Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... Seattle Pacific MVP/Low point in 2010. ... SPU Most Improved in 2010. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2010 and 2011.

Senior (2011): Ran in six meets. Started off by leading SPU (2nd overall) at season-opening Alaska Fairbanks Long-Course Invitational. The next day, ran No. 2 for the Falcons (3rd overall) in the short-course meet, helping Seattle Pacific complete a sweep of the team titles. ... Finished No. 2 for SPU (35th overall) at Sundodger, as the Falcons placed 5th as a team, the highest in school history. ... Finished No. 7 for SPU (53rd overall) at GNAC, but came back strong two weeks later to run No. 4 for the Falcons (61st overall) at NCAA West Regionals, factoring into a 7th-place team finish tha saw unranked SPU beat three teams ranked among the top 10.

Junior (2010): First cross country season at SPU. ... Ran in six meets, and was Seattle Pacific's No. 1 finisher in four of them. ... Led the way with a 24th-place overall finish at the Apple Ridge Invitational in Yakima on Sept. 11. ... Placed 1st for SPU (115th overall) at Charles Bowles Invitational on Oct. 2 in Salem. ... Was up front for the Falcons at the GNAC Championships on Nov. 6 in Yakima (32nd overall) and again at the NCAA West Regionals in Bellingham (67th overall) on Nov. 20.

Personal: Jacob William Wahlenmaier. ... Political science major, psychology minor.

Fun facts: Started cross country in middle school when he wanted to try a new sport, didn't like football, and his school didn't have a soccer team. Actually hadn't planned to run high school cross country. But when he didn't show up for summer practices, "they sent the biggest guy on the team (about football-player size) in his big black truck to take to practice. When he showed up on my doorstep, I was afraid that he would simply pick me up and take me to practice anyway, so I went to practice. I've loved the sport ever since." ... If not running, probably would do biking, since his family enjoys that. . ... Dumbest movie he ever saw was "Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus." ... Book that he couldn't put down was "The Three Musketeers," saying, "I'm just now discovering how amazing the classics really are." . ... Favorite junk food is most things chocolate -- in particular Haagan Daz ice cream bars. . ... Favorite TV program is Boston Legal. ... In 10 years, wants to be teaching or coaching -- or both. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Benjamin Franklin "to find out his exact interpretatio of certain phrases of the Constitution, as well as what the other founders thought the words meant."