FEATURE: Fall Sport Student-Athletes Discuss Unconventional Season on Hawk Hill (SJUHawks.com, August 2020)
PRs
5k • 15:46.8 • TCNJ Blue/Gold Classic • Rosedale Park • Pennington, N.J. • 2017
6k • 18:56.2 • Monmouth Kick-Off Invitational • Thompson Park • Lincroft, N.J. • 2019
4.97M • 23:42 • IC4A Championship • Van Cortlandt Park • Bronx, N.Y • 2018
8k • 24:51.6 • Lehigh Paul Short Run • Goodman Campus • Bethlehem, Pa. • 2019
5M • 24:37.0 • Spider/Patriot Classic • Pole Green Park • Mechanicsville, Va. • 2021
5.2M • 26:24.9 • Penn State National Open • Blue/White Golf Course • Penn State • 2019
8.4k • 27:05.6 • Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational • Blue/White Golf Course • Penn State • 2018
10k • 31:38.3 • NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship • Goodman Campus • Bethlehem, Pa. • 2019
National/Regional
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual Honors
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-American Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District Track and Field/Cross Country First Team
2019 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team
IC4A
2019 IC4A All-East Team (10th)
2018 IC4A All-East Team (29th)
Atlantic 10
2020-21 All-Conference Team (4th)
2019 All-Conference Team (9th)
2019 Academic All-Conference Team
Two-time Performer of the Week (Co- 9/10/19, 2/23/21)
Saint Joseph's
2017 Most Outstanding Freshman Performer
PRs
5k • 19:48.6 • Spider/Patriot Classic • Pole Green Park • Mechanicsville, Va. • 2021
2020 (Raced in Spring 2021): SJU's top finisher at the season-opening Spider/Patriot Classic, crossing the five-mile race in a collegiate-best time of 24:37.0 for fifth overall... SJU's top finisher at the Atlantic 10 Championship, crossing the five-mile race in 24:41.3 for fourth overall.
2019: Raced seven times and scored in six of those races... Finished as SJU's #2 runner at all three championship meets... Enjoyed a breakthrough junior campaign with PRs in the 6k, 8k, 5.2M, and 10k... Opened season with a third-place finish in the junior/senior race at the Monmouth Kick-Off Invitational, crossing in a collegiate-best 6k time of 18:56.2 to finish as SJU's #1 runner... Followed up with a strong eighth-place showing at the George Mason Invitational 8k (26:01.7) to finish as SJU's #4 runner, which helped SJU to the team win... Covered Lehigh's 8k course in a collegiate-best time of 24:51.6 (145th) at the Paul Short Run to finish as SJU's #3 runner... Placed 40th at Penn State's National Open 5.2M (26:24.9 PR) to finish as SJU's #2 runner... Broke through with a phenomenal ninth-place showing at the Atlantic 10 Championship 8k, crossing in 25:31.8 as SJU's #2 runner to lead the Hawks to a second-place team finish; improved 12 total places from the 3k through the finish line... Placed 49th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship with a 10k time of 31:38.3 to finish as SJU's #2 runner... Paced by a 5:08 mile average, placed 10th at the IC4A Championship 5M (25:36), finishing as SJU's #2 runner to help lead SJU to a third-place team finish.
2018: Raced seven times and scored in four of those races... Opened season with a fourth-place finish in the freshman/sophomore race at the Monmouth Kick-Off Invitational 6k (19:17.3) to finish as SJU's #1 runner... Followed up with a 33rd-place finish at Penn State's Spiked Shoe Invitational 5.2M (27:05.6 PR)... Ran a pair of 8k races at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (131st, 25:48.2) and Princeton Invitational (59th, 25:13.7 PR) leading into championship season; finished as SJU's #5 runner at Lehigh and #4 runner at Princeton... Placed 56th at the Atlantic 10 Championship 5M, crossing in a collegiate-best time of 26:02.7 to finish as SJU's #7 runner... Placed 98th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, covering Penn State's 10k in 33:18.5 to finish as SJU's #6 runner... Paced by a 4:47 mile average, placed 29th at the IC4A Championship 4.97M (23:42) to finish as SJU's #3 runner.
2017: Ran in five races and scored twice... Went 15:46.8 for 5k to place 26th in a field of 74 in collegiate debut at the TCNJ Blue/Gold Invitational... Ran first collegiate 6k in 26:18.8 to take 23rd in a field of 79 at the Rider Invitational... Ran season-best 6k time of 25:29 to place 54th in a field of 370 in the Paul Short Run Brown race, scoring as SJU's #2 runner... Finished fourth in a field of 47 at the Lafayette Leopard Invitational, crossing the 8k race in 27:06.6 as SJU's #4 runner... Closed season with a 44th-place finish in a field of 203 at the IC4A Championship, recording a five-mile time of 26:24.5.
High School/Personal: Three-time state medalist, in the indoor 3000m and outdoor 1600m (4:13) as a senior and in the indoor DMR (1600m leg) as a freshman… State qualifier for cross country as a senior and in the indoor mile as a junior… 2017 district champion and league champion in the outdoor 3200m as a senior… All-Northeast Region Third Team cross country selection as a senior… Two-time All-League First Team cross country selection for freshman and junior seasons… Two-time All-League Honorable Mention, in the outdoor 1600m (4:23) as a sophomore and in the outdoor 4x800m relay as a freshman… District qualifier in the outdoor 1600m as a freshman… Freshman of the Year… Earned 12 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track… Did volunteer work for an Ivy League professor’s mathematical finance textbook designed for returning veterans… Community service experience includes directing and timing for the local 5k, helping to build a playground at a local Catholic school, and organizing a running session with the local elementary school… Father, Dave, wrestled at Central Connecticut State and defeated an eventual Olympic gold medalist… Majoring in actuarial science.
