Florian Lussy

DENTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 15: North Texas Mean Green Cross Country Ken Garland Classic at Discovery Park in Denton on September 15, 2018 in Denton, Texas. Rick Yeatts Photography/ Matt Pearce

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

DENTON: TX - SEPTEMBER 6: Mean Green men and women's Cross Country head shots and team photos at Apogee Stadium in Denton September 6, 2018 in Denton, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts)

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Oberdorf, Switzerland

2018-19
Cross Country
- Third runner in UNT history to qualify for NCAA Cross Country Championships
- Clocked fasted time ever recorded at the NCAA Championships by a Mean Green runner in the 10k with a time of 31:02.8 (11/17/18)
- Finished third at the South Central Regional with a time of 31:41.6 (11/9/18)
- All-South Central Region recipient
- First Team All-Conference
- Two-time C-USA Athlete of the Week (9/18/18 & 9/25/18)
- C-USA All-Academic selection

Indoor Track & Field
- Placed third in the 3k with a personal best time of 8:21.40 at C-USA Championships (2/16/19)
- Set a UNT record in the 5,000-meter run at the C-USA Indoor Championships with a time of 14:22.39
- Won the 3k title in 8:33.18 at the Texas Tech Classic (1/24/19)

Outdoor Track & Field
- Placed eighth in the 5k in 14:39.38 at the C-USA Championships (5/10/19)
- Took the 5k title at the prestigious Texas Relays in a time of 14:33.76 (3/28/19)
- Ran a personal best 3:52.17 in the 1500 for second place at the North Texas Classic (4/6/19)
- InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Track and Field All-Academic Team selection

2017-18
Cross Country
-Ran one race, placing sixth at the Ken Garland Invitational with a time of 20:47.3

Indoor Track & Field
- Placed fifth in the 5k with a time of 14:37.09 at the C-USA Championships (2/17/18)
- Took eighth place in the 3k in 8:25.39 at the C-USA Championships (2/18/18)
- Finished third in the 3k in 8:36.45 at the Ted Nelson Invitational (1/12/18)

Outdoor Track & Field
- Earned runner-up honors in the 10k with a personal best time of 31:14.20 at the C-USA Championships (5/11/18)
- Placed seventh in the 5k in 14:52.81 at the C-USA Championships (5/12/18)
- Ran a career best 14:18.60 in the 5k to finish 10^that the Mt. SAC Relays (4/19/18)
- Finished third in the 5k in 14:22.29 at the Texas Relays (3/28/18)

2016-17
Cross Country
- Earned first collegiate title at the Baylor Twilight Invitational with a time of 12:13.7
- Earned third team all-conference after placing 18th
- Came in 16th at the NCAA South Central Regional with a time of 31:02.4, the fifth-fastest 10k time in school history
- Named all-region after finishing 16th at the NCAA South Central Regional
- Placed 131st at the Pre-National Invitational with a time of 25:28.3
- Finished 18th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:19.1

Track & Field
- In indoors, finished second in the mile run at the JD Martin Invitational with a time of 4:16.38
- Placed third in the 3000-meter run at the Aggie Team Invitational at 8:31.55
- During the outdoor season, finished 17th in the 5000-meter run at the C-USA Outdoor Championships with a time of 15:51.88
- Came in eighth in the 1500-meter run at the Bobcat Classic at 3:59.36

High School
- Two-time U20 European cross country championship qualifier
- Won the U20 Swiss National Cross Country Championship in 2013
- Ten-time age group champion of central Switzerland in the 800 meters, 1500m and cross country
- Champion in the 800m, 1500m in central Switzerland in 2015
- Personal best time in 5000m is 14:37.84 and 3:53.54 in 1500m