Mark Mendrek-Laske Class: Sophomore Hometown: New Orleans, La. High School: Benjamin Franklin Event: Distance Birthdate: 02/13/1989

In 2007-08: Had an outdoor season-best time of 3:56.93 in the 1500-meter run at the ACC Championships (4/17) ... Finished with a season-best time of 1:57.70 in the 800m run at the Wake Forest Open (3/21)... Ran a personal best time of 2:00.89 in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational ... Finished the 3000m run in a time of 8:50.03 at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Crossed the line in a time of 4:17.48 in the mile at the Rod McCravy Invitational.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in cross country at Benjamin Franklin high school under coach Amanda Yeates ... Named captain for one season ... Team MVP in cross country from 2004-06 ... All-State cross country in 2004 and '06 ... Lettered four seasons in track ... Served two seasons as track & field captain ... Won 2007 Indoor 1600-meter and Outdoor 1600-meter in 2007 ... Earned all-State honors in track from 2005-07 ... Named track MVP from 2005-07.

Personal: Born Mark Robert Mendrek-Laske on February 13, 1989 in Chicago, Ill. ... Son of David Mendrek and Lisa Laske ... Has a younger sister, Alexandra, and a younger brother, Michael ... Grandfather Robert Laske played college basketball at Ripon College from 1945-49 ... Undecided on an engineering major.