Mizzou will face off against the country's best runners Saturday in College Station
2009 Race-by-Race
Distance
Overall Finish
Time
Roy Griak
8K
77th
26:42.00
ChilePepper Festival
10K
51st
31:42.44
Big 12 Championships
8K
58th
26:32.90
NCAAMidwest Regional
10K
62nd
33:49.80
2011: Protected home turf on Sept. 10, when he won the men's 8K at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a final time of 26:43.07 ... Led the Tigers with a 46th-place finish in the five-mile race at the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30, clocking in at 24:53 ... Finished 76th in the 8K race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 15, posting a time of 25:29 ... Took 25th place in the 8K race at the Big 12 Championships on Oct. 29 ... Completed the 10K course at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 32:27.01 on Nov. 13, good for 42nd place... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2010: Led Mizzou with a 50th-place finish at the Greater Louisville Challenge on Oct. 2 with a time of 24:43.08 ... Came in 20th overall and second among Tiger athletes at the Bradley Classic on Oct. 15 in Peoria, Ill., clocking in at 24:48.00 ... Paced the Tigers again at the Big 12 Championships Oct. 30 in Stillwater, Okla., finishing 39th at 25:26.49 ... Closed out the season with a Tiger-best 53rd-place finish Nov. 13 at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Peoria, Ill., with a time of 31:21.83.
2009:
Ran to a 62nd-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional after clocking a 10K time of 32:49.80 ... Ran for Mizzou at the Big 12 Championships and was clocked in at a season-best 26:32.90 in the 8K to place 58th overall ... His season-best in the 10K came at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Invitational as he finished the 10K race in 31:42.44, good for 51st overall ... Also ran at the Roy Griak Invitational and placed 77th overall at 26:42.
High School: West Central Conference Cross Country Champion in 2007 and 2008 while running for Archbishop High School ... MSHSAA Class 2 State Cross Country Champion in 2007 ... Three-time MSHSAA All-State Cross Country from 2006-08 ... Named First Team All-Metro Cross Country by The Kansas City Star in 2007 and 2008 ... West Central Conference 3,200m Champion in 2007, 2008, 2009 ... West Central Conference 1,600m Champion in 2009 ... West Central Conference 800m Champion in 2009 ... Five-time MSHSAA All-State in Class 3A ... First Team All-Metro 1,600m honoree by The Kansas City Star in 2009 ... Holds personal-best marks of 9:22.74 in the 3,200m run, 4:17.12 in the 1,600m run and 15:31.07 in the 5,000m run.
Personal: Born on Oct. 1, 1990, in Kansas City, Mo., to Mike and Mary Storms ... Plans on majoring in civil engineering during his time at Mizzou.
