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Ed Schlichter enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Charlotte 49ers cross country and distance programs, having already closed out his collegiate career in 2005.
Brief Career Synopsis: School's first-ever Conference USA Cross Country Athlete of the Year, winning the award in 2004 ... Two All-Conference USA awards in cross country ... Five-time All-Conference USA in track & field ... ranks 7th all-time in 3,000 (outdoors) ... 7th all-time in 5,000 (outdoors) ... 6th all-time in 10,000 (outdoors) ... 7th all-time in 3,000 (indoors) ... 3rd all-time in 5,000 (indoors).
Cross Country -- 2004: Named Conference USA Male Co-Athlete of the Year, the first time a Charlotte male runner earned the distinction ... fastest time by any C-USA male runner at any NCAA Regional in 2004 (30:59.1) ... earned All-Southest Region honors by finishing 21st at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... ran Charlotte's fourth-fastest 10,000-meter time in his first race of the season at that distance ...earned his second All-Conference USA award, finishing ninth overall ... led Charlotte to a second place team finish ... led the team in every meet ... 2003: Did not compete and was redshirted ... 2002: Earned All-Conference USA honors with a fifth-place finish at the league championships ... Ran a time of 25:05.36, his best 8K time of the year ... Helped the men win their first-ever conference title ... 2001: Posted his quickest time of 2001 at the Auburn Invitational ... The team's number three runner at the Southeast Regionals ... 2000: Just missed earning all-conference honors with a 16th-place finish at the C-USA Championships ... Completed the course in 25:41.08, his best 8K time of the year ... Charlotte's No. 2 runner at the Davidson Open.
Indoor -- 2004: Placed third in the 5,000 at the Conference USA Championships to earn all-conference notice ... Had a time of 15:11.09, the team's best of the season ... Also had the team's season-best in the 3,000 with a 8:39.66 at the Clemson Invitational ... 2003: Logged the team's top times of the season in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter run ... Finished seventh in the 5,000 at the league championships ... Had his best time in the 3,000 at the North Carolina Big 12 meet ... 2002: Placed seventh in the 5,000-meter run at the Conference USA Championships ... Also had top-10 finishes in the mile and 3,000 at the UNC Five-Team and UNC Fast Times meets ... 2001: Posted a season-best 5,000 time of 15:36.57 at Virginia Tech's Pepsi Invitational ... Placed 10th in the 5K at the C-USA Championships.
Outdoor -- 2005: Ran 49ers' best 10,000-meter time (31:32.8) at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships to earn runner-up finish ... Also had Charlotte's best 5,000-meter time (14:35.38), which ranks 7th in school history ... Posted team's third-best 1,500-meter time ... 2004: Posted team's top times in 3,000-meter run (8:39.58) and 5,000-meter run (14:40.80) ... All-Conference with a second-place finish at the C-USA Championships in the 5,000 ... All-CUSA in the 10,000, finishing second with a season-best 31:11.99 ... also ran the 1,500 ... 2003: Earned all-conference honors with a third-place finish in the 10,000 at the Conference USA Championships ... Posted a time of 31:16.40, the team's best of the year ... Finished eighth in the 5,000 at the league championships ... 2002: Did not compete ... 2001: Finished eighth in the C-USA Championships in the 10,000 meters with a time of 31:56.22, running his best time of the year ... Placed second in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 15:36.34.
Prep: Finished seventh at the state cross country championships in 1999 ... Represented Pennsylvania at the Mid-East Championships ... Helped his Chambersburg cross country team finish 17th at states as a senior ... Won the 3,200 meters in his conference.
Personal: Son of Charles and Mary Schlichter ... Majoring in English with a minor in communication ... Born June 5, 1982.
