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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2020 Men's Track & Field Roster

Tom Connelly

Christian Roberts

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Trenton, N.J.
  • High School Robbinsville

Biography

Final PRs
Indoor 800m • 2:05.04 • Angry Birds Challenge • Lehigh • 2017
Outdoor 800m • 1:56.48 • Lehigh Games • Lehigh • 2018
Indoor 1000m • 2:30.71 • Nittany Lion Challenge • Penn State • 2020
Outdoor 1500m • 3:53.96 • Atlantic 10 Championships • George Mason • 2018
Indoor Mile • 4:18.45 • John Thomas Terrier Classic • Boston • 2020

2018 IC4A Outdoor Championships: 1500m, 17th

2018 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships Scoring Performance: 1500m, 8th

Outdoor 2020:
Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Indoor 2019-20: Raced the mile four times, turning in a collegiate-best time of 4:18.45 at Boston's John Thomas Terrier Classic... Opened season with a second-place finish in the mile (4:22.48) at the Fastrack Season Opener... Ran collegiate-best 1000m (2:30.71) for ninth at the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge... Closed collegiate career with a 14th-place finish in the mile (4:25.22) at the Atlantic 10 Championships.

Outdoor 2019: Placed second in the 1500m (4:03.07) at the Carol and John Covert Classic… Ran the 1500m four times, recording a season-best time (4:02.10) at the Widener Invitational, placing 12th… Ran the 800m three times, recording a season-best time (1:58.38) at the Widener Invitational.
 
Indoor 2018-19: Recorded a personal-best time in the 1000m (2:36.69) at the Penn State National, placing 11th... Placed fourth in the mile (4:22.66) at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener.
 
Outdoor 2018: Competed in the 1500m at the IC4A Championships, placing 17th... Competed at the Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships in the 1500m, recording a personal-best time (3:53.96) and placing eighth… Recorded a personal-best time in the 800m (1:56.48) at the Lehigh Games, placing seventh… Ran on the third-place 4x400m relay (3:35.65) at the Lehigh Games…Ran on the fourth-place 4x1500m relay (16:27.76) at the Colonial Relays.
 
Indoor 2017-18: Recorded a personal-best time in the mile (4:20.20) at the Fastrack National Invitational, placing seventh… Placed second in the mile (4:30.19) at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational… Won the mile (4:23.91) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational.

Outdoor 2017: Raced seven times, including the 1500m four times... Ran season-best 1500m (4:04.23) at the Widener Invitational... Opened season with a fifth-place finish in the 4x800m relay (8:28.73) at the Monmouth Season Opener... Also ran on eighth-place 4x800m relay (8:33.14) at the Rider Invitational... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2016-17: Raced the mile three times and the 800m and 1000m once each... Placed sixth in the mile (4:41.37) in collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Went on to drop mile time at the Wagner Invitational (4:40.62) and the Penn 8-Team Select (4:34.60)... Raced the 800m (2:05.04) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Meet... Closed season with a fifth-place finish in first collegiate 1000m (2:39.66) at the Monmouth Winter Open.

High School/Personal: Led cross country squad to 2015 County Championship title... Two-time sectional medalist for cross country... 2014 group medalist for cross country... Set the Holmdel cross country junior course record (16:20.8) in 2014... Placed seventh in the 1600m at the group meet as a senior... 2015 All-County and All-Group selection for indoor track and field... Earned sectional medals in indoor track and field for three consecutive years, earning 1600m and 3200m medals as a senior... 2014 sectional medalist for outdoor track and field... Holds school record in the 4x800m relay, 4x1600m relay, and Distance Medley Relay... Set indoor 1600m sophomore record (4:35) and outdoor 3200m sophomore record (9:45)... Earned nine varsity letters between cross country (3), indoor track (3), and outdoor track (3)... Majoring in business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Distance
  • 2018Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2019Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2020Senior

    Middle Distance