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Saint Joseph's Hawks

2015 Men's Track & Field Roster

Aaron Leskow

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 170
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Toms River, N.J.
  • High School Toms River North

Biography

School Record Holder: Indoor 3k (8:07.07)
School Record Holder: Outdoor Distance Medley Relay (9:43.65)

Ranks third all-time in outdoor 1500m (3:43.36)
Ranks fourth all-time in outdoor 5k (14:09.44)
   
Personal Records 
               
                                                                    
Event Time Meet Host School Year
Outdoor 800m 1:55.60 Outdoor Open Delaware 2011
Indoor 1000m 2:31.08 Jack Pyrah Invitational Villanova 2014
Outdoor 1500m 3:43.36 Swarthmore Qualifier Swarthmore 2015
Indoor Mile 4:07.07 Penn State National Penn State 2015
Indoor 3000m 8:07.07 IC4A Championships Boston 2014
Outdoor 5000m 14:09.44 Larry Ellis Invitational Princeton 2014

NCAA East Regional Preliminary Participant        Atlantic 10 Champion          
1500m - 37th - 2014 Outdoor      Mile - 2015 Indoor
IC4A Point Scorer                                                  3000m - 2015 Indoor
3000m - 5 pts      1500m - 2014 Outdoor
5 pts - 4th - 2015 Indoor      Mile - 2014 Indoor
Mile - 2 pts      Atlantic 10 Point Scorer       
2 pts - 7th - 2013 Indoor      Mile - 27 pts
IC4A Participant                                                     10 pts - 1st - 2015 Indoor
3000m - 4th - 2015 Indoor      10 pts - 1st - 2014 Indoor
3000m - 11th - 2014 Indoor      6 pts - 3rd - 2013 Indoor
1500m - 21st - 2012 Outdoor     
1 pt - 8th - 2011 Indoor
Mile - 7th - 2013 Indoor     
1500m - 15 pts
4x8 - 17th - 2011 Outdoor     
10 pts - 1st - 2014 Outdoor
DMR - 17th - 2011 Indoor     
4 pts - 5th - 2012 Outdoor
      
1 pt - 8th - 2011 Outdoor
      
3000m - 15 pts
      
10 pts - 1st - 2015 Indoor
      
5 pts - 4th - 2014 Indoor
      
DMR - 12 pts
      
8 pts - 2nd - 2013 Indoor
      
4 pts - 5th - 2011 Indoor
      
5000m - 6 pts
      
 pts - 3rd - 2014 Outdoor
      
4x8 - 3 pts
       3 pts - 6th - 2013 Indoor

Outdoor 2015: Voted team's Co-Most Valuable Performer for the 2014-15 season... SJU's Co-Most Outstanding Performer.

Indoor 2014-15: Atlantic 10 Championships Most Outstanding Track Performer... Atlantic 10 Championships mile and 3000m champion... Two-time A-10 All-Conference First Team honoree... Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference selection... IC4A qualifier in the mile, 3000m, DMR and 4x8... Placed fourth in the 3k in a season-best 8:09.02 at the IC4A Championships... Anchored first-place and IC4A-qualifying DMR (9:57.74) at the Penn State National Invitational... Also placed ninth in the invitational portion of the mile in an IC4A-qualifying 4:07.07 at PSU... Atlantic 10 Co-Performer of the Week (2/3)... Won the 3000m in an IC4A-qualifying 8:24.99 at the Lehigh Angry Birds Meet... Ran third leg of IC4A-qualifying DMR (10:11.02) that placed third at the Penn State Relays... Also ran first leg of IC4A-qualifying 4x8 (7:38.83) that placed fourth at PSU... Took third in first collegiate 1000m (2:31.08) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Placed 20th in the 3k (8:11.63) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational... Won four events and turned in eight top-four performances.

