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2022 Loyola Cross Country Roster

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Blake Buysse

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Plymouth, Minn.
  • High School Wayzata

Biography

+ First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference - 2020-21
+ MVC Scholar-Athlete Team - 2020-21, 2021
+ Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team - 2022

2022: 
Ran in four races for the Ramblers … Made his season debut at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational where he placed in 4th with an 8K time of 24:36.5 … Set a personal best in the 8K at the Bradley Pink Classic with a time of 23:58.2 to end up in 19th place … Ran a personal best time of 24:19.5 in the 5M at the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship to place in 9th … Ended the season with 38th place at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships with a personal best 10K time of 30:22.9, shaving over 90 seconds off of his previous personal best … Named to the Atlantic 10’s All-Academic Team.

2021: Appeared in three meets ... Made season debut at the Redbird Invitational, clocking in at 24:52.0 to place 12th overall ... Ran the top 8k time of his career two weeks later at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic, taking 47th with a time of 24:21.9 ... Helped Loyola to a third-place showing at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, its top finish since 2013, racing through in 25:24.9 to take 20th ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection. 

Spring 2021: Saw action in both meets ... Led the Ramblers in each of his outings ... First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree ... Checked in 14th at the Lipscomb Winter Classic, finishing in 25:11.7 ... Crossed in 25:29.4 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, placing ninth overall ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honoree.

2019: Competed in all six meets during his sophomore year ... Opened the year with a fifth-place effort (18:44) at the Crusader Open ... Notched another top-10 finish a week later at the Illinois State Invitational, checking in ninth (24:56) as the Ramblers earned a runner-up finish in the team standings ... Ran 26:10 (54th) at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational ... Was the second Rambler across at the Bradley Pink Classic, where he placed 22nd (24:57) ... Narrowly missed out in a spot in the Rambler top five at the MVC Championship, finishing 26th in 26:04 ... Impressed in his 10k debut at the NCAA Midwest Regional, crossing in 31:56 to take 44th.

2018: Appeared in four meets as a freshman ... Was the fourth Rambler to cross the finish line at the season-opening Vic Godfrey Open, checking in at 26:37 to place 29th ... Came in 43rd (26:51) at the Illinois State Invitational ... Also saw action at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (195th; 26:29) and the Bradley Pink Classic (149th; 26:22).

High School: All-State selection as a senior at Wayzata High School ... Two-time All-Lake Conference honoree ... Helped lead the Trojans to conference, sectional and state crowns as both a junior and a senior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Graduate Student