Thomas Porter Season 2009-10

High School: Three-time Foot Locker national finalist, with a top finish of third in 2008...the 2008 Virginia AAA state cross country champion...placed 15th at the 2009 USA junior cross country championships...12-time all-state runner in cross country and track and field for Mountain View...nine-time Commonwealth District and Northwest Region champion in track and field...the 2008 Virginia Gatorade Cross Country Player of the Year...placed third at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 5,000-meter run...seventh-place finisher at the 2009 USA Junior Track and Field Championships in the 5,000 meters...2009 Virginia AAA state champ in the indoor 3,200 meters and the outdoor 1,600 meters...holds personal bests of 4:10.03 for the 1,600 meters, 8:59.08 for the two mile and 15:01 for the 5,000, all school records. Cardinal Catalogue: Major is undeclared, but considering physics with a concentration in astrophysics...parents are Michael and Debra Porter...Michael is a former runner at the U.S. Naval Academy, while Debra was an All-American in the indoor 3,000 at Maryland...has three older siblings, Michael, Christina and Daniel.