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Pat Plank

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Omro, Wis.
	High School: Omro

	Height / Weight: 5-10 / 150
	Event: Hurdles

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Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Junior / Junior

Notables
Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week (3/23/09)

At Wisconsin
2011 Indoor: Member of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team and finished sixth in the 400-meter run (49.70) at the Badger Track Classic (1/15) ... placed second in the 600 meters with a time of 1:20.51 at the Illini Classic (1/22)... finished fifth in the 600 meters with a time of 1:19.92 and was a member of the fourth place 4x400-meter relay (3:16.13) at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/29)... ran the 400 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/12) and finished 31st in a time of 49.18... finished third in the 600 meters crossing the line in 1:20.10 at the Red & White Open (2/18)... won the 200 meters at the Wisconsin NCAA Qualifier (3/4) in 22.24

2011 Outdoor: Claimed a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Ten championships (5/15), clocking in at 52.26 ... earned a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Aztec Invitational (3/19), running a personal-best time of 52.23

2010 Indoor: Finished 23rd in the 600 meters at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in a time of 1:23.01 ... finished second in the 600 meters at the Red & White Open (2/19) in 1:20.03 ... finished first in the 400 meters at the Badger Track Classic (1/23) in 49.76 ... member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team at the Badger Quad (1/16) ... also finished 4th in the 600 meters at the Badger Quad (1/16) in 1:22.62

2010 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 52.83 at the Musco Twilight Invitational (5/1) ... finished second in the 400-meter hurdles (53.81) at the Jeff Miller Drake Alternative Meet (4/24) ... placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Gateway Classic (4/17) in a time of 54.37 ... won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 53.75 at the Rex Foster Warhawk Open (4/9) ... finished 22nd in the 400-meter hurdles (53.99) and was a member of the winning distance medley relay (9:46.40) at the Florida Relays (4/2-3) ... placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Florida State Relays (3/27) in a time of 53.60

2009 Indoor: Finished 12th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28) in the 600 meters in 1:20.03, a personal best ... placed second at the Wisconsin Badger Open (2/21) in the 600 meters in 1:20.84 ... finished first in the 600 meters at the Badger Track Classic (1/17) with a time of 1:21.48 ... finished seventh in the 400 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 49.87

2009 Outdoor: Clocked a personal-best time of 53.37 in the 400-meter hurdles to finish sixth at the VS Athletics Beach Invitational (4/18) ... ran a 53.58 in the 400 hurdles to place fifth at the Jim Click Shootout (4/4) ... won the 400 hurdles at the Rose-Hulman Early Bird (3/21) in 54.13

High School
Won 2007 Wisconsin state championship in the 300-meter hurdles, setting a Division 2 state record of 38.08 ... finished second at 2007 state meet in both 110-meter hurdles and 200 meters ... also was runner-up in 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles in 2006 ... school record holder in 200 meters, 400 meters, 300 hurdles and triple jump ... three-time all-conference pick in soccer, winning 2005 conference player of the year honors ... also played basketball ... president of both National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America ... finalist for Wendy's High School Heisman award ... WIAA Scholar Athlete

Personal
Parents are Tom and Nancy ... has a brother, Mike ... intends to major in kinesiology

Personal Bests
Indoor			Outdoor
200 Meters	22.24	3-4-11	400 Hurdles	52.16	5-26-11
400 Meters	49.03	2-13-10
500 Meters	1:04.33	2-6-10
600 Meters	1:19.92	1-29-11