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Southern Illinois Cross Country
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2012
Ran in six meets for Southern...Placed in the top-
15 twice and the top-30 twice...Best finish of
fifth place came at the unscored SIU Early Bird
on Aug. 31.
2011
Named to All-MVC team...Competed in six
meets for the Salukis...Had four top-ten finishes,
including a career best third place finish at
the Evansville Invite on Oct. 15 with a time of
25:16.30...Finished tenth at the MVC Champi-
onship with a time of 25:31.0...Had an average
finish of 24th place.
2010
Redshirted
High School
Qualified for the state cross country meet in all
four years of high school...Highest finish at state
was second during his senior season...Led Festus
High School to the 2009 Class 3A state cross
country title...Finished eighth in the 4x800 relay
in 2009.
Personal
Born on July 11, 1991, in Farmington, Mo...
Full name is Cole Anthony Allison...Son of Jeff
and Tracy Allison...Father is a mortician and
mother is a correctional nurse... Sister Alyssa is a
member of the women’s cross country and track
teams at SIU...Major is pre-major/undecided.
2012
Named All-Missouri Valley after finishing 10th
at the MVC Championships on Oct. 27...Part of
the 2012 MVC Men’s Cross Country champi-
onship 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 25:26.10 in the 8K.
2011
Redshirted...Competed in three meets unat-
tached -- 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
honoree...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 ath-
letic scholarship.
Juan Carrera
Sophomore
Round Lake, Ill.
Round Lake HS
Men’s Bios
Cole Allison
Junior
Herculaneum, Mo.
Festus HS