Year: Senior
Height: 6-5
Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas
High School: The Woodlands High School
Previous School: University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Major: Finance and Economics
Parents: Mark and Vanessa Almand, and Kerin Almand
High School Honors
- Three cross country letters.
- Two track letters.
- Member of the 2003 and 2004 cross country State Championship teams.
- Member of the 2003 National Championship team.
- Competed in first Nike Team National Championships - team finished 7th in the nation.
William Woods Honors
- AMC XC Runner of the Week - 2007 - Oct. 15th.
- 2007 Cross Country All-AMC.
- 2007 AMC Cross Country Newcomer of the Year.
- AMC XC Runner of the Week - 2008 - Sept. 15th.
- AMC XC Runner of the Week - 2008 - Sept. 22nd.
- AMC XC Runner of the Week - 2008 - Oct. 16th.
- 2008 AMC Cross Country Championships Individual Champion.
- 2008 Cross Country All-AMC.
- 2008 AMC Championships Outstanding Runner Award.
- 2008 Academic All-AMC.
- 2008 NAIA Cross Country National Qualifier
Cross Country Highlights at WWU
2007 Season
Owls #1 runner in 3 meets. Led the owls at the Central Missouri Mule Run placing 14th out of 146 runners with a 4 mile time of 21:29. Ran 26:09 at the Missouri Southern Stampede to place 85th out of 337 runners. Helped the Owls to a third place finish at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational by placing 11th in the field of 239 runners in a time of 26:40. Placed 19th out of 234 runners in a time of 26:55 at the NAIA Mid States Classic. Earned All-Conference honors at the AMC meet by placing 5th overall and helping the owls to the AMC Conference team title. Was the Owls #1 runner at the NAIA Region V meet placing 16th overall in a personal best time of 25:59. |