Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Saint Leo University Athletics

THE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC WEBSITE OF THE SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY LIONS

2020 Men's Cross Country

Jeff Romance

Blake Watson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Corunna, Mich.
  • High School Corunna

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Second Team All-SSC ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Ran in all seven events ... turned in a best 8K time of 26:03.4 at the Royals XC Challenge where he took 114th ... ran a best 10K time of 32:12.3 at the NCAA National Championships where he placed 165th ... finished inside the top-25 at three events with his best finish of 13th at the FLRunners.com Invitational where he ran the 8K course in a time of 28:20.0 ... finished the Sunshine State Conference Championships in 14th in a time of 26:38.5 ... placed 26th at the NCAA South Regional (33:19.2, 10K) ... helped lead the team to a Sunshine State Conference Championship, third place at the NCAA South Regional and placed 30th at the 2019 NCAA DII XC National Championship in Sacramento, Calif. 

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Did not compete

CAREER
Competed for two seasons at Lansing Community College ... attended Corunna high school and competed under coaches Bryan Heid and Jason Beldyga ... was an All-State runner in Cross Country and Track in the state of Michigan and is a member of the high school 4x800 record

PERSONAL
Believes his best asset to the team is his leadership by example at practice and races ... lists his favorite foods as Chicken, beef burritos, and lasagna ... son of Gregory and Tammy Watson ... has one brother, Kalib

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Junior

    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    6'2" 180 lbs
  • 2020Graduate Student

    6'2" 180 lbs