Mark Pepple

1998 Graduate of York High School in Elmhurst, IL where he ran under legendary Coach Joe Newton (4 time High School National XC Coach of the year, 27 Illinois State XC Titles).  Walk-on at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign competing in both cross country and track, 1999-2001.  Trained with the Florida Track Club while in graduate school at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL 2005-2010.  Currently training with the Dukes Track Club, Albuquerque, NM. 

Highlights:

4th place at Gasparilla Distance Classic 5k, February 2009,Tampa, FL in 15:39
2nd place at Matanzas 5k, January 2009, St. Augustine, FL in 15:43
3rd place at Run for the Arts, March 2009, Lakeland, FL 20:4323rd (out of 42) place team finish at 2009 USATF Club XC Championships with Florida Track Club
1st place at Marine Corp Marathon 10k in first road 10k race; October 2010, in a time of 33:40.
Personal Bests:
3k: 8:53
5k: 15:27
4 mile: 20:43

Non-running info:  I have BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering and am currently working as a post-doc at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque.