2003: Earned All-America honors by finishing in 33rd place at the national championship meet in Cary, N.C. ... earned First Team All-Great Lakes Region honors by finishing in eigth place in the regional at Grand Valley (Nov. 8) ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC after finishing in 10th place at the conference championship at Ferris State (Oct. 25) ... placed sixth in the Seagull Opener at Salisbury, Md. ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team.
2002: Medical redshirt - did not compete.
2001: Earned First Team All-Region honors with a sixth-place finish ... earned First Team All-GLIAC honors with a fifth-place finish ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... was a coaches association academic all-american ... received WSU[apos]s Cross Country Student-Athlete Award.
2000: Earned First Team All-GLIAC honors with a sixth-place finish ... finished 23rd at the 1999 NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championships ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... was a coaches association academic all-american ... received WSU[apos]s Coach[apos]s Award.
1999: Finished in 18th place at the GLIAC Cross Country Championships.
High School: A 1999 graduate of Livonia Stevenson with a 3.95 GPA ... attended Romeo High School as a freshman and sophomore ... earned three varsity letters at Romeo -- two in track and one in cross country ... received most improved award in cross country -- two each in track and cross country ... high school cross country coach: John Gores ... was a state qualifier in cross country his senior year ... ran a time of 16:11 at the state meet to earn academic all-state honors ... was a state qualifier in track during senior year in the 3200m relay and 3200m ... track and cross country team captain ... cross country team MVP ... High School Personal Best times: cross country 5k - 16:09-Ann Arbor Pioneer ... track 3200m - 9:48 ... 1600m - 4:30...800m-2:01.
Personal: Full name--Joseph Edward Verellen ... born March 4, 1981, in Rochester, Mich. ... son of Mark Verellen and Sandra DeLong ... is majoring in biology ... named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 1999, Winter 2002, Fall 2002, Fall 2003 and Winter 2004 (graduate school) ... named to the Coach[apos]s Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2000, Fall 2000, Fall 2001 and Winter 2003.
Verellen[apos]s Career Statistics
| 1999 | | 2000 | | 2001 | | 2003 |
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| Meet | Time | Place | Time | Place | Time | Place | Time | Place |
| Delta - 8K | 27:16 | 1st |
| SVSU - 8K | 26:18 | 4th |
| Concordia - 5 mile | 27:49 | 2nd | 27:41 | 2nd |
| Wisc.-Parkside - 8k | 26:53 | 50th | 26:01 | 25th | | | 25:54 | 28th |
| GVSU - 8k | 26:19 | 2nd |
| Loyola Lakefront - 8k | 26:02 | 49th | 25:57 | 26th |
| Roy Griak - 8k | | | 26:36 | 42nd | 26:10 | 28th |
| Salisbury Opener - 8k | | | | | | | 26:12.21 | 6th |
| Motor City/Willow Metro - 4.637 mile | | | 25:10 | 4th |
| Motor City/Oakland - 4 mile | | | | | 21:07 | 3rd |
| Detroit Mercy - 4 mile | | | | | 21:01 | 9th | 20:36 | 12th |
| MSU Spartan - 8k | | | | | 25:45 | 35th |
| Greater Louisville Classic - 8k | | | | | | | 26:12.05 | 24th |
| Lehigh/Paul Short - 8k | | | | | 25:47 | 44th | 25:24.67 | 44th |
| Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k | 26:17 | 18th | 25:46 | 14th | | | 26:01 | 16th |
| GLIAC - 8k | 26:38 | 18th | 26:49 | 6th | 25:58 | 5th | 25:26.6 | 10th |
| NCAA Regional - 10k | 33:38 | 23rd | 33:16 | 27th | 32:23 | 6th | 31:56.5 | 8th |
| NCAA Championship - 10k | | | | | 34:19 | 83rd | 32:18.7 | 33rd |
