryNamed first team All-OVC after finishing sixth at the OVC Championships with a season-best 5K time of 17:41.09, a performance that helped the EKU women’s team win its eighth conference crown in the last nine years … placed fourth on the team and 60th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a 6K time of 21:36.4 … her performance helped the women finish seventh in the Southeast, their best regional finish in at least the last 10 years.
Track and Field – Qualified for the NCAA East Regional with a personal-best 2:07.68 in the 800 meters, which he ran at the Kentucky Relays on May 2 ... finished 46th in the 800 meters at the regional meet with a time of 2:14.57 ... took silver in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships, clocking a time of 4:27.38 ... also scored points with a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters at the outdoor championships (2:16.92) ... recorded a personal-best time of 4:27.27 in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season ... won the mile at the OVC Indoor Championships for the second consecutive year, clocking a season-best time of 4:55.01 … also scored points with a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters (2:17.52). 

2013-14:
Cross Country – Finished 36th at the season-opening Bluegrass Invitational with a season-best 5K time of 18:26.07 … placed 22nd at the OVC Championships with a time of 19:08.09.
Track and Field – Won her first-career individual conference title with a first-place finish in the mile (5:00.70) at the OVC Indoor Championships … also earned a silver medal in the 800 meters at the indoor championships, logging a time of 2:14.76 … notch a personal-best 4:58.90 in the mile at the Hoosier Hills Invitational on Valentine’s Day … continued her breakout year during outdoor season … was named the OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week on April 16 after placing fourth out 51 competitors in the 800 meters at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 2:09.23, which at the time was the fastest in the OVC and the fourth-fastest all-time at EKU … took silver in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships (4:33.90) and fourth in the 800 meters (2:12.85).

2012-13:
Cross Country – 
Finished sixth on the team and 19th overall with a 5K time of 18:04.4 to help lead the EKU women to their sixth conference crown in the last seven years … took fifth on the team and 148th overall at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships two weeks later, covering the 6K course in a time of 23:02.70.
Track and Field – Took bronze in the 800 meters at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships, clocking a time of 2:15.62 … was also a member of the winning distance medley relay team at the OVC Indoor Championships … recorded a personal-best time of 2:13.10 in the 800 meters at the Hoosier Hills Open on Feb. 8 and 5:08.94 in the mile at the Middle Tennessee State Invitational on Feb. 2 … ran a personal-best 4:42.91 in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season.

High School Accomplishments: 2:17.02 in the 800 meters, 4:53.63 in the 1,500 meters and 10:30 in the 3,000 meters.

Personal: Daughter of Karin and Vidar Mathisen ... major is journalism.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Junior

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  • 2015-16Senior

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