Bio

Distance … 2009 graduate of Norwich High School who is majoring in accountancy ... minor in global studies … Before Bentley: earned 13 varsity letters at Norwich with five cross country, five outdoors and three indoors … two-year captain … state championship qualifier in cross country … Personal: age as of Dec. 1: 21 … son of William and Amy Spittler … has one sister, Sarah (18) … she runs track and cross country for Utica College … father played football at Ohio Northern … mother played basketball at Oneonta State … was president of National Honor Society and high school SAAC … accounting tutor … resident assistant.

CROSS COUNTRY

2012: competed in two events … 2011: participated in two events … 2010: finished 71st in the Northeast-10 Championships (27:29.4) … highest finish was 18th in the Saint Rose Joust (27:38) … 2009: was 84th in the NE-10 Championships (28:32.6) and 152nd in the New Englands (28:02).

TRACK

2011-12: saw action in three meets as a junior, recording times of 5:06.55 in the mile at the Jay Carisella Invitational at Northeastern and 17:07.18 in the 5,000 at the Tufts Snowflake Classic … 2010-11: finished 20th in the 3,000 (9:21.46) at the Northeast-10 Indoor Championships … did not compete during the spring portion of the schedule … 2009-10: placed fifth in the 3,000 (9:05.17) at the NE-10 indoor meet … was ninth in the 5,000 (16:31.81) at the NE-10’s outdoors.