Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: West
Hometown: Madison, Wis.
2007 Cross Country: Earned consecutive sixth-place finishes in his first two competitions of the season: Ran 6k in 19:00 at the VT Invitational and completed 8k in 27:11 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational ... Finished 32nd at the ACC Championships with an 8k time of 25:12 ... Took 33rd in the 8k at the William & Mary Inter-Regional (25:44) ... 92nd finisher with a 10k run of 32:39 at the Chile Pepper Invitational.
2007 Outdoor: Took eighth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the ACC Championships with a personal-best time of 9:05.55, which met the NCAA's regional qualifying mark ... Member of distance medley relay which finished seventh at the Sea Ray Relays.
2007 Indoor: Set new personal best with a 4:15.33 effort in the mile which earned 14th at the VT Challenge ... Claimed 14th place in the 3,000-meters at the ACC Championships in 8:36.09 ... Ran third leg of distance medley relay that finished third at the VT Challenge ... Took fifth in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:29.89.
2006 Cross Country: Finished 76th at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a 10k effort of 32:46 ... Was runner-up and team's highest finisher at the Hokie Open in 19:35 ... Took 10th place at the Wake Forest Relays with a 22:24 time.
2006 Outdoor: Finished 17th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional meet with a time of 9:17.55 ... Had a personal-best time of 14:50.48 for fourth place in the 5,000-meter at the Florida State Relays ... Finished 12th in the 1,500m at the Lou Onesty Invitational in a time of 3:55.11 ... Recorded a personal-best time of 9:06.16 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the ACC Championships, qualifying for the regional meet while placing eighth ... Was second in the 1,500-meter race at the Liberty Invitational with a time of 3:56.85 ... Recorded a personal-best time of 14:49.55 in the 5,000-meter at the Georgia Tech Invitational to finish third.
2006 Indoor: Set a personal-best time of 8:25.29 in the 3,000-meter run at the Penn State Open, finishing fourth ... Placed 15th in the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 4:16.75.
2005 Cross Country: Placed 11th at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 19:57.19 ... Finished fourth at the VT Alumni Meet with a time of 25:16.63 ... Was eighth at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 20:20.15.
2005 Outdoor: Finished in 28th place in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15:31.25 at the ACC Championships ... Had a season-best 5,000-meter time of 14:53.74 to take 25th place at the Duke Invitational.
2005 Indoor: Had a personal season-best 3,000-meter time of 8:46.81 set at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet.
2004 Cross Country: Recorded a 49th-place finish at the ACC Championships in a time of 26:37.20 ... Had top-25 performances during the season at the Bobcat Invitational (sixth), the Festival in the Fields (12th) and at the Lou Onesty Invitational (25th).
High School: Was a three-year letterwinner in cross country and a four-year letterman in track under coach Thomas Kaufman at Madison West High School ... Was a two-time team captain for track ... Two-time state qualifier in the 1,600-meter race and a state qualifier in the 3,200-meter event and the 4x800-meter relay ... Finished ninth in 2003 and sixth in 2004 in the 1,600-meter event at the state meet ... Anchored 4x800-meter relay which finished fifth at the 2004 state meet ... Competed for Team Wisconsin at Midwest Senior All-Star meet ... Named cross country team captain ... Was a three-time all-city and all-conference selection and a two-time all-state cross country member ... Placed fourth individually and his team finished runner-up at the 2003 state cross country meet ... Holds the 5K school record with a time of 16:01.
Personal: Born on Nov. 4, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Son of Allen and Arrietta Clauss ... Mechanical engineering major ... Has two brothers (Arthur and Warren) and two sisters (Anna and Eulalia).
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