2016 Cross Country

Nathan Weitz

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Spokane, Wash.
  • High School Shadle Park

Biography

Academic Notes: Majoring in forestry

2015 Cross Country: Redshirted his senior season

2014 Cross Country: Opened the 2014 season with a 26th place finish at the Huskie Invitational, scoring for the ‘Jacks in their first-place finish ... Posted a top-30 finish at the Adidas Invitational ... Posted a 10th-place finish at Big Sky Championships, good for All-Big Sky honors ... Competed at NCAA Championships

2013 Cross Country: A major contributor to the men’s success ... Top finish came at Big Sky Championships, where he finished third with a time of 24:38.01 ... Finished seventh at the George Kyte Classic with a time of 25:30.1 ... Finished 39th at the Adidas Invitational with a time of 23:55 ... Finished 28th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 30:08.4 ... Helped NAU to a second-place finish at NCAA National Championships with a 76th place finish ... All-Big Sky honoree

2012 Cross Country: Competed in five meets ... Finished 16th at the George Kyte Classic with a time of 26:36.8 ... Finished 11th at the Pac-12 Preview Elite Invite with a time of 24:58 ... Finished 112th at the Adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis., with a time of 24:20 ... Finished 24th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 30:50.9 ... Finished 80th at NCAA National Championships with a time of 30:35

High School: Named an All-American after finishing third at Foot Locker Nationals ... Led his team to the Division II title at Nike Pre-Nationals in 2010 after winning the 5,000m run ... Competed in the BUPA Great Ediburgh Cross Country International Challenge in Edinburgh, Scotland, as part of Team USA’s junior squad in June 2011 ... Won the Washington State 3A Cross Country title as a junior and finished second his senior year

Personal: Born February 19, 1994 in Spokane, Wash., to Lynn and Linda Weitz ... Has two sisters, Heather and Kendra ... Hobbies include backpacking, hiking, and fishing ... Uncle Steve Surface and father Lynn competed collegiately in cross country and track ... Attending NAU for the great forestry program and the storied track & field and cross country programs ... Most memorable life moment was a missions trip to Zambia ... Loves bunnies

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

  • 2013Sophomore

  • 2014Junior

  • 2015Senior

  • 2016Redshirt Senior