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Cross Country 2008: Ran a season-best time of 25:10 at the A-10 Championships en route to a 33rd place finish...Placed 12th at the Bojangles Invitational.Outdoor 2008: Redshirted. Indoor 2008: Snapped the school record in the 800m run with a time of 1:50.10 at the Notre Dame Last Chance Meet...Third leg of the school record breaking 4x800m team...First team All-Conference in the 800m (1:55.18) and mile (4:12.09) runs as he was victorious in both events...Set a personal best in the 3000m run at the Clemson Opener with a time of 8:37.49... Cross Country 2007: First team All-Atlantic 10 following his 14th place finish at the A-10 championships...Was victorious at the Gamecock Invitational and Charlotte Invitational...Charlotte's top finisher at six of the season's seven events...Placed fifth at the George Mason Invitational. Outdoor 2007: Named the Atlantic 10 Men's Track Performer of the Year...Set a school record with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:49.40 in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational...Ran the anchor leg of the Atlantic 10 Champion 4x800m relay team, which set a school record, at the 5k at Winthrop with a time of 26:35...Finished 25thin the A-10 Championship with a time of 26:22.7. Outdoor 2006: Had a time of 7:32.48 in the 4x800 at the A-10 Championship...Ran a time of 1:52.70 in the 800 at Georgia Tech...Ran the 1500m in 3:53.77 at the A-10 Championship...Finished the steeplechase in 6:05.72 at the 49er Classic...Ran the 3000m steeplechase in 9:45.43 at Aggie Relays...Ran the 5000m at Duke in 15:31.90.Cross Country 2005: Redshirted. Prep: Finished 12th at 2004 state 4A cross country meet ... First-conference record and facility record with a 7:28.97 mark...Ranked second on the team in the 3:50.78 in the 1500m...Logged an 8:40.55 in the 3000m at the Wake Forest Invitational... Indoor 2007: 800m @ Notre Dame LC with school-record time of 1:52.43, Mile @ A-10 4:15.26, Distance Medley Relay @ Clemson Invite 10:15.64, and 4x800m @ A-10 with school-record time of 7:50.63 Cross Country 2006: Finished eighth in the 3k at the Charlotte Relays with a time of 15:56...Finished 11thteam All-Charlotte Observer and All-Piedmont ... 2004 North Carolina outdoor 1,600 meter champion with a time of 4:15.52 ... State indoor 1,600 champion in 2005 ... Runner-up in indoor 1,600 in 2004 ... 24th in the mile at the 2004 adidas Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... seventh-fastest non-senior at the national event ... 14th in the mile at the 2004 Nike Indoor Classic ... Eighth-fastest indoor 1,600 time in North Carolina prep history (4:21.02), according to NCPrepTrack.com. Personal: Son of Rita and Rick Eckard ...Majoring in Geography... Born March 31, 1987.
