University of Houston Athletics
CenterPoint Athlete of the Week
9/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
Sept. 18, 2006
Calum Neff
Eligibility: Senior
Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas
High School: Lord Beaverbrook (Clagary)
Last College: Arkansas-Little Rock
Height: 6-0
Birthday: 8-15-84
Fall 2006: Finished second with teammate Juston Perez at the Cougar Classic with a combined time of 38:58... Won the men's 5K race at the Hawaii Big Wave Classic with a time of 15:31.
2006 Indoor: Had a sixth-place finish in the mile and a seventh-place showing in the 3,000 meters at the Conference USA Indoor Championships...had a season-best time of 4:13.43 in the mile when he finished in fourth place at the Tyson Invitational...also ran a time of 4:14.00 to finish in fourth place at the Houston Indoor Invitational...his best time in the 3,000 meters was at the C-USA meet with 8:31.88...was the runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Boise State Invitational. Outdoor: Had a season-best 3:54.55 finish in the 1,500 meters in the B Section of the Texas Relays... Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Conference USA Championships... Recorded a first place finish in the 3,000 meters at t he UTSA Relays... Was also 13th in the 5,000 meters at the conference championships.
College: Placed fifth in the mile at the 2005 Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 4:21.09...named to All-Sun Belt Conference Cross Country team after finishing in ninth place...had a third-place showing at the 2004 SBC Outdoor meet...member of the 4x800-meter relay team that set a school record with a time of 7:39.28 at the Drake Relays...had a fourth-place finish in the mile at the 2004 SBC Indoor Championships...placed seventh in the 1,500 meters at the 2003 Sunbelt Conference meet.
High School: Ran for the Calgary Spartans club team...had best time of 3:54.5 in the 1,500 meters and 1:56.8 in the 800-meter run. Personal: Major is communications...born August 15, 1984, in Aberdeen, Scotland...son of Jim and Rose Neff of the The Woodlands, Texas...hobbies include playing the guitar, Playstation II video games and R/C airplanes.
