Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: North Penn
Hometown: Hatfield, Pa.
2005 Outdoor: Ran the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the season ... Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters with 14:22.89 to take 20th place at the Penn Relays ... Finished eighth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:28.16 and scored one point at the ACC Championships ... Won the 5,000 meter at the Georgia Tech Invitational with 14:54.67 ... Ran the 3,000 meters in 8:28.50 (12th place) and the 1,500 meters in 3:54.42 (21st place) at the Duke Invitational. 2005 Indoor: Placed 14th in the 5,000 meters in a time of 15:00.11 at the ACC Championships ... Had a school season-best 3,000m time of 8:44.17 at the Virginia Tech Challenge, which placed him 25th in the race ... Took seventh place in the mile with 4:19.40 at Tech's Last Chance meet.
2004 Outdoor: Won the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 15:32.85 ... Posted a season-best time in the 5,000m with 15:05.98 at the SeaRay Relays and took fifth place.
2004 Indoor: Did not compete.
2003 Outdoor: Did not compete.
2003 Indoor: Was second in the 5,000 meters at the Tech Challenge with a time of 15:02.23.
2002 Outdoor: Was the top freshman in the 10,000 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships... Finished fifth at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 ... Placed second at the Virginia Tech Challenge in the 5,000 with a time of 15:08.97 ... Finished seventh twice in the 5,000 ... Took home a sixth-place finish at the Father Diamond meet in the 3,000 ... Sixth-place finish at the Tech Last Chance meet in the 5,000 ... Had a season-best time of 14:57.19 in the 5,000 at the SeaRay Relays ... Finished eighth at the Clemson Invitational in the 1,500 (4:04.07) ... Had a season-best time of 30:11.07 in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays.
High School: First in 4x800 at Nike National Championship and indoor state champion in 4x800 relay ... A 2001 All-American in the 4x800 ... League champion in the 3,200 ... Two-time third-place finisher at the PIAA state cross country championships ... Three-time letterwinner and senior captain for coach Ron Jaros at North Penn ... Two-time North Penn booster club and North Penn Reporter MVP ... Has a 5k personal record of 15:36 and the Neshaminy H.S. course record of 15:39 ... First-team all-league three consecutive years.
Personal: Born August 12, 1982 in Landsdale, Pa. ... Son of Donald and Sally Atkiss ... Earned his business information technology degree ... Working on his MBA degree.
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