Photis Karkalis
	Class: Junior Hometown: Mount Prospect, Ill. High School: Rolling Meadows Event: XC/Long Distance

Outdoor 2012: Placed fifth in the 800 at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invite with a time of 1:55.97 ... notched third at the Chicagoland Championships in the 1,500 with a time of 5:58.66 ... earned a career-best mark of 3:57.23 in the 1,500 at the Eagle Invite to place fifth ... ran a 15:34.54 in the 5,000 at the DePaul Invite to earn fourth place ... posted a personal-best time of 1:54.20 in the prelims at the Horizon League Championships and placed ninth in finals.

Indoor 2012: Sat out the 2012 indoor season.

Outdoor 2011: Placed ninth in the 1,500 meter run at the DePaul Invitational (4/16/11).

Indoor 2011: Placed second in the mile run at the North Central Invitational (1/21/11) and the UWM Panther Tune-Up (2/18/11) ... took fourth in the 3,000 meter run at the University of Chicago Duals (1/29/11).

PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-time letterwinner in both cross country and track at Rolling Meadows (Ill.) ... placed 10th in the 3,200 meters at the 2010 IHSA State Meet ... owns the school record in the 3,200 meters ... two-time All-Sectional and All-Conference in track and field ... placed second at the 2009 sectional cross country meet and qualified for the state meet ... biggest athletic thrill to date is anchoring UIC's indoor DMR to 2^nd place All-Conference and a new school record ... born May 1, 1992 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... son of Niki and Andreas Karkalis ... has one brother, Angelos ... currently enrolled as an accounting major.

CAREER BEST XC TIMES:
8,000-meter run: 26:15

Career-Best Indoor Times:
3,000-meter run: 8:40.60 (2/4/11)
Mile run: 4:12.6

Career-Best Outdoor Times:
800-meter run: 1:54.20 (5/4/12)
1500-meter run: 3:57.23 (4/14/12)
5,000-meter run: 15:34.54 (4/20/12)

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