Eli Asch

Junior season (2006) - Getting his season off to a late start, placed eighth among Whitman runners (37th overall) at the Lewis & Clark Invitational ... Ran seventh for the Missionaries at Willamette's Charles Bowles Invitational and eighth at the NWC Championships, where he placed 65th overall.

Sophomore season (2005) - Ran his strongest race of the season at the conference championships, placing sixth for Whitman and 53rd overall ... Ran fifth for Whitman at the Whitman Invitational, Lewis & Clark Invitational and Bigfoot Open ... Had Whitman's second-best finish at Seattle's Sundodger, placing 163rd overall in a huge field of runners ... Ran fourth for Whitman in another large field at the Charles Bowles Invitational at Willamette, placing 181st overall.

Freshman season (2004) - Finished third for Whitman, 64th overall, at the NCAA Div. III West Regional ... Ran fourth for the Missionaries at the NWC Championships, placing 48th overall ... Clocked the third-best time for Whitman at Spokane's Bigfoot Open, placing 33rd ... Was fourth for the Missionaries at both the Lewis & Clark Invitational and Sundodger Open.

Prep - Captained Maine's Waynflete Flyers to a Class D runner-up finish in the state championships as a senior, placing third individually ... Finished second individually as a senior in his conference championships ... Ran two varsity seasons of indoor and outdoor track, placing at the Class B State Meet in the indoor 800 meters as a senior, qualifying for the New England Championships ... Also placed in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in the Class C State Outdoor Meet as a senior ... Played four years of varsity baseball, serving as captain and earning all-conference honors as a senior ... Played two seasons of varsity basketball.

Academics - Majoring in English at Whitman and considering graduate school studies in sports administration ... Works as an intern in the Whitman Sports Information Office and on the campus Intramural Sports governing committee ... National Merit Scholar in high school.

Personal - Son of Roger Asch and Sara Rogers Asch ... Has one older brother and a younger sister ... Enjoys amateur film-making, essay writing and rock-paper-scissors.

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