Player Bio
Rich Krupar
Hometown/High School : Elyria, Ohio/Midview
Men's Cross Country - 2006
Competed six times for the Brown and Gold ... placed 18th with a time of 20:21 at the season-opening Crusader Invitational, the fourth-best Valpo finisher ... ran career-best 8K time of 27:12.61 at Evansville Invitational, cutting over a minute off his 8K time in four weeks time ... improved time at NCAA Great Lakes Regional by over two minutes from the same race in 2005, covering the 10K course in 36:09.00 ... named to the Mid-Con All-Academic Team ... also named to the Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Men's Track & Field - 2007
Ran at 11 meets during sophomore season for the Crusaders ... posted Valpo season-best times in the 800m run both indoors (1:58.79) and outdoors (1:57.08) ... indoor 800m run time is the fifth-fastest in Crusader history ... registered runner-up finishes indoors in the mile run at the Chicago Invitational and the 800m run at the Boilermaker Invitational ... won the 800m run outdoors at the Puma Invitational ... named to the Mid-Con All-Academic Team ... member of Fall 2007 Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
Men's Track & Field - 2006
Led Crusaders with a top time of 1:59.35 in the 800m run indoors ... also registered a time of 4:30.76 in the indoor mile run ... outdoors, recorded Valpo’s best time of the season in the 1,500m run (4:07.01) ... also covered 800m run in 2:00.77 and 3,000m steeplechase in 10:09.76 outdoors ... named to Mid-Con All-Academic team.
Men's Cross Country - 2005
Ran six times as a freshman ... named to Mid-Con Academic All-Conference Team ... improved upon 8K time in three straight races to start the season ... ran season-best 27:33.9 at Evansville Invitational ... ran at Mid-Con Championships at Sunset Hills Farm, finishing course in 27:56.9 ... also ran at NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
Men's Cross Country - Prep
A two-year letterwinner for the Middies ... led team to Lorain County Conference Title as a senior ... named to All-Conference First Team in 2003 and 2004 ... named team’s Most Valuable Runner as a senior ... also earned Coach’s Award following senior season ... was 1,600m conference champion in track ... also lettered in wrestling and football ... a member of National Honor Society.
Personal
Rich is the son of Rich and Curran Krupar ... major is meteorology ... born November 12, 1986.
