Luke Anderson

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

XC Class:
Jr.
ITF Class:
Jr.
OTF Class:
Jr.
Hometown:
Palms, Mich.
High School:
Harbor Beach

2018 (Cross Country): Named Academic All-Mid-American Conference … placed 39^th in field of 204 runners in 10K personal-best 31.57.6 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/9) … finished ninth overall and first among CMU runners in 24:50.41 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28); race comprised 113 runners … finished 192nd in 25:55.4 at Pre-Nationals (10/13); race comprised 242 runners … finished seventh of 75 runners, and was the first CMU runner across the finish line, in 24.40.7 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (10/27 … earned First Team All-MAC honors for finishing among the top seven.

2018 (Outdoor Track & Field): Placed fourth in the MAC Championships (5/10-12) in the 1500 (3:54.88), and sixth in the 3000 steeplechase (9:12.21) … placed first in 1500 (3:58.97) in the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Invitational (4/13-14) … placed eighth in the 3000 steeplechase (9:03.54) at the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/30-31).

2018 (Indoor Track & Field): Placed sixth in the mile (4:16.13) at the MAC Championships (2/23-24) … ran first leg in the distance medley relay, which placed fifth (10:01.01) at the Grand Valley State Big Meet (2/10); joined Erick Huertas, Emmett Smrcka and Logan Kleam in the relay … placed third in the mile (4:12.47) at the Akron Invitational (2/2-3) … placed seventh in the 3000 (8:30.92) at the Saginaw Valley State Jet’s Pizza Invitational (1/26-27) … placed fourth in the mile (4:16.75) at the Saginaw Valley State Doug Hansen Open (1/19) … placed first in the 800 (1:59.57) at the CMU Jack Skoog Invitational (1/12).

2017 (Cross Country): Second Team All-MAC … Academic All-MAC … ran a career-best 5K (15:17.2) for seventh place at the 32nd Annual CMU Jeff Drenth Memorial (9/01) … took 34th overall at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational with a time of 26:16.8 (9/15) … clocked a career-best 8K time of 24:58.5 at the adidas Division I Pre-Nationals at Louisville (10/14) … finished 12th overall and first on the team with a 25:09.3 8K time at the Mid-American Conference Championships hosted by Miami (Ohio) (10/28) … led his team again at the NCAA Div. I Great Lakes Regional Championships, finishing 59th overall with a 10K time of 32:16.6 (11/10).

2017 (Outdoor Track & Field): Academic All-MAC ... began his outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a personal record of 9:13.12 at the Colonial Relays (3/30) hosted by the College of William & Mary (3/30) … placed fifth with a time of 9:15.63 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Jesse Owens University Classic hosted by Ohio State (4/21) … finished seventh at the Mid-American Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:22.70 and assisted the men’s 4x400m at the MAC Outdoor Championships to finish sixth with a time of 3:24.91 (5/13).

2017 (Indoor Track & Field): Academic All-MAC ... started off his career with a fourth-place finish in the mile with a time of 4:19.95 at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open (1/20) … finished sixth in the mile with a time of 4:22.19 at the EMU Triangular (1/28) … anchored the Distance Medley Relay to help them finish seventh in 10:05.70 at the Notre Dame Mayo Invitational (2/03) … came away from the Mid-American Indoor Track & Field Championships with a seventh place finish in the open 800 meters and ran the first leg of the DMR to help them finish fourth in 10:13.83 (2/24-25).

2016 (Cross Country): Redshirted.

2016 (Outdoor Track & Field): Redshirted.

2016 (Indoor Track & Field): Redshirted.

2015 (Cross Country): Finished 70th at the 8K Michigan State Spartan Invitational with a time of 26:41.9 (9/18) ... ran a 27:10.2 8K at the Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational (9/26) ... placed 5th at the Oakland Golden Grizzly Dual with a mark of 12:24 (10/9) ... finished in 25:28.9 in the 8K at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (10/17) ... finished 23rd at the MAC Championships with an 8K time of 25:33.7 (10/31) ... ran a 32:37.2 10K at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/13).

High School: 1600-meter Division 4 state champion in 2014 and 2015 ... 800-meter state champion in 2015 ... All-American 2000-meter steeplechase ... eight-time Division 4 All-State (once in 800 meters, twice in 1600 meters, twice in 3200 meters, once in 1600-meter relay, twice in cross country) ... holds school record in 400 meters (50.6 seconds), 800 meters (1:57.3), 1,600 meters (4:13.8), 3,200 meters (9:32.81), and cross country (15:41.0) ... New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 2015 ... Huron County Top 50 All-Academic ... National Honor Society ... earned four letters in track and field, three in cross country.

Career Bests: 800 (1:53.64); 1500 (4:08.24); Mile (4:15.49); 3000 steeplechase (9:13.12)