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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Mark Alexander

Zach Kanlong

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 140
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Twentynine Palms
  • Highschool Twentynine Palms HS
  • Prev School Twentynine Palms HS

Biography

AS A JUNIOR IN CROSS COUNTRY (2016): Finished in 102nd place for 8k at the USF Invitational at Golden Gate Park with a time of 27:48 coming in 9th place for the Pioneers... Finished in 209th place for 8k at the UC Riverside Invitational in Ontario, California with a time of 27:40... Finished 66th at the SF State Invitational on October 7th for a time of 28:34... Finished off his Junior year at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in 115th place with a time of 28:04.


AS A SOPHOMORE IN CROSS COUNTRY (2015): Finished fourth at the Cal State East Bay-Holy Names 5k Dual Meet at Garin Park in Hayward...finished 21st at Academy of Art/San Francisco State Tri-Meet.

AS A FRESHMAN IN TRACK AND FIELD (2015): Competed in five events for the Pioneers....Ran the 1500 three times, best time was 4:21.45 at the S.F. State Distance Carnival...competed in the 5000 meters twice and best time was 16:52.09 at the Hornet Invitational...ran the 4x400 relay at the Cal State East Bay Legacy Invitational and team finished with a time of 3:46.76.

AS A FRESHMAN IN CROSS COUNTRY (2014): Best 8K time was 27:39.1 at the Stanford Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: A 2014 graduate of Twentynine Palms High School... Competed on the cross country team for four years and the track team for three years... Helped both cross country and track claim De Anza League Championships in 2012... Led Twentynine Palms to a seventh-place finish at the 2012 CIF State Cross Country Meet... Individual CIF Cross Country Finalist in 2013... Qualified for CIF Track & Field Finals in all three of his distance events (800m and 1600m in 2013; 3200m in 2014)... Ran the 1600m in 4:34 as a junior... Ran the 3200m in 9:56, a personal best, in 2014... First runner from his school to finish the Mount San Antonio College Cross Country course in under 16 minutes... Graduated with a 3.2 gpa... Involved in the Associated Student Body.

PERSONAL: Majoring in kinesiology... Hobbies include running, riding dirtbikes, and listening to music... Chose CSUEB "because the coaches showed a strong interest in me, I felt that I could contribute to the success of the team, and I also wanted a change of scenery"... Favorite athletes are Chad Reed, Nick Symmonds, and Asbel Kiprop, Favorite foods are pizza and fried chicken... Favorite movies are PrefontaineForrest Gump, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off... Favorite musical artists are Mastadon, Between the Buried and Me, Job for a Cowboy, Nirvana, and Deftones... Parents are Henry Kanlong and Patricia Britton... Born April 11, 1996.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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  • 2016Junior

    5'8" 140 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    5'8" 140 lbs