Thad Schroeder

Class:
Senior
High School:
Paul Dunbar
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.

Team captain for the 2007-08 season
Outdoor Career Bests: 1500m=4:07.08; 5000m=15:04.72
2007 Cross Country: Team captain for the cross country team in final season ... Finished 58th out of 116 runners and seventh on the team at the BIG EAST Championships ... Was 227th at the NCAA Championships in Nov. ... Placed seventh out of 49 in the 6k Mid-America Opener with a time of 18:40.95 seconds.

2006-07: Competed in only two outdoor events ... Finsihed 14th in the 1500m at the Cardinal Invitational with a time of 4:07.08 seconds ... Did not compete during the indoor season.

2006 Cross Country: Competed in three events for the Cards ... Top finish was seventh at the Indiana Community 5K.

2005-06: Competed in four outdoor events for the Cards ... Finished fifth in the 3000m steeple at the Cardinal Invite ... Was seventh in the 1500m at the Indiana Relays ... Did not compete during the indoor season ... Dean's List ... Red & Black Scholar.

2005 Cross Country: Competed in all seven races for the Cardinal cross country team ... Best finish of the fall was 12th at two events, the Woodford Trials and the Indiana State Invitational ... Finished as the Cards' fifth runner and 74th overall at the NCAA Southeast.

2004-05: Focused primarily on the 3000m steeplechase in his first collegiate season ... Best finish of the season was fourth in the 3000m steeple at the Mike Poehlein Invitational ... Finished 15th in the 3000m steeple at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships.

2004 Cross Country: Competed in five events for the Cardinals during the fall ... Best finish was seventh at the Woodford Trials in Versailles, Ky. ... Finished 16th at the Commodore Classic ... Earned a 54th place in a field of 397 runners at the Greater Louisville Classic.

High School: Lettered four years in track and field and four years in cross country at Paul Dunbar High School ... Three-time Academic All-State selection ... First-team All-State in cross country selection ... Second-team All-State in the 1-mile and 2-mile run ... Dunbar's school record holder in the 1-mile run and the 2-mile run and a member of the school's fastest 4x800m relay team.

Personal: Born Thadler Schroeder on Jan. 14, 1986 in Lexington, Ky. ... Son of Fred and Sheila Schroeder ... Majoring in biology.