2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2018: Earned PSAC Runner of the Week on two occasions (9/18,10/23)... the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational Individual Champion... named First Team All-PSAC and First Team All-Region... PSAC Fall Top-10 honors... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual accolades... ran in eight races this season for the Knights... opened the season placing second at the Bethany Invitational 6k with a time of 26:59... ran a four mile race at the Allegheny Invitational to place third... earned a second place finish at the Lehigh Invitational with an 8k time of 26:01, which is a new career-best... placed first at the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational with a time of 27:27.6... at the DII Pre-National race, he placed 19th with a time of 25:58... finished fourth (27:04) at the PSAC Championships... placed fifth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional with a time of 34:43 earning him a bid to the next round... in his final race, he placed 81st with a time of 34:20.8.
2017: Â Named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete ... received the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award ... earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II All-Academic honors ... named to the All-PSACÂ first team ... earned a spot on the NCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region first team ... selected PSACÂ Runner of the Week twice (9/19, 9/26) ... named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Runner of the Week four times (9/13, 9/20, 10/4, 10/25).
2016: Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... earned USTFCCCA NCAA Division II All-Academic honors ... named ECAC Rookie of the Week twice ... earned the honor for the first time after finishing 70th out of 204 runners at the Notre Dame National Catholic Invitational, posting a final time of 28 minutes and 10.9 seconds ... received the weekly honor for the second time after finishing second out of 19 runners at the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational, completing the wet 8k course in 27 minutes and 36 seconds.
High School: Ran for head coach Lori Poe at Chartiers Valley (Pa.) High School … was a two-time Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Triple-A state finalist … qualified for the state championships four times, placing among the top 40 as a senior ... graduated with Chartiers Valley’s course record and 3200-meter record … recorded personal bests of 4:28 in the 1600-meter and 9:32 in the 3200-meter … helped Chartiers Valley win the first section championship in program history as a senior … was part of a Chartiers Valley team that finished among the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) top five during her senior campaign ... named to the high honor roll … was a member of the National Honor Society ... graduated ninth in his senior class.
Personal: Environmental Engineering major … is the son of Christine and David … has one sister ... is a member of the Fishing Club at Gannon ... serves as a STEM Center tutor.
Best 5k Finish:Â 15:56.1 (1st) at the Fredonia State Invitational, 2017
Best 5k Time: 1st (15:56.1) at the Fredonia State Invitational, 2017
Best 6k Finish: 2nd (26:59) at the Bethany Invitational, 2018
Best 6k Time: 26:59 (2nd) at the Bethany Invitational, 2018
Best 8k Finish:Â 1st (26:21.2) at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational and Penn State Behrend Invitational, 2017, and the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational, 2018
Best 8k Time:Â Â 26:01 (2nd) at the Lehigh Invitational, 2018
Best 10k Finish:Â 19th (32:04.1) at the NCAA DII Atlantic Regional, 2017
Best 10k Time: 32:04.1 (19th) at the NCAA DII Atlantic Regional, 2017
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