Western Illinois University Athletics

"For the love of running" (by Matt Levins of The Burlington Hawk Eye on April 7, 2011)

Career Bests
Cross Country:
8K: 25:44.1 (11/1/08 at Summit League Championships-Shreveport, La.)
10K: 33:53 (11/14/09 at NCAA Regional-Springfield, Mo.)

Indoor:
3000-meter run:  8:50.92 (2/12/10-2/13/10 at Iowa State Invitational-Ames, Iowa)
5000-meter run:  15:23.21 (2/28/10-3/1/10 at Summit League Championships-Fargo, N.D.)
Mile run: 4:30.80 (2/12/11 at Knox Open-Galesburg, Ill.)

Outdoor:
1,500-meter run: 3:59.24 (4/30/11 at Stan Lyons Invitational-Indianapolis, Ind.)
3,000-meter run: 8:43.99 (5/2/09 at Illinois Open-Champaign, Ill.)
--Ranks in top-20 (No. 4) of all Summit League competitors for the 2010 season
5,000-meter run: 15:04.85 (5/14/10 at the Summit League Championships-Toledo, Ohio)
--fastest Western Illinois time of 2010 season
--Ranks in top-20 (No. 9) of all Summit League competitors for the 2010 season
10,000-meter run: 31:38.08 (5/14/10 at Summit League Championships-Toledo, Ohio)
--fastest Western Illinois time of 2010 season
--Ranks in top-20 (No. 15) of all Summit League competitors for the 2010 season
--fastest Western Illinois time of 2009 season (32:04.50 (4/10-11/09 at Lee Calhoun Memorial-Macomb, Ill.))

Awards
• Earned All-Summit League Academic honors in Fall 2008
• Named to the 2009 Summit League Fall Academic All-League Team

Personal
Son of Gary and Julie Buckles... born October 11, 1988... majoring in Exercise Science... Engaged to current Leatherneck Izzi Roy and is set to be married on July 21, 2012.