2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Derek Wieck

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hartley, Texas

Biography

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2017 Outdoor: 2017 Lone Star Conference 3,000-meter steeplechase champion. Earned 1st Team All-LSC honors after winning the 3,000m steeplechase in a time of 9:31.46. He also finished eighth in the 5,000-meters running a personal best time of 15:35.15. Ran a personal best time of 9:27.84 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival where he finished 12th overall. Ran a personal best time of 4:09.07 over 1,500-meters at the Beach Invitational.

2017 Indoor: Finished seventh in the 5,000-meters at the Lone Star Conference Championships running a personal best 15:42.73. He also finished 12th in the 3,000-meters at the same championships in a time of 9:12.14. Ran a personal best time of 8:58.94 over 3,000m at the GVSU Big Meet Saturday a day after clocking 15:45.26 at the GVSU Big Meet Friday. He ran a leg on the distance medley relay that finished third at the Grizzly/Buffalo Clash.

2016 Cross Country: Redshirt.

2016 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Lone Star Conference Championships running a personal-best time of 9:44.50. He also finished 12th in the 5,000-meters running 15:59.34 at the same meet. Won the 3,000 steeplechase at both the Ross Black Open and WT Classic & Multi while finishing third in that event at the Texas Tech Open.

2016 Indoor: Redshirt.

2015 Cross Country: As a freshman, Wieck ran a personal-best time of 27:06.8 in the 8k at the Chile Pepper Festival. Was the Buffs eighth finisher at the LSC Championships (8k) placing 25th with a time of 27:23.5.

High School: Graduated from Hartley High School in 2015, where he competed in the 5k in cross country and 1600m and 3200m events in track. He placed third at the 2014 UIL 1A Texas State Cross Country Championships. He placed fifth in 2013 and tenth in 2012. He placed third at the 2015 and 2014 at the  UIL 1A Texas State Championships in the 3200m. Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born on October 28, 1996. Son of Mark and Emily Wieck. Has two sisters, Kaitlyn and Kelly. Majoring in animal science at West Texas A&M.

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  • 2015Freshman

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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