James Scheiner Event: Distance
Class: Junior
High School: Westfield
Hometown: Centreville, Va.
 
photo 2007 Cross Country: Registered season-high finish at the Wake Forest Relays, teaming with Billy Berlin for eighth place in a combined 7k time of 23:17 ... Finished 17th at the William & Mary Inter-Regional, running 8k in 25:08 ... Earned 32nd at the Chile Pepper Invitational, registering a time of 31:22 in the 10k ... Took 40th in the 8k race at the ACC Championships in a time of 25:31.

2007 Outdoor: Finished seventh in the 1,500-meter at the ACC Championships with a time of 3:49.84 ... Led off school record 4x1,500-meter relay that finished in 15:41.32 at the Sea Ray Relays, which gave them the event title ... Placed 24th in the 1,500-meter race at the NCAA East Regional (3:54.98) ... Member of 4x400-meter relay that won the Liberty Twilight ... Ran personal-best 1,500-meter time of 3:46.41 to take seventh at the Vanderbilt Twilight and qualify for the regional meet ... Finished second in the 1,500-meters at the Liberty Twilight (3:54.84).

2007 Indoor: Anchored the distance medley relay that finished ninth at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:10.71 ... Took first place in the 3,000-meter race at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup (8:20.83) ... Ran a personal-best mile in 4:08.60 to finish seventh and also finished seventh in the 1,000-meter race at the VT Invitational (2:30.91) ... Ran second leg of distance medley relay that finished second at the Virginia Tech Challenge.

2006 Cross Country: Team's second-highest finisher with a third-place effort at the Hokie Open (19:35) ... Ran season-best 32:01 in 10k at the Chile Pepper Invitational ... Finished 59th in 32:32 at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Took 39th with a 25:52 time at the William and Mary Inter-Regional.

2005 Cross Country: Finished 10th at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 19:56.13 ... Was second at the VT Alumni Meet in 25:03.26 ... Had a fifth-place finish at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 20:07.92 ... Placed 70th at the Penn State Open with a time of 26:36 ... Was 35th at the ACC Championships with a time of 24:59.3 ... Finished 137th at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a time of 33:14.4.

2004 Cross Country: Ran in four meets ... Finished 102nd in the 10k NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a time of 32:47.70 ... Was 70th in the 8k race at the ACC Championships in a time of 27:29.50 ... Took 37th place at Virginia's Lou Onesty Invitational in a time of 26:30.50 ... Was 65th at the Chile Pepper Invitational.

High School: A four-year letterman in cross country and track under coaches Scott Berquist and Emily Utter at Westfield ... Member of the national and state champion 4x800-meter relay team along with claiming the state championship title in track ... Three-time All-American ... Named all-Met, all-region, all-district and all-state ... Voted team captain and team MVP.

Personal: Born March 18, 1986 in Ridge Crest, Calif. ... Son of Zoë Rann and John Scheiner ... Has a brother (Joshua, 23) and a sister (Katherine, 21) ... Building construction major.