Josh Nygren
Josh Nygren
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Marinette, Wis.

High School:
Marinette

Height:
6-1

Event:
Distance

Cross Country
• Two-Time All-Horizon League First Team
• All-Horizon League Second Team (2003)
2005:
Named all-league first team for the second-straight season with a sixth-place finish at the league meet ... posted a career-best time of 24:41 ... won the UIC Home Opener with a course record. 2004: Top Panther finisher in five-of-six races ... earned first-team all-league honors with a seventh-place finish at the league championship ... posted a season-best time of 25:14 at the NCAA Pre-National Invite. 2003: Earned second-team all-league honors with 14th-place showing at the Horizon League Championship ... was top Panther finisher at all six races he competed in ... posted a season-best time of 25:18 at the Lakefront Invitational ... at the Central Collegiate Championships, took fourth place. Track
• Horizon League Indoor 3000m Individual Champion
• Three-Time All-Horizon League Second Team
2005 Indoor:
Won the 3000m at the Horizon League Championships ... also posted a win in the mile at the Division I Invite ... had three third-place finishes on the year over the mile and 3000m events. Outdoor: Took second in the 3000m steeplechase and fourth in the 5000m at the league championships ... finished second in the Big Blue Invite and third at the Central Collegiate Championships in other two steeplechase events ... added a second-place showing in the 5000m at the Spring Classic. 2004 Indoor: At the league meet, took ninth in the 3000m ... won the 5000m at the Division I Invite ... finished fifth in the mile at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Finished second in both the 5000m and 3000m steeplechase at the league meet ... eclipsed his previous personal-best time in the steeplechase with a time of 9:17.70 at the last chance qualifer to take seventh. 2003 Indoor: Placed sixth at the league championships in the 5000m with a season-best time of 15:08.30 ... ran a season-best in the 3000m by finishing the event in 8:41.37 at the Iowa State Invite. Outdoor: Competed in the steeplechase at Western Illinois ... finished seventh at the league meet in the 10,000m ... ran a 31:44 at the Drake Relays. Personal: Double majoring in political science and history ... born Oct. 15, 1983 in Casper, Wy.