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2013 Track and Field Media Guide
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15 Individual National Champions
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Distance Bios
Brooke Patton
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Sophomore
Carbondale, Ill.
Cross Country:
2012:
Did not compete.
2011:
Ran in two meets, one for the Salukis and one unattached...Best
finished was unattached at the SIU Early Bird where she finished 28th.
High School:
All-conference junior and senior year.
Personal:
Full name is Brooke Lianna Patton... Born Nov. 29, 1992...
Daughter of Brent and Vicki Patton...Has one sibling...Majoring in geol-
ogy.
Mobola Rotibi
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Sophomore
Tinley Park, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Two-time All-MVC in the indoor and outdoor 800m races...
Competed in five events in 13 different meets across both seasons...
Notched six top-three finishes in the indoor and outdoor seasons com-
bined, including her two third place finishes in the 800m in the Indoor
and Outdoor MVC Championships.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in five meets...Two top-15 finishes, including an 11th place
finish at the Saluki Invitational...Finished 47th at the MVC Champion-
ships.
2011:
Participated in four meets for the Salukis...Best finish was 25th at
the Saluki Invitational with a time of 20:58.9.
High School:
All-conference selection for high jump freshman and
sophomore years... All-state selection junior and senior year...Senior
year placed sixth in state in the 800m.
Personal:
Full name is Omobolarinwa F. Rotibi...Born Aug.18, 1993 in
Maryland...Daughter of Olabode and Abimbola Rotibi...Has one brother
and two sisters..Sister plays basketball at University of Louisiana-Lay-
faette...Brother plays basketball at Simpson University.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
400m - 58.98
400m - 57.78
600m - 1:36.43
800m - 2:11.00
800m - 2:11.61
1500m - 4:43.82
Mile - 5:29.39
Nick Schrader
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Sophomore
DeKalb, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Competed in four events in 11 meets combined in the
indoor and outdoor seasons (Mile, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m)...
Notched five top-ten finishes combined, with his best finish
coming in the 3000m at the Memphis Tiger Invitational, where
he finished second with a time of 8:46.85...Placed seventh in the
10,000m race at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
2010-11:
Competed in nine (six indoor, three outdoor) meets for
the Salukis...Earned two third place finishes in the 5000m at the
Gladstein Invitational and in the 3000m at the SIU Invitational...
Competed in the MVC Indoor Championships.
Cross Country:
2012:
Earned All-MVC with his seventh place finish at the MVC
Championships en route to the men’s title...Ran in seven meets...
Finished in the top-ten five times, and out of those he had three
top-five finishes -- including a win at the EIU Walt Crawford
Open.
2011:
Participated in three meets for the Salukis...Notched a
career-best finish in sixth place at the SIU Early Bird...Ended
season with an average finish of 14.3.
2010:
Redshirted
High School:
Earned all-area first team and team most valu-
able player honors in both junior and senior seasons at DeKalb
High School...Named team captain as both a junior and senior...
Qualified for the Illinois state track meet as a junior...Garnered
academic all-conference honors three times and named Illinois
State Scholar...Went to same high school as Cindy Crawford and
Richard Jenkins.
Personal:
Full name is Nicholas Brian Schrader...Born on June
7, 1992, in DeKalb, Ill...Son of Brian and Kolleen Schrader...
Mother is an elementary school teacher and father is a mortgage
lender...Has two sisters...Major is engineering undecided.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 4:24.51
1500m - 4:11.08
3000m - 8:42.90
3000m - 8:46.85
5000m - 14:56.77
5000m - 15:00.12
10,000m - 31:45.22