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Metro state Athletics Cross Country
 
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  Anthony Luna

Anthony Luna

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Westminster, Colo.

High School:
Ranum High School

Height:
5-10

Event:
Distance

2008 OUTDOOR: Earned NCAA all-America honors in the 800 meters after running a time of 1:49.39 and finishing second in a photo finish at the NCAA Championship...A first team all-RMAC performer after finishing second in the 800 meters at the conference meet...Also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished seventh...Won the 800 meters at the Tom Benich Classic (1:51.02).

2008 INDOOR: Earned NCAA all-America honors in the 800 meters after finishing third in a time of 1:51.50 at the national championship...Finished third (4:15.02) in the mile to earn all-RMAC honors and was also part of the fourth-place distance medley relay team at the RMAC Championship...Won the 800 meters at the CU Potts Invitational...Also won the 800 meters at the Mines Twilight Open (1:52.50).

2007 CROSS COUNTRY: Was Metro State's first-ever representative at the NCAA Cross Country Championship, finishing 68th overall in a time of 32:19.8 as a sophomore...Finished 28th overall in a time of 32:18 at the NCAA North Central regional...Ran a time of 27:14.68 to finish 18th overall at the RMAC Championship...Finished second for the Roadrunners and 21st overall at the Colorado State Classic 4 mile.

2007 OUTDOOR: Finished third and ran a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 3:58.06 in the 1500 meters at the Jack Christiansen Invitational...Finished eighth in the 1500 meters at the RMAC Championship...Ran to a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters at the Tom Benich Classic...Ran 4:22.10 to finish third in the mile at the Colorado College Invitational.

2007 INDOOR: Ran on the distance medley relay team that finished fourth at the RMAC Championship in a time of 10:25.57...Finished second in the mile at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight...Also on the distance medley relay team that won the Air Force Invitational in a time of 10:58.89.

2006 CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the RMAC all-Academic team as a 2006 freshman...Finished 33rd overall at the RMAC Championship, running a time of 26:56 for 8K...Finished third for the Roadrunners and 51st overall at the University of Colorado Shootout in a time of 28:00...Ran 27:57.90 over 8K to finish 57th at the Woody Greeno Invitational...Placed 29th at the Wyoming Invitational, running the 4.25 miles in 23:26.

2005: Redshirted his 2005 freshman season at Metro State.

RANUM HIGH: Ran cross country and track and field at Ranum High School, from which he graduated from in 2004...An all-state selection in cross country during his 2003 junior and 2004 senior seasons...Placed fifth in 4-A as a senior...The state 4-A champion in the 800 meters as a senior...An all-Skyline League pick...Coached in cross country by John Esquibel...Ran a personal-record time of 1:52 in the 800 meters.

PERSONAL: Born June 4, 1986, to Anthony and Tina Luna...Has a brother, Gabriel, a member of the Metro State cross country team, and a sister, Brandi...Enjoys playing basketball, hiking and fishing...Has a son, Anthony Robert.

 

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