John Black

Class:
Junior
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
High School:
Brother Rice

Senior (2008)... Finished ninth (31:57) at the EMU Fall Classic ...Finished 18th (25:10.2) in the open race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 18) ...Finished 24th (25:19.2) at the Br. Doyle Meet of Champions (Sept. 20)...Finished 11th (25:25) at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 12).

Junior (2007)... All-Regional ... Finished 115th (31:27.00) at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19) ... Placed 20th (31:26.16) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10) and earned All-Regional honors ... Finished 26th (24:38.18) at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28) ... Finished 86th (24:22.9) at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 13) ... Placed 39th (24:42) at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 28)

Sophomore (2006)... All-Regional ... Placed 19th (31:45.27) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11) and earned All-Regional honors ... Finished 46th (24:23.7) at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 14) ... Set an 8,000-meter personal record and came in 20th (24:19) at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 29) ... Ran unattached and finished fourth (32:20) at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1).

Freshman (2005)... Missed final four meets of the season with injury ... Clocked personal-best 25:07 in 68th-place performance at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 30) ... Took 48th at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) with a time of 25:16 ... Claimed 14th place (25:22) in U-M debut at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 16).

Prep... Graduated from Brother Rice High School (2005) ... Honor Roll ... Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete ... Academic all-state selection ... Claimed 21st place at the 2004 Footlocker Cross Country Championships and fourth in the midwest regional ... Placed 28th at the 2003 regional meet ... Three-time all-state selection (2002, '03, '04) ... Michigan cross country state runner-up as senior (2004) ... 2004 Catholic League, regional and Oakland county individual champion ... Team captain (2004) ... Also competed in track and field ... Won the 3,200-meter title at the 2005 Michigan state meet (9:14.59) ... Claimed seventh in the 3,000m as a junior (2004) ... Three-time Catholic League champion as a senior (2005) in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m ... Doubled in 1600m and 3200m at 2004 league championships ... Served as team captain (2005).

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in history... Born on Oct. 7, 1987 ... Son of David and Beth Black.