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Director of Operations Jeff Schirmer
Jeff Schirmer
Director of Operations
Second Year
Southern Illinois (‘11)
Jeff Schirmer, one of the most decorated track and cross
country athletes in recent Saluki history, is in his second
season as the director of operations for both the Southern
Illinois track and cross country programs.
Schirmer is a three-time All-American, three-time outdoor
national qualifier, four-time Missouri Valley MVP, 19-time
MVC Champion and 22-time All-MVC selection. Schirmer
is the last Saluki cross country runner to be named an
All-American -- a feat he accomplished two years in a row
-- and he is also the school record holder in the 10K race.
Since graduating from the University in 2011, Schirmer
has gone on to accomplish some extraordinary feats in
his post-collegiate career. Schirmer finished fifth at the
U.S. Cross Country Championship, finished fifth for Team
USA at the NACAC Championship and qualified for the
US Olympic Trials in the 10K race, where he finished 16th
overall.
2010-11:
Earned NCAA Second Team All-American hon-
ors... NCAA National Qualifier...Notched a ninth-place
finish at the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m...
Named Missouri Valley Conference Most Valuable Ath-
lete...MVC Outdoor Event Champion in the 10,000m,
5000m, and 1500m...MVC Indoor Event Champion in 1
Mile, 3000m and 5000m...All- MVC honoree in 10,000m,
5000m, 1500m, 3000m, and 1 mile, Named MVC Track
Athlete of the Week for Feb. 2 and April 19.
2009-10:
Earned his second NCAA All-American ac-
colade after his 19th place finish at the NCAA Cross
Country Championship... Finished second at the NCAA
Midwest regional to earn his third All-Region Award in
cross country...Named Missouri Valley Conference Most
Valuable Men’s Athlete for accumulating the most points
at the indoor conference meet...Captured the MVC indoor
titles in the 5000m and mile races...Finished second in the
3000m...Earned all-MVC honors in the 5000m, 3000m,
and mile.
2008-09:
Awarded NCAA All-American after his 25th
place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championship...
Named the 2009 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Most
Valuable Athlete and 2008 MVC Cross Country Athlete
of the Year...Ran 28:55.34 for 10,000m at the Mt. SAC
relays for No. 2 All-Time at SIU...Won four Missouri Val-
ley Conference titles (Indoor 3k & 5k, Outdoor 5k, 10k)
for the second-straight year...Was a member of the MVC
Runner-up distance medley relay...Qualified for the NCAA
outdoor championship in the 5000m and 10,000m and
competed in the 10,000 (finished 21st)...Finished fourth
out of 21 competitors at the outdoor NCAA Mideast Re-
gional with a time of 14:09.21 in the 5000m for the eighth
fastest time in SIU history...Ran the fifth fastest 3k time
(8:12.53) and second fastest 5k time (14:11.60) in SIU his-
tory during the indoor track season.
2007-08:
MVC Cross Country Athlete of the Year after
winning the conference title with a time of 24:31.47...
MVC Scholar-Athlete in cross country...2008 NCAA Mid-
east Regional Qualifier in the 5000m run...Won four Mis-
souri Valley Conference titles (Indoor 3k & 5k, Outdoor
5k, 10k)...2008 MVC Scholar-Athlete.
2006-07:
Finished All-Region in cross country (25th)...
Won the Bradley Classic and finished second at the SIU
Early Bird...Earned his first MVC Championship with his
win 10,000m run at the conference championship...Fin-
ished third in the 5,000m run at the outdoor champion-
ship...Redshirted during the indoor season.
High School:
Cross country and track Most Valuable
Player at Triad High School...Broke school records in the
800m, 1600m and 3200m and 3-mile (cross country)...
Two-time state qualifier in the 4x800 and 3200m and
one time in the 1600m...Personal bests in the 800m and
1600m were 1:56 and 4:15, respectively.
Personal:
Full name is Jeffrey Scott Schirmer...Graduated
from Southern Illinois in August, 2011, with a Bachelors in
Accounting and a Masters in Accounting, with a focus on
Tax...Born Nov. 8, 1986...Engaged to former Saluki cross
country/track athlete Emily Toennies.