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Markeen Caine

Position Middle Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Junction City, Kan.
High School Junction City HS
Position Middle Distance
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished with a personal-best mark of 1:53.22 in the 800-meter run at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6), which landed him in sixth-place … Also finished sixth in the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), clocking a time of 1:54.59 … Recorded two seventh-place finishes in both the 800 meters (1:54.62) and the 4×400-meter relay (3:25.93) at the Emporia State Relays (4/1).

2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Contributed to a first-place finish for the relay team in the distance medley relay (10:16.23) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) … Finished third in the 800-meter run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, with a time of 1:55.03.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (RJr.)
Claimed 17th in the first meet of the season with a 6K time of 20:42.2 at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) … Clocked an 8K time of 26:52.5 at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1), good enough for 36th overall.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Won the mile at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a personal-best time of 4:30.61 … Runner-up at the Bill Easton Classic in the 1,000 meters after finishing in 2:34.21.

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

ALLEN COUNTY CC (2013-15) 
Ran to All-America honors in the indoor 800 meters as a sophomore in 2015, finishing second at the NCJAA Indoor Championships … Helped 4×800-meter relay to All-America status in 2015, finishing sixth at the 2015 NCJAA Outdoor Championships … Broke school records in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters in his two years at Allen County CC, posting an 800m personal best of 1:53.70.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time letterwinner at Junction City High School … Finished eighth in the 800 meters at the 2013 Kansas State Championships … Ran to conference and regional runner-up finishes in the 800 meters in 2013 … Named the captain of his team as a senior in 2013.

PERSONAL
Son of Kimberly Taylor … Majoring in athletic training and physical therapy …  Brother, Joe Ulmer, plays football at Washburn University … Aspires to become an officer in the U.S. Air Force.