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Distance Bios
Neal Anderson
Indoor: Senior
Outdoor: N/A
XC: N/A
Springfield, Ill.
2011-12:
Competed in three events (1 mile, 3000m, 5000m) in five
meets for the Salukis during the indoor season...Finished in the top
ten in every meet...Had times ranked second and third in the Missouri
Valley indoor season (5000m, 14:26.22, MVC Indoor Championships;
3000m, 8:18.44, Iowa State Classic) ...All-MVC in the indoor 5000m...
Notched five top-five finishes, including two second-place finishes in
the 3000m and 5000m races at the Illinois State Dual and the MVC
Outdoor Championships, respectively...That time at the MVC Outdoor
Championships was the second best 5000m time in the MVC during the
outdoor season in 2012...His time in the 10,000m at the Mt. Sac Relays
(29:51.07) was the second best time in the MVC during the outdoor
season...Was an NCAAWest Region qualifier in the 10,000m race, in
which he finished 35th with a time of 31:38.29...All-MVC in outdoor
5000m and 10,000m...Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.
2010-11:
Competed in six meets during the season for the Salukis...
Notched a first place finish in the 5000m at the Joey Haines Invitational
with a time of 14:57.16...Finished third in the 10,000m and fifth in the
5000m at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Earned All-MVC Honors
in 10,000m.
2009-10:
Competed in five outdoor meets during the 2010 season...
Finished fifth at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m with
a time of 31:43.03...Recorded a season-low 5000m time of 14:34.74 at
the Indiana State Quadragular, good for fifth place...Came in third place
in the 5000m at the SIU Spring Classic.
2008-09:
In outdoor track, recorded his first Missouri Valley Confer-
ence points at the outdoor championship in the 10k running a 31:25.48,
qualifying for the USATF Junior National Championships...In indoor,
notched a fourth place finish at the SIU Spring Classic in the 5000...
Best finish was second place at the SIU Early Bird, where he clocked in
at 19:31.12.
High School:
Four-year state qualifier in cross country at Glenwood
High School...Finished third in the 2A meet in the 3-mile run with a
career-best time of 14:49 as a senior...His team was second in the state
that year...Two-time conference, regional and sectional champion...Only
two-time sectional champion in GHS history, who represented Team
Illinois in the Mideast Cross Country Championship.
Personal:
Full name is Neal Steven Anderson...Majors in criminal
justice...Born May 27, 1990...Son of Steve and Sherry Anderson.
Neal Anderson
Juan Carrera
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Freshman
Round Lake, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Participated in five meets during the indoor season,
running in three different events (Mile, 3000m, 5000m)...Best
finish came at the Saluki Invitational where he finished second
with a time of 8:48.74...In the outdoor season, competed in
six meets and two events (3000m and 3000s)...In five of those
meets, he broke into the top ten...Best finish was third with a
time of 8:50.18 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational.
Cross Country:
2012:
Named All-Missouri Valley after finishing 10th at the
MVC Championships on Oct. 27...Part of the 2012 MVC Men’s
Cross Country championship team...Competed in six meets in
2012, finishing in the top five three times, the top ten four times
and in the top thirty in five of those meets...Best finish of second
place came at the EIU Walt Crawford Open on Sep. 7 with a
time of 25:56.10 in the 8K.
2011:
Redshirted...Competed in three meets, all unattached -- the
SIU Early Bird (9th place), the Walt Crawford Open (14th) and
the Saluki Invitational (14th).
High School:
Three time all-conference and all-sectional hon-
oree...State qualifier junior and senior year...Named Chicago Sun
Times Athlete of the Week senior year.
Personal:
Born April 30, 1993 in Libertyville, Ill...Son of Angel
Carerra and Maria Rocha...Majoring in Sport Administration...
First Latino in Round Lake High School history to receive a
Division I athletic scholarship.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 4:17.89
1500m - 3:58.53
3000m - 8:18.44
3000m - 8:45.77
5000m - 14:26.22
5000m - 14:34.74
10,000m - 29:51.07
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 4:29.04
3000m - 8:50.18
3000m - 8:48.74
3000s - 9:34.90
5000m - 15:06.10