Drake Veitenheimer Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Belmont, Mich. High School: Rockford

2010:
Competed unattached in all three of his races ... finished the Jeff Drenth Memorial with a time of 16:16.0 ... Participated in the Spartan Invitational and finished with a time of 26:53 ... Ran in the EMU Fall Classic, posting a time of 16:23.6.

High School:
Attended Rockford High School where he was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field for Andrew Martin ... Named all-conference his junior and senior seasons in cross country ... Named all-region in 2008 and 2009 ... Earned all-area honorable mention honors in 2008 and first-team honors in 2009 ... 2009 Division I all-state honoree in cross country ... Recived all-region honors in 2009 and was a Division I state final qualifier in the 1,600m ... Received all-conference, all-region and all-state honors in track his senior season ... A member of the 4x800m relay team who holds a school record of 7:49.19 ... Posted a career-best time of 4:23 his senior year ... Best 800m time occurred in 2010 when he turned in a mark of 1:54.4 ... Also was a two-year letterwinner in hockey ... Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal:
Born February11, 1992 ... Son of James Veitenheimer and Laure Herrala ... Plans on majoring in engineering.