SIUE Track and Field - 2007 Profile of Blake Marcum

		Track and Field	SIUE Men's Track & Field SIUE Athletics

Blake Marcum
Senior, Middle Distance
Centralia, Ill./Centralia H.S.

Personal Bests
Outdoor 800 – 1:54.84 (4/29/06) 1500 - 3:50.20 (5/26/07) 3000 Steeplechase - 10:01.54 (4/1/06)	Indoor 600 – 1:23.71 (2/12/05) 800 – 1:56.32 (2/18/05) 800 (banked) - 1:56.38 (2/17/06) 1000 - 2:41.48 (1/12/07) Mile - 4:14.51 (2/16/07) Mile (banked) - 4:20.96 (2/3/06)

2007: Named Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete for men's track and field ... Placed 10th in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... GLVC champion at 1,500 meters in 3:51.77 ... Ran the mile at the GLVC Indoor Championships, placing third in a field of 20 runners ... 2006: Set personal and team best times in the mile and banked mile run ... His mile time of 4:22.35 was set at the GLVC indoor championships ... He also ran a 4:20.82 banked miles time at the Hoosier Relays placing him ninth ... 2005: Finished fourth in the 800 meters (1:54.90) at the GLVC Outdoor Championships ... Placed fifth at 800 meters (1:56.32) at the GLVC Indoor Championships ... Notes: Four-year letterwinner in track ... All-State selection indoor and outdoor 4x800 meters finishing fifth ... State qualifier in the 800 meters ... MVP of the track team his senior year ... High honor roll in high school ... Transfer McKendree College ... Born: March 8, 1985 … Major: Biology.