2011: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team ... won (21:16.79) to lead the Warriors to an overall win at the Detroit Titan Invite (9/10) ... finished 60th (25:53) at the Michigan State Spartan Invite (9/16) ... placed ninth (26:13) at the George Mason Invite (10/1) ... earned 22nd place finish (27:08.8) at the Michigan Intercollegiate Championship (10/7) ... took fourth place (26:28) at the Raider Run 8K (10/15) ... cracked the Top-25 (25th) at the GLIAC Championship with a time of 26:39.34 (10/22) ... finished 52nd at the NCAA Midwest Regionial with a time of 33:54.6 (11/5) ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... 2011-12 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ...
2010: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team
... running unattached, he finished 13th (21:07) at the Detroit Titan Invite (9/11) ... ran to a 47th place showing (26:00) at the Michigan State Spartan Invite (9/17) ... was 6th at the Carnegie Mellon Invite (26:13.63) ... posted an 89th place finish at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (10/16) with a time of 31:31.41 ... had a season-best finish at the Mercyhurst-Gannon Invite (10/23), placing 3rd (26:52.2) ... placed second (22nd) among all WSU runners at the GLIAC Championships (11/20) with a time of 26:03.6 ... ended the season with a 45th place showing at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/20) with a time of 32:47.16 ... CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee ... 2010-11 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2009: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... ran in eight races with two top-10 finishes ... produced his first top-10 mark with a 6th place (19:28) finish at the Winona Duel ... ran the Flyer 5k Challenge in 16:54 which was good enough for 60th place ... posted his second-best finish in his career with an 18th place showing at the Detroit Titan Invitational ... produced a top-20 finish (13th) at the Cardinal Invite ... posted his second top-10 finish at the Slippery Rock Invite with a 6th place finish in 26:45.8 ... finished 12th at the Lucian Rosa Invite (26:29.0) ... cut two minutes off of his time from his 2008 GLIAC Championship with a 32nd place finish in 26:09.7 ... recorded a time of 34:16.1 at the NCAA Midwest Regional and finished 29th ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2008: Competed in five races ... best finish was 45th at the UP Collegiate Opener.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Williamston High School ... earned two varsity letters in cross country for coach Paul Nilsson ... earned all-area and all-league honors as well as WHS Most Improved Runner ... helped the Hornets to the Division 3 state title in 2007 by finishing 31st (16:26.2) ... was a 2007 Academic All-State selection ... placed 65th as a junior in the Division 3 state cross country meet (16:49.9) helping WHS to a second-place team finish ... also lettered twice as a diver (2004-05) earning all-league accolades both seasons ... selected as Rotary Club Student of the Quarter.
Personal: Full name--Travis M. Barczak ... born March 3, 1990, in Tulsa, Oklahoma ... son of David and Ellen Barczak ... has an older brother, Adam, and two older sisters, Adrienne and Erika ... Erika was a seven-time All-American diver at WSU (2004-08) ... majoring in kinesiology ... is enrolled in the Honors College at Wayne State University ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Fall 2010, Winter 2011 and Winter 2012 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2009, Winter 2010 and Fall 2011.
Travis Barczak's Career Statistics |
2008 |
Meet |
Time |
Place |
UP Collegiate Opener/MTU |
18:27.1 |
45th |
Detroit Titan Invitational |
23:19 |
93rd |
Mel Brodt/BGSU |
30:03.30 |
63rd |
Iona |
29:31 |
244th |
Slippery Rock Invite |
29:00 |
129th |
Michigan Intercollegiate |
DNR |
GLIAC Championship |
28:32.9 |
114th |
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
DNR |
NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |
2009 |
Meet |
Time |
Place |
Winona Duel |
19:28 |
6th |
Flyer 5K Challenge |
16:54 |
60th |
Detroit Titan Invitational |
21:24 |
18th |
Cardinal Invitational |
26:39.1 |
13th |
Lehigh Paul Short Run |
DNR |
Slippery Rock Invite |
26:45.8 |
6th |
Lucian Rosa Invite |
26:29.0 |
12th |
GLIAC Championship |
26:09.7 |
32nd |
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
34:16.1 |
29th |
NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |
2010 |
Meet |
Time |
Place |
Detroit Titan Invitational |
21:07 |
13th-UA |
Michigan State Invitational |
26:00 |
47th |
Carnegie Mellon Invitational |
26:13.6 |
6th |
Chile Pepper CC Festival |
31:31.4 |
89th |
Mercyhurst-Gannon Invitational |
26:52.2 |
3rd |
GLIAC Championships |
26:03.6 |
22nd |
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
32:47.1 |
45th |
NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |
2011 |
Meet |
Time |
Place |
Detroit Titan Invitational |
21:15.76 |
1st |
Michigan State Spartan Invitational |
25:53 |
60th |
George Mason Invitational |
26:13 |
9th |
Michigan Intercollegiate Championships |
27:08.80 |
22nd |
Raider Run 8K at OCC |
26:28 |
4th |
GLIAC Championship |
26:39.34 |
25th |
NCAA Midwest Regional Championship |
33:54.6 |
52nd |
NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |