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Indoor
Mile, 4:34.06
3,000m, 8:54.37
5,000m, 15:33.93
Outdoor
5,000m, 15:48.73
10,000m, 32:59.27
Honors
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2008, 2009, 2010)
Big 12 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Big 12 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
2009 (Freshman)
Bryce Somer (pronounced Summer) set personal bests in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the indoor season... broke the nine-minute mark in the 3,000 meters for the first time in his career with a time of 8:54.37 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational... topped his previous best of 15:38.86 in the 5K with a time of 15:33.93 at the adidas Classic to finish fifth... ran the 5,000 and 10,000 meters once each during the outdoor season... finished fourth in the 10K at the Hastings Bronco Relays with a time of 34:16.61... ran a time of 15:51.51 to place seventh at the Nebraska Invitational.
2008 (Sophomore)
Somer set then-personal bests in the 3,000 (9:00.22) and 5,000 meters (15:38.86) during the indoor season... trimmed nearly two minutes (1:40.96) off his personal best in the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season with a time of 15:48.74 at the Ward Haylett Invitational... cut 55.85 seconds off his personal best in the 10,000 meters at the Kansas Relays with a time of 32:59.27.
2007 (Freshman)
Somer was one of two Huskers to run the 10,000-meter distance during the outdoor track season... ran a season-best 33:55.12 at the Kansas Relays and was eighth in the 5,000 meters (15:42.27) at the indoor Prairie Wolf Invitational.
Before Nebraska (Yankton HS)
Somer had limited success in high school track, but was one of the top South Dakota prep cross country runners... coached by Dan Fitzsimmons... qualified for the South Dakota Class AA state track meet as a sophomore... was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Parents are Hal and Cindy Somer... born Aug. 15, 1987... major is nutritional science and dietetics.