Kevin Cook Class: Senior Hometown: Fern Park, FL High School: Lyman Height: 5-10

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ALL NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL TEAM (`03, '05)

Cook finished up his cross country career at FSU with a solid senior season. The Fern Park, Fla. native finished in FSU's top five in four of five meets during the 2005 season. In Cook's first race of the year, he finished ninth at the FSU Invitational with a time of 25:38.74. At the NCAA Pre-Nationals, he placed 143rd with a time of 25:28.1. Then at the ACC Championships he just missed earning All-ACC honors by one place as he finished in 15th with an 8K of 24:26.4. Cook earned all-region honors at the NCAA South Regionals taking 20th with a 10K of 31:13.26. His best performance of the season came at the NCAA National Championships where he was FSU's third finisher taking 158th with a time of 31:29.8.

Cook started off his 2004 campaign with an impressive outing at the Mountaineer Open as he finished in 10th overall place with a time of 25:45.10. His time was good enough to place him in FSU's top five as he helped the Seminoles take home the team championship. Cook's next outing came at the Notre Dame Invitational where he finished in 85th place with a time of 25:04. At the NCAA Pre-Nationals, Cook continued to run hard for the Seminoles as he finished in 104th place with a time of 25:20. Cook had his biggest performance of the year at the ACC Championships where he helped the Seminoles finish second overall. He finished in the Seminoles top five for the second time on the season with a time of 25:42.2, good for 17th place overall.

During the 2003 season, Cook helped anchor a young team to its first national championship appearance in 22 seasons. Cook provided solid scoring in the Seminoles' top five for seven meets. The Fern Park, Fla., native scored in the top five for FSU in all but one event he that in ran in during first two years as a Seminole.

Cook ran a personal collegiate best at the 2003 NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet with a time of 24:38.4 to help Florida State to a ninth-place finish - the second highest in school history. He earned his first NCAA All-South Region honor with his 16th-place finish with a personal best time of 30:58 for the 10K course. The former Lyman standout helped his young teammates to an ACC runner-up finish with a 14th place mark, up from 35th place during his freshman year. Cook won the Florida Intercollegiate Championships, FSU's only home meet of the season, and placed third overall at the Mountaineer Open. At the NCAA Championships, he completed the 10K course in a time of 32:24.3.

During an impressive freshman campaign, Cook turned in his strongest performance with a 35th overall finish at the NCAA South Regionals. His best finish on the 8K trail was 10th at the Seminole Invitational where he had a then collegiate-best time of 26:18 to help the Tribe in the team victory. On the track as a freshman, Cook scored at the ACC Outdoor Track Meet in a personal best time of 14.25:85, good for seventh place. Cook came to FSU following a prep career in cross country and track at Lyman High School. His father, Donnie, was a standout FSU cross country and track runner in the 1970s.