2004 Track & Field: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team member … won the A-Sun 3,000 meter steeplechase (4/17) title for the second consecutive year winning the race in 9:38.43 and earning first-team all-conference honors … also finished fifth in the 5,000 meters (15:18.24) at the A-Sun Championships (4/17) … at the Duke Invitational (4/2) broke his school-record mark in the steeplechase set last season at the same meet with a 9:20.23 performance … finished in the top-10 in five meets during the outdoor season … ran personal-best times during the indoor season in the mile (4:23.96) at the North Carolina Invitational (1/31) and in the 5,000 meters (15:24.97) at the Carolina Last Chance Meet (2/28) … picked up four top-10 finishes in five races … highest finish of season was second in the 3,000 meters (8:48.64 – best time on team) at the North Carolina Invitational (1/31).
2003 Cross Country: Received team MVP Award … member of the A-Sun All-Academic team … earned first-team all-conference honors after finishing eighth (25:46) at the league championship (11/1) … gained all-state recognition with a ninth-place showing (24:21) at the North Carolina Collegiate Championship (10/18) … opened season by finishing first at the Campbell Invitational (8/30) with a 15:44 5K … named A-Sun Runner-of-the-Week (10/21) … had five individual finishes among the top-12.
2003 Track & Field: At the Atlantic Sun Conference meet earned first-team all-conference honors after winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:29.14) … that performance is the third-best championship performance in A-Sun history … earned the Coaches Award for the indoor season … earned A-Sun All-Academic team accolades … set a new Campbell school record and a personal-best in the steeplechase at the Duke Invitational (4/4) finishing third in 9:26.54 … qualified for the NCAA East Regional meet (6/2) finishing 30th in 9:40.11 … earned Athlete-of-the-Week honors for the week of April 9th after breaking his previous school record in the event by 10 seconds at the Duke Invitational … finished the season ranked 118th in the nation in the steeplechase … led the team in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs, setting personal-bests in both events … competed in the 800-meter, the mile, and the 3,000-meter run during the indoor season … set personal bests in all three events … led the team in the mile (4:24.36) and in the 3,000-meter run (8:45.09).
2002 Cross Country: Member of the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team … earned all-state honors with a ninth-place finish (25:24) at the North Carolina Collegiate Championships 8K (10/12) … CU’s top finisher in each of the team’s six races … opened the season placing ninth at the Campbell Invitational (8/31) 5K (16:41) … placed 16th at the Catamount Classic (9/7) 5K (16:07).
2002 Track & Field: Atlantic Sun all-conference performer on the track following a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:44.68) at A-Sun Championships (4/20) … ran team’s best 3,000 meter time of the year (8:51.97) at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/16) and top CU time in the 5,000 (15:21.31) at the Duke Invitational (4/5) … logged a 4:07.68 in the 1,500 meters at Charlotte (3/15) … ran team’s fastest times indoors during the 2002 season in the mile (4:27.19) at the GMU Collegiate Invitational (2/16) and in the 3,000 meters (8:51.98) at the Carolina Last Chance (2/27), plus the 5,000 meters (15:32.47) at the Carolina Fast Times.
2001 Cross Country: Earned all-state cross country honors with seventh-place showing (25:45) at North Carolina Collegiate Championships (10/13) 8K … posted a top-10 finish in his second collegiate race by placing third at the Gamecock Invitational 5K (15:53) … placed 23rd at A-Sun Cross Country Championship (10/27) 8K (26:33).
Personal: Michael Wayne Earle was the 2000 National High School Cross Country Champion at Birchmount Park C.I. … member of Open Boys OFSAA 4x400 champion in 1999 and 2000 silver medalist relay team … led team to 1999 Senior Boys OFSAA cross country title … born Aug. 11, 1982 in Toronto … physical education major.
