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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson

Connor Schank

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Winsted, Minn.
  • High School Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted HS

Biography

Schank's Performance History & Personal Bests

2019-20 SEASON

 
Cross Country (Senior): Did not compete.
Indoor (Senior): Did not compete. 
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Junior): Finished in the top 7 for the Bison at all six meets on the season … Three meets finishing in NDSU’s top 5 … No. 5 finisher for the Bison at the Summit League Championships, placing 18th overall … Season-best 8k time of 25:50.2 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 13, finishing 8th overall.
Indoor (Junior): Posted a personal-best mile time of 4:18.42 at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 16, winning the event … Season-best 3000m time of 9:07.02 at the Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 26.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 6th in the 3000m steeplechase at the Summit League Championships … Also took 15th in the 5000m at the conference meet … Personal-best steeplechase time of 9:26.06 at the Summit League Championships.

2017-18 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Sophomore): No. 6 finisher for the Bison at both the Summit League Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional … Placed 16th overall at the conference meet in a season-best 8k time of 25:46.7 … Among NDSU’s top seven finishers at five of the six meets he entered.
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in the mile at five indoor meets, running a season-best time of 4:28.42 at the UND Tune-Up on Feb. 17.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Clocked a personal-best 1500m time of 4:05.35 at the Cobber Snow-nami Open on Apr. 22 … Ran a 3000m steeplechase personal-best of 9:55.86 at the Cobber Twilight on Apr. 25.

2016-17 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Freshman): Finished among NDSU’s top seven runners at each of the final five meets of the season … Placed 21st overall at the Summit League Championships … NDSU’s No. 6 finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 140th with a 10k time of 32:51.7 … Season-best 8k time of 26:04.7 at Oregon’s Bill Dellinger Invitational.
Indoor (Freshman): Ran a season-best mile time of 4:23.07 at the Bison Open on Feb. 4 … Posted four mile races under 4:25 on the season.
Outdoor (Freshman): Clocked times of 1:59.07 in the 800m, 4:07.57 in the 1500m and 10:09.12 in the 3000m steeplechase.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for the Minnesota Class A State Cross Country Championships in all four years of high school, placing 4th as a junior in 2014 and 6th as a senior in 2015 … Class A state runner-up in the 800m and 1600m as a senior in 2016 … Also finished 9th in the 1600m at the state track meet as a junior … Owned personal-best times of 15:56 in the 5k in cross country, 10:04 in the 3200m, 4:23 in the 1600m, and 1:56 in the 800m ... School record holder in the 800m, mile and 5k … Also played basketball and baseball.
 
PERSONAL: Parents, Brent and Barb, both ran track and cross country for the Bison and graduated from NDSU ... Has one younger sister, Camden ... Majoring in natural resource management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

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  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2018Junior

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  • 2019Senior

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