2014 Cross Country Roster

Vinnie Van Puyvelde

  • Position Cross Country
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
  • Highschool Sint-Isidorius Broeders

Biography

Personal Records
800 Meter: 1:53.73
Mile: 4:17.00
1500 Meter: 3:48.52
3000 Meter: 8:28.01
5000 Meter: 15:20.34

Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week (Sept. 11, 2013)

2014 XC: Placed top-10 with a score of 25:45.34 in the 8K at the Azalea City CC Classic… registered a 21:13 time in the four mile at the season opener Tulsa Hurricane Festival… ran a 26:13.9 in the 8K at the Chile Pepper Festival… recorded a time of 27:19.96 in the 8K at the Crimson Classic… tallied a score of 27:20.9 to score for the Warhawks at the 2014 SBC Championships

2014 Outdoor:
 
Qualified for the finals of the 800m at the SBC Championships with a time of 1:53.73 and finished eighth, and took 11th in the 1500m (4:03.23)… posted a personal-record time of 3:51.17 in the 1500m to finish top-five at the Rice Twilight… ran the third leg of a season-best 10:26.18 distance medley relay team at the Texas Relays and ran a 4:00.25 in the 1500m… top-five in the 800m (1:56.43) at the McNeese Challenge… posted a 1:56.94 in the 800m at the Carl Knight Invitational… clocked in at 1:59.88 in the 800m at the Jim Mize Invitational

2014 Indoor: 
Set a personal-record of 4:17.00 in the mile at the USM Cupid Classic… posted a 4:18.51 in the mile, an 8:38.65 in the 3000m and a personal-record 15:20.34 in the 5000m at the SBC Championships… took sixth in the 3000m with a personal-record time of 8:28.01 at the Texas A&M Invitational… finished third in the mile (4:17.95) and seventh in the 800m with a personal-record (1:59.98) at the KMS Invitational… clocked in at 8:39.80 in the 3000m at the Vulcan Invite… a part of a DMR team that set the fastest time for ULM in 30 years (10:05.97) at the USM Cupid Classic

2013 XC: 
Warhawk Invitational champion with a 27:29 time in the 8K… won Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week on Sept. 11, becoming just the third Warhawk to ever do so since joining the league in 2006… set a personal-record of 26:27.20 in the 8K at the Crimson Classic… 28th at the SBC Championships at 27:07.8… finished fourth at the UTA Invitational to guide the team to a second-place finish … registered a top-20 finish at the Hurricane Festival and helped the team finish ahead of No. 5 Tulsa… ran a 27:15.9 in the 8K at the Chile Pepper Festival

Personal: 
Full name is Vinnie Van Puyvelde…son of Eddy Van Puyvelde and Ann Van Raemdonck…born March 30, 1994…Kinisiology major

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Cross Country
    5'10"
  • 2014Sophomore

    Cross Country
    5'10"