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  Joep Tigchelaar
Joep Tigchelaar

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
The Netherlands
High School:
Titus Brandsma Lyceum
Event:
Distance
 

2003 All-American & All-ACC honoree
2003 ACC Outdoor 10K Champion

Collegiate Bests: 1500m (3:49.03), 5000m (13:55.30), 10000m (28:33.81)

2003: Outdoor - Garnered All-America accolades in the 10K at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a sixth place finish in a time of 28:34.09... received an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships in the 10K in March when he won the prestigious Stanford Invitational in a time of 28:33.81 breaking the Florida State school record held for 32 years by Ken Misner (28:55.34) in 1971...for his accomplishment in the 10K, he was named the ACC and National Performer of the Week honors... his performance led the nation for nearly two months... successfully defended his ACC title in the 10K, winning the event in a time of 29:56.30 to garner All-ACC honors for the second year in a row...finished second in the 5K at the NCAA East Regional in a personal best time of 13:55.30 capturing an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships...did not compete in the 5K at the national meet...earned a regional qualifying berth in the 5000m run in his first and only attempt of the regular season...won the 5K at the Snowbird Invitational in a time of 14:06.47...his times in the 5K and 10K led all other distance runners in the conference...compiled a second regional berth of the season in the 1500m run at the Georgia Tech Invite, placing ninth in a time of 3:49.03...named to the 2003 All-Academic Team by the US Cross Country Coaches Association for maintaining a 3.32 GPA in marketing during the 2002-03 academic year... Indoor - Competed twice during the indoor season... won the 500m event at the ACC Championships with a time of 14:15... finished sixth in the 3000m run at the ACC Indoor Championships with a team best time of 8:25.85. 2002: Cross Country - Earned the right to compete at the NCAA Championships for the second-straight season, finishing better than half the field with a 107th-place finish...earned All-Regional honors after finishing fourth at the NCAA South Regional...named to the All-ACC team following a seventh-place finish at the conference meet...was the Tribe's top finisher in four meets and was the second-best finisher in two races... Indoor - Placed fourth in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 14:26.73...specialized in the 3000m run...finished 12th at the ACC Championships in the 3000m (8:31.68)...top time of 8:22 in the 3000m came at the Adidas Invite... Outdoor - Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m run, finishing 16th in the nation...won the ACC Championship in the 10k and finished third in the 5000m...earned All-ACC honors in both the 10K and 5K...ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 28:55.36 in the 10K at the Stanford Invitational...his time at the Stanford meet is the second fastest in school history...ran the 5K in an impressive 14:15.25 at the Cardinal Qualifier, which is the sixth-fastest mark in school history...had the fastest time of the season for the Seminoles in the 3000m run at 8:28.32. 2001: - Saw limited action in his first season...could emerge as the Seminoles' top distance runner...placed sixth in the 3000m (8:26.7) and eighth in the 5000m (14:54.07) runs at the ACC Indoor Championship...won the 1500m at the FSU Season Opener with a time of 4:02.61. Cross Country - First-ever FSU runner to earn All-ACC and Freshman of the Year honors...earned All-South Region honors and was the top freshman finisher at the meet with a fifth-place finish at 31:00...at the NCAA National Championship, his time of 30:28 in the 10K course was good for 71st in a tough field...finished first or second for the Seminoles in five of six meets this season...led FSU at the ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish... followed that with a fifth-place run to lead the Seminoles at the NCAA South Region Championships, earning an invite to the NCAA National Championships...earned three consecutive second-place finishes for FSU at the Florida Intercollegiate Championships, the Auburn Invitational, and the NCAA Pre-Nationals...finished no lower than 22nd overall in any meet during the regular season.

Prep: Qualifier for the Junior World Track and Field Champion-ships in the 10,000m... competed in the 5K in Junior European Track and Field Championships in 1999, where he finished ninth... qualified for the World and European cross country Championships in 1999 and 2000...national (The Netherlands) junior steeplechase champion in 1999...

Personal: Majoring in business at Florida State...son of Hans Tigchelaar and Ann Marie Spin... celebrates a February 9 birthday.

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