Blake Burnstad

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Onalaska, Wis.
High School:
Onalaska

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St. Thomas Career Performance List

2024
Started season at the Oz Memorial (5K) finishing 23rd in 16:55.6, a personal record… placed 144th in the Roy Griak Invitational (8k) in 27:33.7… finished 111th in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8K) in 26:00.2, a personal record... placed 54th in the Bradley Pink Classic (8K) running 26:31.6... and finished the season running 26:06.7 in the Summit XC Championships (8K), placing 41st.

High School
A letter winner in track & field at Onalaska High School under head coach Darin Shepardson… helped OHS to a 2021 D1 Cross Country State Championship and was named the 2023 Mississippi Valley Conference Track Athlete of the Year… earned highest honors academically at OHS.

Personal
Son of Jenna and Derek Burnstad and has one sibling, Khloe… an exercise science major at St. Thomas.