Colby Wissel

Class: Senior Hometown: Elm Creek, Neb. High School: Kearney

Height: 5-10 Position: Distance

2008 OUTDOOR: Placed ninth at the Drake Relays in the 1,500 meters, posting a time of 3:57.32.

2007 INDOOR: Utilized his redshirt season.

2007 CROSS COUNTRY: Completed one of the most accomplished careers of any Jayhawk runner ... Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors ... Became the fifth Jayhawk and the first since Billy Mills in 1959 to be a two-time cross country All-American ... Placed 39th at the NCAA Championships (30:36), earning him All-America accolades ... Earned all-conference honors by placing fifth at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 24:51 ... Named all-region with his fifth-place finish at the Midwest Regionals in a personal best 10K time of 30:11 ... Won the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 25:49 ... Placed first at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel with a winning 5K time of 15:07 ... Ran a personal best 8K time of 23:47 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (placed 25th) ... Finished as the team's top runner in all seven meets.

2007 OUTDOOR: Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:37.26 ... Led the team with season-best times in the 1,500-meter run (3:47.08), mile (4:17.43) and the 5,000 meters (14:06.08).

2007 INDOOR: Became the first KU runner to ever receive All-American honors in the 3,000 meters ... Led the Kansas distance runners with a first place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 8:06.72 ... Set a KU record in the 3,000 meters (7:53.08) ... Automatically qualified for the NCAA Indoor National Championships ... Finished seventh at the NCAA Championships in a time of 7:58.52 ... Ranks second all-time in KU history in the 5K after running a time of 13:54.00 at the Husky Classic.

2006 CROSS COUNTRY: Captured the Big 12 Individual Cross Country Championship at Rim Rock Farm in time of 24:34.4 ... Earned All-America status at the NCAA Cross Country Championships after placing 26th (31:34.3) ... Won the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel in 14:57.2 ... Was the top Kansas finisher in five of the seven races during season and placed second in the other two meets.

2006 OUTDOOR: Placed fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 14:15.94 ... Won the 5,000 meters at the Tom Botts Invitational in a time of 14:42.61 ... Ran a season-best time of 14:04.37 in the 5,000 meters at the Cardinal Invitational ... Ran the mile at the Kansas Relays in a time of 4:05.19, finishing third.

2006 INDOOR: Ran three events during the season ... Competed in the mile at three meets ... Placed second at the Jayhawk Invitational (4:08.13) ... Finished third at KU/KSU/MU Triangular (4:14.17) ... Had an eighth-place finish at Arkansas Invitational (4:13.45) ... Ran in the 3,000 meters at four meets ... Recorded NCAA provisional qualifying times at two meets; the Alex Wilson Invitational (8:04.41-12th place) and ISU Classic (8:04.19-fifth place) ... Placed eighth at the Big 12 Championships (8:13.55) ... Finished fifth at the Husker Invitational (8:15.27) ... Also ran in the 5,000-meter run at Big 12 Championships, finishing 11th (14:32.57).

2005 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished second on the team and 87th overall at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 15th overall (31:22) at the Midwest Regional Championships, good for all-region honors ... Named all-conference after finishing 10th overall at the Big 12 Championships (24:20) ... Finished 52nd overall at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (24:35.0) ... Ran a time of 24:53 at the Roy Griak Invitational, good for 22nd ... Started the season by winning the first two races of the year (the Bob Timmons Classic and the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel).

2005 OUTDOOR: Finished 12th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in the 5,000-meter run, running a time of 14:31.23 ... Finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Drake Relays in a time of 14:15.29 ... Finished fifth in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in a time of 14:19.27 ... Was a member of the winning 4-mile relay team at the Kansas Relays (17:49.85).

2005 INDOOR: Finished 13th in the 3,000-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in a time of 8:18.68 ... Was a member of the distance medley relay team that finished fourth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in a time of 9:51.90 ... Finished eighth at the ISU Last Chance meet in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 14:36.26 ... Had a 14th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic, running a time of 8:16.85 ... Finished third in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational in a time of 8:23.14.

2004 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six events as a freshman ... Placed third at the Bob Timmons Classic ... Recorded his best 8K time of the year with a time of 25:12 in a 19th-place effort at the Big 12 Championships ... Placed 17th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL: Broke the Nebraska state record for the 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... Crowned state champion nine times in his high school career (cross country in 2001, 2002 and 2003; in the 1,600-meter run in 2003 and 2004; in the 3,200-meter run in 2003 and 2004; and in the 3,200-meter relay in 2003 and 2004) ... Named the Gatorade Nebraska Track Athlete of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ... Named the Kearney Hub Male Track Athlete of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ... Was the Kearney Hub Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... Helped head coach Roger Mathiesen and Kearney High to three consecutive state track championships.

PERSONAL: Born in Belleville, Kan. ... Parents are Stan and Sheila Wissel ... Majoring in business.