Kiel Uhl

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Roosevelt
Hometown:
Prole, Iowa

2008-09
Named to the USTFCCA Division I All-Academic track and field squad ... earned academic All-Big 12 First-Team track and field honors ... placed 23rd in the 10,000-meter run (31:09.61) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... 11th-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (14:13.37) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... placed third in the 5,000- (14:27.50) and the 10,000-meter run (30:39.19) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... became the seventh runner in Iowa State history to run under 29 minutes in the 10,000-meter run with his runner-up finish at the Stanford Invitational (28:56.85) ... finished runner-up in the 5,000-meter run (14:06.76) at the ISU Classic, a personal best time ... third-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (14:12.59) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... ninth-place finish in the 3,000-meter run (8:11.63) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

Named to the NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Cross Country Team ... earned First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country honors for the third straight year ... finished 12th out of 153 competitors at the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Cross Country Championship (31:30.85) ... placed seventh out of 100 competitors at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (24:20.8) on the ISU 8,000-meter course ... placed 10th at the Pre-Nationals (23:43.4) ... placed 10th at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:22).

2007-2008
Placed seventh in the 5,000-meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with time of 14:22.27 ... earned sixth in the 10,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with time of 30:47.09 ... took eighth in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (14:58.17) ... placed 16th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 5,000-meter run (14:21.08) ... won the 3,000-meter run at ISU Open with season-best time of 8:17.39 ... regionally qualified in the 5,000-meter (14:08.65) ... academic All-Big 12 honoree ... led Iowa State to its first NCAA Division I Cross Country team berth in a decade ... placed 71st out of 250 runners at national meet ... keyed ISU’s qualifying effort by finishing third out of 155 runners at the NCAA Midwest Regional en route to a third straight individual NCAA Championship appearance ... earned first-team academic All-Big 12 honors in cross country.

2006-2007
Redshirted indoor track season ... earned sixth place in the 5,000-meter run at the Drake Relays (14:12.23) ... finished 121st out of 250 competitors at the 2006 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship in his second consecutive national collegiate meet appearance ... qualified for the NCAA Championship with his fourth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional, earning him 2006 Division I All-Region men’s cross country honors ... finished seventh at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships to earn All-Big 12 honors ... named to the cross country academic All-Big 12 conference team.

2005-2006
Redshirted outdoor track season ... finished 67th out of 253 competitors at the 2005 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships ... second-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional to earn him an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships and the only freshman to qualify individually ... seventh among 98 runners at the Big 12 Championships ... crowned the USA Junior National Cross Country champion on the 8,000-meter course (23:50)... led the U.S. Team at the World Junior Cross Country Championship by placing 36th of 92 competitors.

Before Iowa State
First in the 3,200-meters and fourth in the 1,600 meters at Drake Relays (2005) ... second in the 3,200 meters (2003, 2004) at Drake Relays ... two-time 3,200-meter state champion (2004, 2005) ... second (2005) and third (2004) in 1,600-meters at state meet ... named to all-state track and cross country teams ... holds record in the 3,200-meter run.

Personal
Born March 19, 1987 ... son of Paul Uhl and Beatrice Heldenbrand ... has a twin brother Kory ... architecture major.