2014 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... SPU Most Valuable (low-point) in 2014. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2012.
Senior (2014): The only Falcon to run in six meets, the last of which was the NCAA West Regionals in Billings, Mont., finishing 134th overall. ... Was the first SPU finisher in the other five meets. ... Had a personal-best 19th-place finish at GNACs, and a personal-best time of 25:34 on the 8-kilometer Ash Creek Preserve course at Western Oregon University. ... Raced into the top 10 at Sundodger on Sept. 20, placing ninth in 25:10. That was a PR by 47 seconds. ... Was 49th among non-Division I runners and 150th among 361 runners overall at the Stanford Invitational.
Junior (2013): Ran No. 1 for SPU and sixth overall both the long-course and short-course race at Fairbanks. ... Also was the first Falcon across the line at Sundodger and at the Charles Bowles Invitational. ... Had a personal-best finish of 16th over at the Bowles. ... Ran second for the Falcons at GNAC (36th overall) and at NCAA West Regionals (63rd). The conference placing was his highest ever.
Sophomore (2012): Missed most of the season with an injury, but was back in time for the GNAC Championships, in which he made Seattle Pacific's top 7, running No. 6 for the team and 64th overall. ... That earned him a spot on the squad that traveled to Hawaii for NCAA West Regionals, in which he ran No. 7 for SPU and 120th overall.
Freshman (2011): Ran in seven meets, and was part of SPU's scoring pack in all of them. ... After running in the informal (and unscored) Lake Padden Relays on Sept. 3, made his official college debut a week later at the Apple Ridge Run Invitational, placing No. 4 for SPU (9th overall) as the Falcons won the team title. ... Also ran No. 4 at Sundodger (44th overall) and the Erik Anderson Invitational (133rd overall), and No. 5 at the Charles Bowles Invitational (56th overall). ... Came through the chute No. 3 for Seattle Pacific (38th overall) at GNACs, then was the second-leading Falcons runner (49th overall) at NCAA West Regionals, helping the unranked Falcons finish 7th as a team at the latter.
Issaquah High School: Ran in the Washington state cross country meet three times, helping Issaquah take third place as a junior in 2009. ... Team captain as a senior. ... Has the eighth-fastest 3,200-meter time (9:36) in school history.
Personal: Turner Allen Wiley. ... Born April 17, 1993. ... Nursing major.
Fun facts: Dumbest movie he ever saw was "Human Centipede." ... Book he just couldn't put down was any from the "Harry Potter" series. ... Favorite junk food is Gold Fish crackers. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Steve Prefontaine. ... His friends call him T-Dub.
