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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Eric Raumen
Katherine Jamtgaard

Jake Rethman

  • Position
    DISTANCE
  • Class
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown
    Fort Loramie, Ohio
  • High School
    Fort Loramie
  • Major
    Biology

Biography

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2023:
Ran in three races...2023 MAC Championship Runner-up team...Finished 26th at the 2023 MAC Championships...Finished 91st at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional...Academic All-MAC.

2022: Named team captain...2022 MAC Championship Runner-Up Team...Ran a PR time of 24:27.6 and finished 18th at the 2022 MAC Championships on Oct. 29...Ran in four races and set one PR time this season...Highest finish was 13th (24:48.2) at Indiana State’s John McNichols Invitational on Sept. 17... Finished 107th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11...Finished 90th in the 10K (30:42.46) at the Raleigh Relays...President’s List with a 4.0 GPA...Ran the 5000m at the Penn Relays...President’s List with a 4.0 GPA.

2021: Ran in six races… Earned 11th place with a time of 15:38.7 at the Mel Brodt Invitational (Sept. 3)…  Placed 21st with a time of 25:17.4 at the MAC Championships (Oct. 30) in Ypsilanti, Mich.… Earned 37th with a time of 25:04.6 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) in Tallahassee Fla… Placed 40th with a time of 26:13.0 at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 17)… Placed 41st after running as 25:36.9 in the 5000M Gold Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (Oct. 1)... Finished 67th with a time of 31:15.7 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12)...Named Academic All-MAC Team and Dean’s List.

2020: Third on team and 17th overall with a time of 25:00.4 at MAC Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 21)... Clocked a time of 25:35.5 coming in 12th overall at the Falcon Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 7).

2019: Finished third on team with a time of 32:50.7 in the 10k at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Madison, Wisc. (Nov. 15)... Finished the MAC Championship Meet in DeKalb, Ill. (Nov. 2) with a time of 27:00.8... Third on squad (71st overall) a season-best time of 26:24.9 at Under Armor Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. (Oct. 19)... Clocked a time of 26:27.9 to finish third on team (70th overall) at the Buckeye Preview in Columbus (Sept. 28)...Third on team (21st overall) with a time of 27:19.0 at the NIU Huskie Challenge in DeKalb, Ill. (Sept. 6). Tenth place overall finish at the Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener (Aug 30) with a time of 16:10.1 in the 5K race. 

High School: Four-time varsity letter winner in cross country and track & field ...  2019 1600m state champion ... SCAL Runner of the Year from 2015-2018 ... Fort Loramie school record holder in four events ... Part of the 2017 and 2019 regional track & field championship team ... Part of the four-time SCAL cross country championship team. 

Personal: Full name is Jacob Bradley Rethman ... Parents are Ann and Brad Rethman ... Has two sisters, Paige and Claire, and one brother, Frank ... Majoring in biology.
 
Best Time:
5K: 2021 Mel Brondt Collegiate Invitational – 11th place – 15:38.7
8K: 2022 MAC Championships – 18th place – 24:27.6
10K: 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regional – 67th place – 31:15.7
5M: 2021 Joe Piane Invitational – 41st place –  23:36.9

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2020Sophomore

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  • 2021Junior

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  • 2022Senior

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  • 2023Graduate Student

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