Espeland’s Performance History and Personal Bests
2013-14 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): Consistently among NDSU's top 4 finishers on the season ... NDSU's No. 4 runner at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15), placing 112th with a time of 32:34.8 for the 10k course in Ames, Iowa ... NDSU's No. 4 runner at The Summit League Championships (11/2) with a time of 26:03.01 in the 8k race in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... Season-best 8-kilometer time of 25:56 at the Stanford Cross Country Invitational (9/28).
Indoor (Senior): Summit League runner-up in the mile and fourth-place finisher in the 800m at the Summit League Indoor Championships ... Also ran a leg on NDSU's Summit League runner-up 4x400m relay team ... Season-best time of 4:13.95 in the mile at the league meet ... Season-best 800m time of 1:53.62 at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Feb. 1 ... Finished his career at No. 7 all-time at NDSU in the indoor 800m.
Outdoor (Senior): Summit League champion in the 1500m run, winning with a time of 3:52.57 ... Placed fourth in the 800m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... Career-best 1500m time of 3:50.18 at the UC Riverside Spring Classic on Mar. 27, ranking him No. 8 all-time at NDSU ... Season-best time of 1:50.88 in the 800m at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 19.
2012-13 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Did not compete.
INDOOR (Junior): The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/24) runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:55.44 ... Placed fifth in the mile run at the league meet with a time of 4:16.72 ... Career PR of 4:12.96 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic (2/7), placing second by 0.38-seconds ... Season best 800m time of 1.51.80 at the Iowa State Qualifier (3/2) ... Named to Summit League Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team.
OUTDOOR (Junior): Runner-up in the 800m at The Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/9) with a time of 1:52.05 ... Ran second leg on the third-place Bison 1,600m relay team (3:16.70) ... Recorded career-best time 800m of 1:50.48 in the finals of the Stanford Invitational (3/29), good for fourth in his heat and eighth overall ... That 800m time was the fastest in The Summit League during season ... Finished the season ranked eighth all-time at NDSU in the outdoor 800m ... Selected to the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Team.
2011-12 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): NDSU's No. 3 finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/12), placing 88th overall with a 10k time of 33:44.28 ... NDSU's No. 6 finisher at The Summit League Championships, taking 31st place overall in 26:34.60 for the 8k course ... posted his fastest 8k time of the season at the Tim Young Invitational (10/15), completing the course in 26:23.10 for 16th place ... took 11th place at the Bison Open (9/30) in 26:25.36.
INDOOR (Sophomore): Placed eighth in the 800m at the Summit League Indoor Championships, finishing in 1:55.16 ... season-best 800m time of 1:53.50 at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Jan. 28 ... season-best mile time of 4:22.10 at the Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 21 ... won the 800m at the Bison Invitational on Jan. 15.
OUTDOOR (Sophomore): Finished fourth in the 1,500m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:56.08 ... also ran the 800m at the conference meet, placing 11th overall ... ran the 800m leg on the Bison distance medley relay that set the school record of 9:41.85 and placed sixth at the Drake Relays ... also ran on the NDSU 4x800m team at the Drake Relays that took seventh place and ranks No. 7 all-time at NDSU ... season-best 800m time of 1:50.65 at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 22 ... season-best 1,500m time of 3:54.07 at the Masanz Invitational on May 5.
2010-11 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in all six races for the Bison...Ran a personal best 6k time of 19:16.87 at the NDSU Open...Posted a personal best 8k time of 25:22.0 at the Jim Drews Invitational en route to a 23rd place finish...Placed 16th at the Summit League Championships (8k) in 25:36.0...99th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (10k) in 32:23.12.
Indoor (Freshman): Middle distance runner...Won the 800 meters at the Bison Open in 1:53.85...Posted a personal best time of 4:11.43 in the mile at the Bill Bergan Invitational...Finished 10th in the 800 meters and third in the mile at the Summit League Championships...Clocked in at 1:51.42 in the 800 at the Alex Wilson Last Chance meet...The time ranks seventh all-time at NDSU.
Outdoor (Freshman): Specialized in the 800 meters...Ran a personal best time of 1:50.59 at the Mt. SAC Relays, ranking eight all-time at NDSU...Finished fourth in the 800 at the Summit League Championships with a time of 1:53.55.
2009-10 SEASON
Cross Country: Redshirt
Indoor: Redshirt
Outdoor: Redshirt
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at T.F. Riggs High School...South Dakota state runner-up in cross country as a senior...Also a three-time all-conference selection and two-time all-state pick in cross country...NHSACA All-American as a senior...Two-time state champion in the 800 meters (2008, 2009)...Also captured the state crown in the 1,600 meters as a senior...Named the South Dakota Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year as a senior...Honorable mention All-American on the track in 2009...Anchor on the state championship sprint medley relay as a senior...Helped Riggs win three straight state track titles from 2006-2008...Member of the 4x800 school record team...Also won two letters in basketball.
PERSONAL: Son of Kevin Espeland and Christal Schreiber...Has two brothers, Brayden and Camden...Majoring in microbiology.
