Luke Watson Class: Sophomore Hometown: Stillwater, Minn. High School: Stillwater Birthdate: 08/20/1980 Honors: 1999 U.S. Junior Cross Country Champion

AS A FRESHMAN: Won the 1999 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championship ... ran the 8K race in 23:26 at the Lake Spanway Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. ... represented the United States at the 1999 World Junior Cross Country Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on March 28 ... 34th out of the 155 runners (28:18) and was the third American to cross the finish line at the world championships ... Notre Dame cross country team’s number-two runner in ’98 ...earned all-BIG EAST honors with a seventh-place finish ... best finish was fourth at the National Catholic Invitational, while he also finished sixth at the Wolf & Kettle Invitational ... posted a career-best time of 4:17.56 in the indoor mile at the Red Simmons Invitational ... runner-up in the 3,000 in a time of 8:20.74 against Indiana ... posted the team’s best outdoor time of 8:56.70 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Invitational ... competed at the BIG EAST championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (fifth) and the 5,000 (sixth), where he ran his career-best time of 14:37.06.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Earned 12 letters in cross country, track and field and nordic skiing... went undefeated his senior season in cross country and track ... only beaten once from November 1996 to late June 1998 in either cross country or track ... won the Minnesota state cross country championships his senior year ...cross country honorable mention All-American as a senior ... track All-American in the 4x800-meter relay and the 2,000-meter steeplechase ... has four course records in cross country ... holds state record in three relays and the steeplechase ... also has his school’s record in the 1,600 meters ...cross country and track teams won three state titles each ... six-time all-state selection from his sophomore through senior years in all three sports ... nordic ski team was state champion in 1996 and second place in 1997-98 ... born August 20, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minn. ... enrolled in the College of Business Administration.