Notre Dame won 20 events and qualified 60 for the BIG EAST Championships.
2012 Cross Country Season:Ran in six of the seven meets during the cross country season, including at the BIG EAST and NCAA Championship meets ... opened year with a fourth place finish out of 36 runners at the 6K Crusader Invitational (19:25.8) ... won the five mile JV race at the National Catholic Championship (77 runners) in 25:51.6 ... took 27th out of 127 runners in the gold race at the Notre Dame Invitational (25:21) ... closed out regular season with an 18th place showing out of 105 runners in the 8K open race at the Wisconsin Invitational.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in three meets during the cross country season ... opened Irish career with a third place finish out of 53 runners at the 5K Crusader Invitational (15:48.5) ... continued strong early season with ninth place finish out of 255 runners at the 8K National Catholic Championships (24:59) ... also competed in the 8K blue race at the Notre Dame Invitational (26:10) ... competed in eight indoor/outdoor track and field meets ... achieved a first-place finish in the 5,000m run (14:41.65) at the Hillsdale College "GINA" Relays ... placed fourth in the 3,000m run, establishing a personal best (8:44.15) at the Notre Dame Blue & Gold Invitational ... ran a 14:32.38 in the 5,00m run at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships for an eighth-place finish and one point for the Irish ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... earned a track and field monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN: Attended North Central College and participated in cross country and track and field.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Patrick Thomas Lesiewicz graduated from Schaumburg High School in the spring of 2010 ... lettered all four years in cross country and track and field ... earned all-conference honors three times in cross country and all-state accolades twice ... earned a conference and regional crown in cross country and two sectional championships in track and field ... named team MVP twice in cross country and three times in track and field ... set the Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates course record, the meet record at the Aurora University Invitational ... won the IL Peoria Notre Dame Invitational in a time of 14:25 ... named team captain as a junior and senior in cross country and as a sophomore, junior and senior in track and field ... participated in the National Honor Society, band, drumline and the Church Youth Ensemble ... given the AP Scholar with Distinction and Roman Catholic Youth Service awards ... born to Thomas and Kathy Lesiewicz in Schaumburg, Ill. ... has three older brothers, Michael, Brian and Tim, and a younger sister, Karen, who is also a Notre Dame runner ... brothers, Brian and Tim, ran cross country and track and field for North Central College ... enrolled in the College of Science and is majoring in mathematics.
