Cory Puffett Class: Junior Hometown: Hyattsville, Md. High School: DeMatha HS Event: Distance

2011 CROSS COUNTRY - Ran in four events for Terps... Best finish was 12th overall and 6th on the team to help Maryland win the Blue & Gold Invitational at Delaware... Covered 8K in 28:02.9... Best 8K mark of the year was 25:42.1 to finish 58th overall and 7th on the team at the Navy Invitational... Placed 91st overall and 9th on the team at the ACC Championships, going 25:47.6 over Clemson's 8K layout.

2011 OUTDOOR TRACK - Had Terps' best mark of the season outdoors in the 3,000 with 8:40.90 to place 6th at the Colonial Relays... Maryland's 2nd-fastest mark in the 5,000 was 15:04.59 for 3rd at the Maryland Invitational... Won the Kehoe Twilight 5K with 15:14.24 mark... Was 28th at the ACC Outdoor at 15:21.53... Placed 2nd at the UCF Invitational (15:44.62).

2011 INDOOR TRACK - Season-best 2:07.28 in the 800 meters came at the Terrapin Indoor... Placed 17th in the 5,000 at the Wesley Brown Invitational with 15:35.75(b) mark.

2010 CROSS COUNTRY - Made collegiate debut at Lehigh Paul Short Run, going 25:52 over 8K course to finish fourth on the team... Ran in No. 3 spot as a freshman for the rest of the season... Best finish was 46th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Penn State, going 31:38 over 10K... Was 59th overall at the ACC Championships in Boston, going 25:31.3 over 8K course... Ran 27:11 at Penn State's 5.2-mile circuit to place 123rd overall at Penn State National.

BEFORE MARYLAND - Standout distance runner at nearby DeMatha High School... Graduated with highest honors... Finished 6th at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional XC Meet in 2009 before placing 37th at the Foot Locker Nationals... Washington Post Athlete of the Year in 2009 for cross country... Two-time All-Met pick by The Post... Four-time cross country first teamer by the P.G. County Gazette... Won the individual title as a senior at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championship (16:02 over 5K), snapping an eight-year-old meet record... Earned a double in the 1,600 and 3,200 outdoors at the Crimson Tide Classic... Had PR of 4:02.28 to win 1,500 at the Freddie Hendricks Track Festival... ABC-7 Athlete of the Week... Also competed for the Glenarden Track Club in Landover... Won science fair as a sophomore at DeMatha... Member of chorus... Editor-In-Chief of DeMatha Stagline newspaper as a senior after also serving as a writer and sports editor... Pre-Maryland PRs of 4:24.98 in mile, 4:02.28 in 1,500, 9:12 in 3,200, 15:33 at 5K.

PERSONAL - Parents are Michael and Louisa Puffett... Has a younger sister, Nicole... Majoring in journalism with an eye toward sports broadcasting and an NFL or MLB play-by-play job... Can spend five or 10 minutes tying his shoes before a big race... Sports heroes are Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter and Billy Mills... Non-sports hero is Tony Dungy, for non-sports reasons... Chose Maryland over High Point and NC State... Playing sports growing up he pretended to play basketball for Maryland coach Gary Williams... Recipient of the Albert P. Carey Track Scholarship.