Mark Norland

Weight:
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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Spirit Lake, Iowa
High School:
Spirit Lake

Personal Bests (as of June 2014)
Indoor -
600 meters:1:28.13
800 meters:2:00.30

Outdoor -
800 meters:1:56.94

2013-2014
BIG EAST All-Academic

Indoor (Fr.):Ran his PR in the 600 meters at the UWM Triangular (Jan. 17) and took home fifth place ... Ran a personal-best 2:00.30 in the 800 meter race at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (Jan. 25).

Outdoor (Fr.):Competed in the 800 meter race throughout the season ... Finished sixth at the Lee Calhoun Invitational (Apr. 12) ... Ran a PR of 1:56.94 at the Benedictine Twilight (Apr. 25).

High School: Norland ran cross country and track for just one year as a senior at Spirit Lake High School in 2012-13 ... Finished fourth in the boys 1,600-meter run at the Iowa 3A state meet as a senior with a time of 4:21.31 ... Helped 4x800-meter relay to a third-place finish at the state meet in 2013 ... The Indians captured a district track and field championship in 2013 ... Held an 800-meter run personal-best time of 1:56.89 ... Also earned three varsity letters in wrestling during high school career.

Personal: Norland was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa and is the oldest of two children to Kelly and Denise Norland ... Has a younger brother, Luke ...Majors in Biological Sciences.

Championships History:

BIG EAST Outdoor Championship
2014-
4x800-meter relay:4th (7:41.50; ran fourth leg w/ Shields, Rice, and Franz)