2008-09 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster
Biography
2009 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career-high and highest finish in the 1,500-meter run at the LSU Alumni Gold placing second in 3:55.88 ranking him fifth in the Sun Belt and ninth in UALR career records...Also recorded 1,500 meter finishes at the Ole Miss Invitational placing sixth in 3:56.29 and the Sun Belt Championships placing seventh in 3:56.47...Recorded season-high in the 800-meter run in the prelims at the Sun Belt Championship placing second in the heat in 1:53.75 ranking him fifth in the Sun Belt...Recorded highest finish in the 800 meters in the finals at the SBC Championships placing fifth in 1:55.31 and the Rhodes Open in 1:56.34...Also placed 15th in the 800 meters at the Ole Miss Invitational in 1:54.31...Recorded season-high and highest finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Hendrix Invitational placing third in 15:41.24.
2009 Indoor Track Season: At the Sun Belt Championships, anchor leg of the distance medley relay team that placing second with a time of 10:11.38 ranking them second in the SBC and fifth in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the mile at the Iowa State Classic placing tenth in 4:20.10 ranking him eighth in the Sun Belt Conference... Recorded highest finish in the mile at the McDonald’s Invitational placing fourth in 4:21.34.
2008 Cross Country Season: Recorded season-high in the 8K at the SLC Pre-Conference Meet placing 18th in 28:41.00...Helped the Trojans to a first place finish at the UALR Open recording his highest finish of 12th place in 26:42.88 for the 8K...Placed 17th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight recording a time of 20:48 for the four mile course and helping the men’s team to a first place finish.
2008 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded season best in the 800-meter run at the Ole Miss Invitational placing fifth in 1:54.58 and ranking him fifth in the Sun Belt Conference...Recorded highest finish in the 800 meters placing second at the ULM Warhawk Classic in 1:54.66 and at the Sun Belt Championships preliminaries with a time of 1:55.06...Also competed in the finals of the 800-meter run at the SBC Championships placing fourth in 1:54.85...Recorded career high and highest finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Harding Invitational placing second in 3:56.27 ranking him second in the Sun Belt and ninth in UALR career records...Also competed in the 1,500 meters at the Hendrix Invitational placing third in 3:59.73...Recorded season high and highest finish in the 200-meter dash at the Harding Invitational placing third in 23.38...Also competed in the 200 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing 36th in 23.74...Recorded season high and highest finish in the 400-meter dash at the Rhodes College Open placing 16th in 51.01...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.
2008 Indoor Track Season: Set the school record in the 800-meter run and the fastest time in the Sun Belt Conference at the Arkansas Last Chance Meet recording a time of 1:51.08...Earned Sun Belt Conference Track Athlete of the Week setting the school record and fastest time in the Sun Belt in the Distance Medley being the third leg and helping record a time of 9:58.28 and placing seventh at the Iowa State Classic with Aaron Batey, John Lamb, and Ondrej Puskar...Placed second in the Distance Medley at the SBC Championships with Batey, Puskar, and Jeremie Schwartz with a time of 10:12.31...Recorded highest finish in the 800 meters twice placing third at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic with a time of 1:57.01 and third at the SBC Championships preliminaries with a time of 1:56.33...Also recorded times of 1:52.86 for fourth place at the Arkansas Invitational, 1:54.23 for fifth place at the SBC Championships in the 800-meter run, and 1:55.55 at the Iowa State Classic...Recorded career best in the mile at the SBC Championships placing second with a time of 4:17:35 ranking him third in the SBC and fifth in UALR career records...Recorded times of 51.48 in the 400-meter dash for 14th place and 8:44.36 in the 3,000 meters for third place and the ninth best time in the Sun Belt at the Arkansas State Invitational...Placed second in the mile at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic in 4:19.07.
2007 Cross Country Season: Helped lead UALR to the 2007 Sun Belt Conference title with a 12th place finish over the 8K course recording a career and season high time of 26:16.90...Recorded highest finish at the UALR Open placing seventh with a time of 26:37.26 for the 8K...Out of 341 runners, placed 98th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Invitational 8K with a time of 26:42.61...Placed 11th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run 5K with a time of 21:19.42...Recorded a career and season high in the 10K at the NCAA South Central Regional placing 70th out of 105 runners with a time of 33:04.5 placing him 18th in UALR career records.
2007 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded season best in the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing second with a time of 3:56.94 ranking him eighth in UALR career records and fourth in the Sun Belt Conference...Recorded highest finish in the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes College Open and at the Warhawk Classic placing second in 3:58.65...Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters at the SBC Championships in 3:57.29...Recorded season best in the 800 meters in the finals at the SBC Championships with a time of 1:53.87 after placing eight in the preliminaries in 1:56.00...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.
2007 Indoor Track Season: Recorded season best in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic placing 29th in 1:53.06 ranking him second in UALR career records and in the Sun Belt Conference...Recorded highest finish in the 800 meters in the finals at the Sun Belt Championships placing seventh in a time of 1:58.88 after placing eighth in the semi-finals with a time of 1:57.72...Recorded season best in the Mile at the Saluki Booster placing second in 4:18.41 ranking him fourth in UALR career records and in the Sun Belt...Competed on the Distance Medley relay team as the lead-off leg with the team finishing with a time of 10:06.59 at the Iowa State Classic ranking them second in UALR career records and first in the Sun Belt and at the Sun Belt Championships placing fourth in 10:19.80 ranking them fifth in UALR career records.
2006 Cross Country Season: Recorded highest finish at the Arkansas State Invitational placing 14th over the 6K course with a time of 22:09.76 and helping lead the team to a second place finish...Recorded season best in the 8K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic with a time of 25:43.66...Competed at the Sun Belt Conference Championships and the NCAA South Central Regional Meet.
2006 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded personal best at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Meet in the 800 meters in the prelims with a time of 1:52.62 ranking him seventh in the Sun Belt and third in UALR Top Ten Outdoor Performances and in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:57.20 ranking him eighth in the Sun Belt and in the UALR Top Ten Outdoor Performances...Set the new stadium record at the Arkansas State High Performance and Opportunity Meet winning the 5000 meters with a time of 16:39.21.
2006 Indoor Track Season: Recorded highest finish of first place in the mile at the ASU Kickoff Klassic in a time of 4:32.15...Placed first in the Distance Medley Relay at the ASU Kickoff Klassic with Ryan Garvin, Niclas Hesselgren, and Courtney Green with a time of 10:41.83...Recorded personal best in the mile at the Saluki Booster in a time of 4:20.70 which ranks him seventh in UALR Indoor Track Records...Placed seventh at the Sun Belt Conference Meet in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.63 ranking him fifth in UALR Indoor Track Records.
2005 Cross Country Season: Recorded fastest time for the 10K at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 33:47.6 ranking him 19th in UALR Cross Country Records for the 10,000 meters...Recorded highest finish at the Arkansas State Cross Country Invitational with a time of 27:29.00 for an 11th place finish...Finished 12th at the UALR Open with a time of 27:00.43, his fastest of the season for an 8K course, and helped his team to a first place finish...Competed in the Memphis Twilight Cross Country Classic in 21:12.24 over four miles and in the Sun Belt Conference Championships finishing with a time of 27:54.59 helping his team to a fifth place finish.
High School: Findra attended Gymnazium B.S. Timravy, Lucenec...Posted personal bests in the 400 meters twice at 50 seconds, 800 meters at 1:54.05, and the 1500 meters at 4:05.79.
Personal: Son of Elena Findrova and Vladimir Findra...Has one brother, Stanislav...Born April, 13, 1985, in Lucenec...Majoring in Accounting and Finance.
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