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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Spencer Hielkema

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Rockton, Ill.

Biography

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Career Bests

8K: 24:58.50 (10/14/22)
10K: 32:05.40 (11/11/22)

2022: Ran a career best time in the 8K (10/14) at the Bradley Pink Classic at 24:58.50…Finished 23rd overall with a 26:14.40 time in the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships…Finished second on SIUE with a 32:05.40 time at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.

2021: Posted 8K PR at the Bradley Pink Classic (26:10.7) ... Finished second on the team and 174th overall at the NCAA Division I Regional Championships with career-best time of 34:11.45.

2020 (competed in early 2021): Ran new personal best at the Redhawks XC Invite (1/23) with an 8K time of 26:35.8 ... Placed 46th overall at the OVC Championships in 30:16.0

2019: Competed in four races during freshman season.  Top place was 38th at SIUE John Flamer Invitational (28:38.4) and fastest time was at Bradley Pink Classic (28:14.6).

Prep: First team All-Conference his junior and senior season at Hononegah High School ... Named team Most Valuable Player ... Led Hononegah to first cross country conference title in four years ... Earned four letters for track and field and one for cross country ... Part of school record 4X800 at Hononegah ... Son of Jerry and Laura Hielkema.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior