Marcus Walton

 
Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Potosi, Mo.
Previous School:
Rend Lake College
Height / Weight:
5-11 / 165
Events:
Mid-Distance/X-Country
High School:
Potosi HS

2005-06: Competed in five cross country meets in 2005, through the MIAA Championships ... finished 30th at the MIAA cross country meet ... indoors, earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run with a fourth-place national finish ... was also a national qualifier indoors with the MSSU distance medley relay team that set the school record, earned an automatic national qualification and placed 10th in NCAA-II ... was MIAA runner-up in both the 400 and 800 ... set the school record in the 400 with a time of 49.39 seconds at the University of Oklahoma ... posted the Lions' top three indoor 400-meter times ... had the Lions' top eight 800-meter clockings, including a season-best mark of 1:52.53 at the University of Arkansas Tyson Invitational and a time of 1:52.74 for fourth place at the national meet.

Other college: Participated in track & field and cross country for two years and Rend Lake College in Ina, Ill. ... was an All-American and part of the school's national championship 4x800-meter relay team ... set school records in the 400, 800 and 4x800-meter relay.

In high school: An all-conference, all-district and all-state performer in track & field at Potosi High School ... was state champion in the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run ... set school records in the 400, 800 and 4x400 ... also a three-year starter as a guard in basketball.

Personal: An art education major ... born Sept. 25, 1984 in Potosi, Mo. ... son of Mark and Denise Walton.



 

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