William & Mary Athletics

2009-10
Cross Country: Named All-American for the first time, after finishing 17th at the NCAA Championships ... CAA Athlete of the Year ... All-Region for the third time, taking fifth at the Southeast Regional Championships ... Eighth overall at the Cowboy Jamboree ... Fifth overall at the Pre-National Invitational.
Indoor: Earned his second All-American honor of the year, taking fifth at the NCAA Championships 5,000m ... Ran a career-best 13:46.12, second-best in school history ... Opened the season by running 14:05.42 at the CNU Holiday Open, which remained the top mark in the NCAA for over a month ... Assured his spot at the NCAA meet after running 13:52.11 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Also ran the 3,000m at Navy, winning the event in 8:07.79.
Outdoor: NCAA Qualifier at 10,000m ... Won the top section at the Mt. SAC Relays in a career-best 28:40.33 ... Defended his CAA title at 10,000m at the end of April ... Second at the Colonial Relays ... At 5,000m, also finished second at the Colonial Relays with an outdoor-best 13:54.02 ... Runner-up at the CAA Championships at 5,000m as well ... Selected as the W&M Athlete of the Year by the Peninsula Sports Club.

2008-09
Cross Country: 78th at the NCAA Championships ... Led W&M to the region title, finishing sixth for All-Southeast honors ... Bronze-medalist at the CAA Championships ... Ran second for W&M at CAAs, Pre-Nationals, and NCAAs ... Fourth on the team, 13th overall at the Colonial Inter-Regional.
Indoor: All-East after finishing second in the IC4A 5,000m ... Timed 14:15.92 in the effort ... Ran 8:12.98 in the 3,000m at Virginia Tech, becoming the 10th-fastest runner in school history.
Outdoor: Named the Track Athlete of the Meet at the CAA Championships ... Became the first athlete to ever win both the 5,000m and 10,000m at the CAA meet ... Set a meet-record time of 30:06.17 in the 10,000m, and the second-fastest time in conference history in the 5,000m (14:11.91) ... Provisionally qualified to the NCAA Championships at 10,000m after running 28:55.48 at Stanford in May ... Time ranks him third in school history ... Advanced to the national meet, where he finished 20th in 29:51.13 ... Opened the outdoor season with a provisional-time of 29:25.71 while winning the Raleigh Relays ... All-East outdoors after taking third in the 5,000m at the IC4A Championships ... Ran a career-best 14:03.64 in that race ... All-Region in the 5,000m after he took eighth at the NCAA East Region meet.

At Oklahoma
Cross Country: Finished 13th at the USA Jr. Cross Country Championships in 2007 ... Placed fifth at the Penn State National Meet ... Earned All-Big 12 honors for a 17th place finish at the conference championships. Track: Placed fifth at the 2007 USAT&F Junior National in the 10,000m run.

At Kennard Dale
Holds the school record in the 3,200m and the 1,600m run ... YAIAA Champion in the 3,200m and 1,600m runs ... Set a meet record in the 3,200m run at the meet ... Placed second in the 3,200m and fifth in the 1,600m at the D3 AAA 2006 Track and Field Championships ... Placed tenth in the 1,600m and third in the 3,200m runs at the 2006 PIAA Track and Field Championships ... YAIAA County Champion and set the course record in 2005 ... Placed second at the 2005 PIAA District 3 Cross Country Championships ... Placed fifth while representing Pennsylvania at the 2005 Mid-East Championships ... Finished fifteenth at the 2005 Footlocker Northeast Regional.

Personal
Son of Kenneth Wirtz and Suzanne Grey-Wirtz ... Twin brother, Matthew, ran cross country for Slippery Rock and Oklahoma University ... Came to the College because it was a great athletic and academic opportunity.