Joe Spitzer

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Versailles, Ohio
Prev School:
Home Schooled

Cross Country Personal Bests

8K: 25:06.8

Sept. 27, 2019 - Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational

Earlysville, Va.

10K: 31:53.2

Nov. 15, 2019 - NCAA Southeast Regional Championship

Earlysville, Va.

ASUN Cross Country Championship (8K)

2019 (Fort Myers, Fla.): 16th place, 25:23.5 (All-Freshman Team)

Spring 2021 (Macon, Ga.): 28th place, 26:48.5

NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (10K)

2019 (Earlysville, Va.): 78th place, 31:53.2

Top Track Times at Liberty

800: 1:57.01

1,000: 2:30.59

1,500: 3:54.25

Mile: 4:11.90

3K: 8:24.42

5K: 14:49.20

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

• Fastest of two 8Ks on the season was a 25:21 for 38^th place at the Queen City Invite

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

• Came in 10^th in the ASUN 1,500

• Displayed impressive range, setting personal bests in the 800 (1:57.01 at Aggie Classic), 1,500 (3:54.25 at Aggie Classic) and 5K (14:49.20 at Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic) during the year

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Earned his first All-ASUN medal with a third-place 3K finish and also placed sixth in the ASUN mile

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Spring 2021 Cross Country (R-So.)

• Placed 28^th overall and No. 6 on the team at the ASUN Championship

• Opened the year with a season-best 25:19.0 8K for 14^th place at the CSU Buccaneer Invitational

• ASUN All-Academic Team

2020 Indoor Track & Field (So.)

• Recorded personal bests in both of his events at the ASUN Championship, placing fifth in the mile (4:11.90) and ninth in the 3K (8:24.42)

• Anchored the Flames to a season-best distance medley relay time of 10:01.52 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, the No. 6 effort in program history

• Liberty Kickoff 3K champion

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Cross Country (R-Fr.)

• ASUN All-Freshman team member, thanks to his 16^th-place effort at the ASUN meet

• Served as Liberty's No. 3 runner during five of his six races, including at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships (78^th place)

• Opened the year with top-five performances at the Liberty Challenge (fifth place) and FGCU Invitational (third place)

• Posted an 8K personal-best time of 25:06.8 at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational

• Two-time ASUN Men's Freshman of the Week (Oct. 2 and Oct. 23)

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Grabbed the sixth and final scoring position in the ASUN 1,500 final

• Raced to a season-best 1,500 time of 3:55.87 at the Raleigh Relays

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Scored points in the ASUN mile (5^th place, season-best 4:14.68) and 3K (6^th place, season-best 8:29.62)

• Anchored the Flames' distance medley relay to a season-best time of 10:08.20 during the IC4A prelims

2018 Cross Country (Fr.)

• Limited to one race due to injury

• Finished 26^th in the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational

Prep

• Home schooled but competed for Versailles High School

• Closed out his high school career with a bang, winning the Ohio Division II state 3,200 title (school-record 9:14.97) and the New Balance Outdoor Nationals Emerging Elite two-mile crown (9:24.06)

• Placed fifth at the 2017 Ohio Division II state cross country meet as a senior

• His junior year included a ninth-place finish at the state cross country meet and a third-place showing in the state 3,200 final

• Top high school times included 4:19.64 in the 1,600 and 15:41.70 in the cross country 5K

Personal

• Son of James and Lois Spitzer

• Mother ran track & field and cross country at Toledo

• Birthday is on Sept. 3

• Major is electrical engineering