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In 2010-11: Outdoor: At the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational, placed 9th in the 3000 meter in 8:23.80 and 12th in the mile at the Kentucky Rod McCravy Invitational... Runner-up in the 1000 meter at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a time of 2:28.62... At the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational, earned an 8th place finish in the 4x4 with his time of 3:39.60...Was 1st place in the 4x8 with a mark of 7:39.14...Also achieved a runner-up in the 1500 meter in 3:51.57... At the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational, raced to first place in the 150o meter in just 3:50.04 and 4th place in the 800 meter in 1:54.41... Was 3rd in the 1500 meter with a time of 3:48.09 at the Auburn Tiger Classic ... In the FSU Seminole Invitational, placed 3rd in the 1500 meter for his 3:48.79 mark... Finished 11th in the 1500 meter at the ACC Championships with a mark of 4:02.27... At the Penn Relays in the 4000 DMR, sprinted to a 4th place finish in 9:54.15... In the 800 meter at the UNF Osprey Invitational, finished 7th in the 800 meter in 1:53.46... Came in 6th in the 1500 meter with a time of 3:52.61...
In 2009-10: Indoor: Posted a time of 16:18.80 in the 5000 meter run, good for seventh place at the Clemson Invite (1/8) ... Placed 18th in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:38.88 at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/29). Outdoor: Finished fourth at the Georgia/Georgia Tech Dual Meet (3/19) in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:56.21 ... Finished the 800 meter run in eighth place at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/26) after posting a time of 1:56.91; also posted a fourth-place finish in the 1500 meter run at the same meet in a time of 3:55.83 ... Finished fifth in the 3000m meter steeplechase with a time of 9:44.78 at the Tiger Track Classic at Auburn University (4/2) ... Finished in 20th place at the ACC Outdoor Championships (4/15) with a time of 3:54.92 in the 1500 meter run ... Came in first place in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:54.94 in the GT/Clemson/KSU Double Dual Meet in Atlanta (5/1) ...Was the first Tech runner to cross in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:50.98 coming across in 30th.
In 2008-09: Indoor: Took part in the one mile run in three indoor events on the season ... posted best time at VT Elite Invitational with a time of 4:13.50, which was good enough for a fourth place finish. Outdoor: Took part primarily in the 1500m run ... posted best time of the season at the Seminole Twilight Invitational in 3:54.47 ... mark was also a career-best in the event.
In 2007-08: Had an outdoor season-best time of 3:56.93 in the 1500-meter run at the ACC Championships (4/17) ... Finished with a season-best time of 1:57.70 in the 800m run at the Wake Forest Open (3/21)... Ran a personal best time of 2:00.89 in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational ... Finished the 3000m run in a time of 8:50.03 at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Crossed the line in a time of 4:17.48 in the mile at the Rod McCravy Invitational.
High School: Three-year letterwinner in cross country at Benjamin Franklin high school under coach Amanda Yeates ... Named captain for one season ... Team MVP in cross country from 2004-06 ... All-State cross country in 2004 and '06 ... Lettered four seasons in track ... Served two seasons as track & field captain ... Won 2007 Indoor 1600-meter and Outdoor 1600-meter in 2007 ... Earned all-State honors in track from 2005-07 ... Named track MVP from 2005-07.
Personal: Born Mark Robert Mendrek-Laske on February 13, 1989 in Chicago, Ill. ... Son of David Mendrek and Lisa Laske ... Has a younger sister, Alexandra, and a younger brother, Michael ... Grandfather Robert Laske played college basketball at Ripon College from 1945-49 ... Undecided on an engineering major.
