Joep Tigchelaar Class: Junior Hometown: Marcharen, The Netherlands High School: Titus Brandsma Lyceum Event: Distance Collegiate Bests: 3K (8:22.00); 5K (14:15.25); 10K (28:55.36)

2002: Cross Country – Earned the right to compete at the NCAA Championships for the second-straight season, finishing better over half the field with a 107th-place finish…earned All-Regional honors after finishing fourth at the NCAA South Regional…named to the All-ACC team following a seventh-place finish at the conference meet…was the Tribe’s top finisher in four meets and was the second-best finisher in two races…Indoor – Placed fourth in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 14:26.73…specialized in the 3000m run…finished 12th at the ACC Championships in the 3000m (8:31.68)…top time of 8:22 in the 3000m came at the Adidas Invite …Outdoor – Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m run, finishing 16th in the nation…won the ACC Championship in the 10k and finished third in the 5000m…earned All-ACC honors in both the 10k and 5k…ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 28:55.36 in the 10k at the Stanford Invitational…his time at the Stanford meet is the second fastest in school history…ran the 5k in an impressive 14:15.25 at the Cardinal Qualifier, which is the sixth-fastest mark in school history…had the fastest time of the season for the Seminoles in the 3000m run at 8:28.32.

2001:Cross Country – First-ever FSU runner to earn All-ACC and Freshman of the Year honors…earned All-South Region honors and was the top freshman finisher at the meet with a fifth-place finish at 31:00…at the NCAA National Championship,his time of 30:28 in the 10K course was good for 71 st in a tough field…finished first or second for the Seminoles in five of six meets this season…led FSU at the ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish…followed that with a fifth-place run to lead the Seminoles at the NCAA South Region Championships, earning an invite to the NCAA National Championships…earned three consecutive second-place finishes for FSU at the Florida Intercollegiate Championships, the Auburn Invitational, and the NCAA Pre-Nationals…finished no lower than 22nd overall in any meet during the regular season...Indoor - Saw limited action in his first season…could emerge as the Seminoles’ top distance runner…placed sixth in the 3000m (8:26.7) and eighth in the 5000m (14:54.07) runs at the ACC Indoor Championship…won the 1500m at the FSU Season Opener with a time of 4:02.61.

PREP: Qualifier for the Junior World Track and Field Championships in the 10,000m...competed in the 5K in Junior European Track and Field Championships in 1999, where he finished ninth...qualified for the World and European cross country Championships in 1999 and 2000...national (The Netherlands) junior steeplechase champion in 1999.

PERSONAL: Majoring in business at Florida State...son of Hans Tigchelaar and Ann Marie Spin...celebrates a February 9 birthday.