Mizzou has 13 first-team honorees and a pair of second-team honorees.
2009 Race-by-Race
Distance
Overall Finish
Time
Missouri CCChallenge
8K
11th
26:40.40
Big 12 Championships
8K
94th
27:59.76
2011: Cross Country: Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2010: Cross Country: Did not appear in any meets.
2009: Cross Country: Competed in two races for the Tigers, including the Big 12 Championships where he clocked an 8K time of 27:59.76, good for 94th overall ... Also ran at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge and was paced at 26:40.40, earning 11th overall on the 8K trek.
2008: Cross Country: Placed fifth among Tigers (11th overall) in his first collegiate race - the Missouri Cross Country Challenge ... Had his best performance of the year at the Roy Griak Invitational with an 8k personal-record time of 25:43.7 ... Placed 60th overall, making him the fifth Tiger finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
High School: Three-time Class 4A All-State performer for CBC, twice earning top-10 MSHSAA Cross Country Championship finishes, taking sixth in 2007 and 10th in 2006 ... was an All-State performer on the track at 3200 meters in 2007, with a fifth-place showing ... high school coach - Bernie Sill ... high school PRs - 1600m, 4:28; 800m, 2:01; Two-Mile, 9:18; XC 5k, 15:49.
Personal: Son of John & Mary Bascio ... hobbies include playing the guitar and fishing ... maintained a 4.0+ GPA in high school and was presented with school's Cadet Colonels' Leadership Award for his outstanding citizenship, leadership, service, and academic achievment ... born September 22, 1989, in St. Louis, Mo.
