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2015 Men's Cross Country Roster

Matt Higgins, MIAC

Tom Ritter

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Highschool Washington

Biography

About Tom:
A senior distance runner and 2016 Captain, Tom looks forward to his 4th of track as Bethel's leading distance runner. In cross-country Tom is ranked in the Top 30 runners All-Time at Bethel. His track resume is equally impressive with 2 Top 10 times at Bethel and 6 qualifying races for the Conference Championships over 4 years. At the 2015 Indoor Conference meet Tom ran the 5K in 15:54.66, placing him 8th All-Time at Bethel. Just a few months later at the Outdoor Conference meet he ran another historical race in the 10K and his time of 32:53.59 is now 6th All-Time. In 2014 Tom also qualifyed in the 5K and 10K for the Conference meet at St. Olaf and he looks to continue that success this year. Tom is an only child from Souix Falls, South Dakota where he lives with his parents, Paul and Jan. 

College Personal Bests:
    Indoor
    Mile - 4:33.82
    3000M - 9:04.66 
    5000M - 15:54.66 8th All-Time


    Outdoor
    1500M - 4:20.79
    5000M - 16:00.02
    10,000M - 32:53.59 6th All-Time

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

  • 2013Sophomore

  • 2014Junior

  • 2015Senior

  • 2015Senior