Name: Jason Rexing Position/Ht./Yr.: CC/Distance/5-10/Senior Hometown Pickerington, Ohio High School Pickerington

AS A SENIOR: Making his fourth appearance in NCAA championships and third consecutive appearance in 10,000 meters, joining teammate Errol Williams for most appearances by Notre Dame track and field athlete since Bill Hurd's five from 1968-69...enters field of 19 with 10th fastest and career best time of 29:10.41...this 29:10.41 marks second fastest time in Irish history and placed him sixth at Stanford Invitational...won 5,000 and took second in 10,000 meters at BIG EAST outdoor championship...double winner at BIG EAST indoor championship in 3,000 and 5,000 and took third in mile...guided Irish cross country team to sixth straight NCAA championship appearance and first BIG EAST title as top finisher in both races...selected as GTE/CoSIDA Men's Spring At-Large Academic All-District and now is eligible for Academic All-America honors for the second consecutive year.

AS A JUNIOR: Earned GTE/CoSIDA Spring At-Large Third-Team Academic All-America honors...placed 16th in the 10,000 in 31:46.11 meters in his second consectutive appearance in the NCAA outdoor championships...six-time all-BIG EAST track selection...won his second-consecutive BIG EAST 10,000 meters in 31:05.33...posted career best 29:20.55 at the Stanford Invitational...took second in the BIG EAST outdoor 5,000 meters...earned All-America honors as he ran the 1,600-meter leg of the distance medley relay team that finished eighth at the NCAA indoor championships...ran the 1,600 meters on the BIG EAST champion distance medley relay and on the fastest DMR (9:39.39) in school history...won his second consecutive BIG EAST indoor 5,000 meters title and placed second in the 3,000 meters...earned All-America honors by finishing 26th at the 1996 NCAA cross country championships...competed in all eight cross-country races finishing in the top five in five of those races...posted team's best finish in five races, including the NCAA championship...had best finish of the year at the National Catholic meet, finishing first...fifth at the Notre Dame Invitational...earned all-BIG EAST honors with runner-up finish at the BIG EAST cross country championships...led the Irish to victory at the NCAA District IV Meet with his second-place finish...selected to United States Cross Country Coaches Association all-academic team.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Became the latest Notre Dame track All-American with his 13th-place finish in the 10,000 meters (30:12.09) at the 1996 NCAA outdoor track and field championships...member of the United States Cross Country Coaches Association all-academic team...participated in all seven cross country races...18th at the BIG EAST championship with a time of 25:41...won the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST indoor championships with career best 14:17.99...captured the mile run at the DePaul Invitational with a time of 4:13.53...fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Cannon IV Classic with a time of 8:11.09...won the 10,000 meters at the BIG EAST championships with a time of 30:49.35...won the 1,500 against Western Michigan with a time of 3:58.51...won the 5,000 at the BIG EAST championships with a time of 14:28.47.

AS A FRESHMAN: Ran in six of seven cross country meets...was the second Irish runner to cross the finish line at the 1994 NCAA championships with a time of 31:59.3...highest finish of the cross country season was at the Midwestern Collegiate Conference championships where he finished ninth with a time of 25:41.0...finished 30th at the District IV championships in 31:52.0...competed in the World Cross Country championships in England in March of 1995 and was the second U.S. finisher...won the 10,000 meters (30:21.50) at the Central Collegiates...third at the Drake Relays with a season-low 5,000 meters (14:37.83).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-time letterwinner in track and cross country at Pickerington High School...captained the cross country squad as a junior and senior as well as serving in that role for the track team as a senior...four-year all-Ohio Capital Conference honoree and three-time conference champion...named all-state three times and finished second in the Ohio state championships twice...three-time all-state performer in track (twice in the 3,200 meters and once in 1,600 meters)...finished 12th in the Foot Locker Finals to earn third-team All-America honors...born March 10, 1976, in Los Angeles, Calif....graduated from the College of Engineering with a degree in mechanical engineering with a 3.440 final cumulative grade-point average.

Career BESTS

Indoor
5,000m  14:17.99    1996 BIG EAST Championships

Outdoor
5,000m  14.21.36    1996 IC4A Championships
10,000m 29:10.41    1998 Stanford Invitational