Outdoor 2014: NCAA East Regional qualifier and participant in 1500m... Atlantic 10 1500m champion (3:52.56)... A-10 All-Conference First Team selection... A-10 5k bronze medalist (14:52.55)... USTFCCCA All-Academic selection... IC4A qualifier in 1500m and 5k... Led SJU and ranked second in A-10 in 1500m (3:43.89) and 5k (14:09.44)... Competed in nine events between 1500m, 5k, and relays and took top-ten finishes eight times... Anchored season's fastest 4x1500m relay (15:55.55) that placed second at Colonial Relays... Anchored season's fastest DMR (9:50.94) that placed second at Penn Relays... Competed in the 1500m four times and 5k 3 times... Took seventh in 1500m at Bison Outdoor Classic, fourth at Swarthmore Final Qualifier, and 37th at NCAA East Preliminaries... Placed sixth in 5k at Colonial Relays and ninth at Larry Ellis Invitational... Voted SJU's 2013-14 Most Valuable Performer... Made Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2014.

Indoor 2013-14: A-10 mile champion... A-10 All-Conference First Team selection... Matched season-best mile (4:11.50) to win title at A-10s... Also took fourth in the 3k (8:25.66) at A-10s... IC4A qualifier in the mile, 3k, and DMR... IC4A participant in the 3k... Broke SJU 3k record with time of 8:07.07 to take 11th at IC4As... Won two individual events and ran legs of three silver-medal relays on season... Led the team in both the mile (4:08.34) and 3k (8:07.07)... Ranked second in the A-10 in the 3k and fifth in the mile... Anchored season' s fastest 4x1 Mile Relay (17:46.34) that won the event at the Penn State Relays... Ran first leg of the second-place DMR (10:07.53) that met the IC4A mark at the Giegengack Invitational... Competed in the 3k Invitational (8:18.16) at the Penn State National Invitational... Won the mile (4:11.50 PR) and ran leg of second-place 4x8 (7:58.66) at the Armory during the Saturday Night Shootout... Ran the first leg of the second-place DMR (10:02.75) that qualified for IC4As at the Penn State Relays... Also came from 15 seconds behind to anchor the 4x1 Mile Relay to the event title at Penn State... Voted SJU's 2013-14 Most Valuable Performer... Made SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2013.

Outdoor 2013: Did not compete... Member of the SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2013.

Indoor 2012-13: Qualified for IC4As in the mile and 3000m... Placed third in the mile with a time of 4:17.82 at A-10s... Took second in the 3000m run in 8:27.07 at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Ran first leg of DMR team that placed second with an IC4A-qualifying time of 9:54.45 at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Anchored DMR team that placed second to qualify for IC4As in 9:58.49 at the Penn State National Invitational... Also placed fourth in the mile with a personal-record and IC4A-qualifying time of 4:11.82 at Penn State... Ran personal-best 8:26.55 in the 3000m run to both qualify for IC4As and take second place in the event at the NYC Gotham Cup... Took over four seconds off of previous personal-best in the mile and broke meet record with a time of 4:14.93 to take second place at the Penn State Relays... Also anchored DMR team that placed third with an IC4A-qualifying 10:01.02 at Penn State... Member of Atlantic 10 and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Rolls for Fall 2012.

Outdoor 2012: Notched season best in 800m (1:56.00) at the Delaware Open... Qualified for IC4As with 1500m time of 3:50.30 at A-10s... Part of DMR team that ran season best 10:02.42 at the Penn Relays.

Indoor 2011-12: Did not compete.

Outdoor 2011: Ran personal-best 800m in 1:55.60 at the Delaware Outdoor Open.

Indoor 2010-11: Ran season-best mile in 4:19.24 at Giegengack Invitational.

High School/Personal: Member of 2010 cross country team that set Ocean County indoor track record in DMR... Was a 2010 Disney Cross Country Classic Champion... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Father, Thomas, played basketball for Siena... Cousin played soccer for the University of Rochester... Graduated from Saint Joseph's in May 2014 with a degree in pharmaceutical marketing and minor in business intelligence... Is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in business intelligence from SJU.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Senior

    Middle Distance
    6'2" 170 lbs
  • 2015Graduate Student

    Middle Distance
    6'2" 170 lbs