Wayne State University Athletics

2007: Won the Bayshore Marathon ... served as a cross country assistant coach at WSU.

2003: Earned All-American honors (for the second time in his career) with a 19th-place finish at the NCAA National Championships in Cary, N.C. ... earned his fourth First Team All-Great Lakes Region honor after winning the regional championships at Grand Valley State (Nov. 8) ... won GLIAC Runner of the Year for the second time after winning his second GLIAC championship (Oct. 25) ...selected as GLIAC runner of the Week on Sept. 16 ... began the season with consecutive individual wins at the Seagull Opener in Salisbury, Md. (Aug. 30), Detroit Mercy Invite (Sept. 6), Midwest Intercollegiates (Sept. 20) and Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 27) ... Detroit Free Press article.

2002: Medical redshirt ... did not compete.

2001: Earned All-American honors with a 21st-place finish at the NCAA National Championships in Slippery Rock, Pa. ... earned his third First Team All-Great Lakes Region honor with a second-place finish at the regional championships at Wisconsin-Parkside ... earned GLIAC Runner of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC honors with his 15-second winning margin in the GLIAC Championships at Ashland ... his Motor City Championship and GLIAC Championship titles bring his individual invitational race titles to five in his college career ... named team MVP ... lowered his WSU outdoor track 5,000-meter record to 14:31.

2000: A First team All-GLIAC selection after placing third at the conference championships ... earned First Team All-Great Lakes Region honors with a sixth-place finish ... won his second Concordia College Invitational title ... named team MVP ... broke WSU[apos]s 26-year-old outdoor track record for 5,000-meters by over five seconds with his 14:45 effort at the Hillsdale [quote]Gina[quote] Relays.

1999: A First Team All-GLIAC honoree with a fourth-place finish in the GLIAC Championships at Northwood ... earned First team All-Great Lakes Region honors with an 11th-place finish in the regional championships in Joplin, Mo. ... won his first individual championship at the Concordia College Invitational ... named team MVP ... selected team Rookie of the Year.

High School: A 1999 graduate of Plymouth Salem ... earned six varsity letters (three each in track, and cross country) ... cross country coaches: Geoff Baker, head coach, and Dave Hamway, assistant coach ... captained both cross country and track teams ... a two-time all-state honoree in cross country ... qualified for Michigan Class A state meet in track and cross country ... earned all-conference honors twice and all-area honors three times in cross country ... also earned all-state honors in track ... was a two-time regional champion in the 1600 ... cross country team MVP twice ... track team MVP ... holds five school records at Plymouth Salem HS - 5k, 3200m, 4x800m 7:49, 4x1600m 17:55, Distance Medley Relay ... High School Personal Best times: cross country 5k - 15:37 ... track 3200m - 9:32 ... 1600m - 4:19 ... 800m-1:57.

Personal: Full name--Nicholas L. Allen ... born August 2, 1981, in Ypsilanti ... son of Larry and Karen Allen ... is a mechanical engineering major ... named to the Coach[apos]s Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2000 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.