Furman University

Junior Year (2012-13):  Recorded top-12finishes at the Paladins’ first three cross countrymeets…finished third with a time of 16:24.9 at theMountaineer Open then claimed fourth at the Gene Mullin CrossCountry Invitational (15:26.1)…recorded an 8K season-besttime of 26:11.8 for 38^th place at the league crosscountry championships…placed 11^th with acareer-best time of 8:43.7 in the 3,000m at the Tiger Paw IndoorInvitational…finished fourth in the mile (4:18.2) at theEmory Crossplex Indoors…captured ninth place (4:23.1) in themile and 18^th place (8:46.4) in the 3,000m at the SoConIndoor Championships…won the 1,500m with a time of 3:59.97at the Blue Shoes Outdoor Invitational…placed fifth(31:30.52) in the 10,000m and 17^th (4:04.33) in the1,500m at the league outdoor championships…a member of theSouthern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon AcademicAll-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2011-12):  Set a new 8Kpersonal record at the SoCon XC Championships, placing21^st with a time of 25:11.62…placed fourth in the1,000m (2:33.07) and fifth in the 3,000m (8:50.34) at the Tiger PawIndoor Invitational…finished 12^th in both themile (4:24.99) and the 3,000m (8:58.63) at the SoCon IndoorChampionships…won the 1,500m with a time of 4:00.12 andfinished sixth in the 800m with a time of 1:59.15 at the FurmanOutdoor Invitational…posted a season-best time of 3:59.19 totake 11^th place in his section of the 1,500m at theRaleigh Outdoor Relays…recorded a 12^th-placefinish in the 1,500m at the league outdoor championships, notchinga time of 4:00.57…named to the Southern Conference AcademicHonor Roll.

Freshman Year (2010-11):  Posted aseason-best time of 26:51.22 to take 15^th place at theS.C. XC Intercollegiate and 39^th at the Winthrop FallClassic…finished 12^th at the Gene Mullin FurmanInvitational with a time of 26:56…placed 187^th atthe NCAA Southeast XC Regionals with a time of35:25.1…finished fifth in the mile (4:17.75) at the JRFIndoor Meet at Clemson…finished 13^th with a timeof 1:57.88 in the 800m at the ETSU indoor meet…placed19^th in the 1,5000 with a time of 4:00.21 at the USAJunior Outdoor Track & Field Championships…a member ofthe 4x1600m relay team that set a new Furman record with a time of18:05.36 at the Terrier Outdoor Relays…also a member of the4x800m relay team that set a new Paladin record with a time of7:47.42 at the Emory Outdoor Invitational…recorded aseason-best time of 3:55.26 to place ninth in the 1,5000m at theClemson Tiger Outdoor Qualifier…finished second in the eventwith a time of 3:59.40 at the Furman OutdoorInvitational…placed fourth in the 800m with a season-besttime of 1:58.03 at the Furman Outdoor Invitational…named tothe Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Finished fourth atthe state championship meet in the 800m and 1600m as asenior...posted best times of 15:52 for a cross country 5K, 1:56 inthe 800m, 4:14 in the 1,600m, and 9:28 in the 3,200m...a member ofthe National Honor Society and the Mu Alpha Math Honor Society.

Personal: John Richard Klecker wasborn on January 30, 1992 in Atlanta, Ga....son of Tom and JaneKlecker...intends to major in chemistry.