Joe Michalak Class: Senior Hometown: Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla. High School: Coconut Creek Major: Management Information Systems

xperienced distance runner who is expected to contribute…competed last year indoors in the 800 meters and outdoors in the 800m and 1,500-meter runs…ran cross country as a junior and recorded a pair of top-10 finishes…set his personal-best 8k time of 28:10 at the 2000 Seminole Invitational…won eight varsity athletic letters in high school track and cross country…prep honors included being named Most Improved, Most Outstanding and team MVP in both track and cross country as a junior and senior…all-county recognition as a senior…a three-year Honor Roll student and an officer in the Ecology Club and parliamentarian for DECA.