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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Andrew Skemp

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown La Crosse, Wis.
  • Highschool Aquinas

Biography

AT ST. OLAF
2024-25
(Senior) – USTFCCCA All-American… USTFCCCA All-North Region… All-MIAC… USTFCCCA All-Academic… Academic All-MIAC… Ran personal-best 8K time of 24:26.5 to finish ninth at the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 19… Earned All-MIAC honors with third-place finish in 24:58.6 at the MIAC Championships on Nov. 2… Picked up all-region honors with eighth-place performance in 24:43.1 at the NCAA Division III North Region Championships on Nov. 16… Ran to All-America honors with 27th-place showing in 24:34.3 at the NCAA Division III Championships on Nov. 23.

2023-24 (Junior) – USTFCCCA All-North Region… All-MIAC… USTFCCCA All-Academic… Academic All-MIAC… Spring 2024 St. Olaf Dean's List... Chi Alpha Sigma inductee… Ran season-best 8K time of 24:49.0 while finishing 11th at the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 14… Claimed All-MIAC honors with seventh-place finish in 24:57.3 at the MIAC Championships on Oct. 28… Picked up second all-region accolade in a row with 23rd-place finish in 24:57.8 at the NCAA Division III North Region Championships on Nov. 11… Placed 117th in 25:49.0 at the NCAA Division III Championships on Nov. 18… Was the runner-up in 25:17.0 at the St. Olaf Invitational on Sept. 16… Finished fifth in 25:04.2 at the Blugold Invitational on Sept. 29.

2022-23 (Sophomore) – USTFCCCA All-North Region… College Sports Communicators Academic All-District... USTFCCCA All-Academic… Academic All-MIAC… Finished 11th in 26:16.7 at the St. Olaf Invitational on Sept. 17… Placed 10th in 25:10.0 at the Blugold Invitational on Sept. 30… Ran season-best 8K time of 24:59.6 during 26th-place finish at the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 15… Earned USTFCCCA All-North Region Honors with 19th-place finish in 25:08.8 at the NCAA Division III North Region Championships on Nov. 12… Was team’s No. 4 finisher at the NCAA Division III Championships on Nov. 19, placing 176th in 26:28.6.

2021-22 (First Year) – Fall 2021 Dean’s List… Finished 120th at the MIAC Championships on Oct. 30 with a time of 28:53.4… Ran season-best 8K time of 27:05.6 at the Blugold Invitational on Oct. 1.

AT AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL
Ran four years of cross country and track and field... Member of state champion cross country teams as a sophomore, junior, and senior and state champion track and field teams as a sophomore and junior... Conference champion and finished fourth in the state in the 1,600 meters and was sectional champion in the 3,200 meters as a senior... Conference champion and honorable mention all-state as a senior, conference runner-up and honorable mention all-state as a junior... First team all-conference in cross country and individual state qualifier in track as a sophomore... Also played basketball as a freshman and sophomore... High Honor Roll all four years... National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL
Parents Dan Skemp and Dana Benden... Has two siblings - Will '26 and Jonathan... Double-majoring in mathematics and quantitative economics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior