Arizona
2004 (Senior): Anderson returns for one final season with the Wildcats... Expected to lead the cross country team back to the national meet... 2003 (Junior): Had an outstanding year in both cross country and track... Led the UA cross country team in every meet... Placed 14th at the Pac-10 Championships and 26th at the NCAA West Regional... Qualified for both the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA West Regional in the 3,000 meter steeplechase... Had a season's best time of 9:04.85... Earned acknowledgements for his academic work by the Pac-10, Mountain-Pacific Sports Federation and was named to the Verizona Cross Country Academic All-America team by CoSIDA... 2002 (Sophomore): Finished the season with the team's second-best 5,000m time of 14:34.01i and the team's top time in the 3,000m steeplechase (8:58.06)... Finished 10th at the Pac-10 Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 9:18.54... 2001 (Freshman): During the 2001 cross country season was a member of the Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic first team... Top finisher for the Wildcats at the Murray Keatinge Invitational (sixth, 24:30.6)... Finished third for the team at the NCAA Championships with a time of 31:18... Other top finishes include 14th (25:03.7) at the Pac-10 Championships, 46th (32:46.2) at the NCAA West Regional, and 38th (25:15) at the Pre-NCAA Invitational... Did not compete during the 2000 cross country season, saving a redshirt year, but was a nice addition to the 2001 track and field team... Competed at the Pac-10 Track and Field Championships in Berkeley, Calif., finishing 10th in the steeple, running 9:10.45.
High School
Reno High School, Reno, Nev.: Earned three letters in both track and field and cross country... All-Nevada selection in cross country from 1998-1999... Academic All-Nevada honoree in cross country, 1998-1999... Team won the state cross country title in 1998.
Personal
Mark Krumbach Anderson... Born Sept. 24, 1981, in Reno, Nev... Son of Grant Anderson and Judy Martin... Father attended the University of Arizona... Member of the Naval R.O.T.C... Hobbies include kayaking, mountain biking and wakeboarding... Majoring in biochemistry.
