Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Six-time individual BIG EAST scorer and a qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 5000 meters during the 2019 outdoor track & field season … Was part of five BIG EAST team titles during his career, including three straight indoor conference crowns (2018-20) along with titles outdoors and in cross country in 2019 … Top individual events on the track were the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters.
 

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CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE
Date	Distance	Time	Place
November 17	10000 Meters	32:45.6	240th

 

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CROSS COUNTRY

2021: Ran three races during the season in his final year of cross country eligibility; Main Line Invitational (9/17): Finished in 10^th place in the season opener and recorded a time of 19:34.6 over four miles on the Alumni Course at Haverford … The result marked the first time in five career races there that he broke 20 minutes; Paul Short Run (10/1): Ran in the Villanova lineup at the Paul Short Run and posted a time of 24:56.2 over 8000 meters to finish 121^st overall out of more than 350 competitors; Princeton Invitational (10/16): Came in 135^th at Princeton with a time of 26:36.6 over 8000 meters.

2019: Competed in three races during the season and was a part of the team's lineup at the BIG EAST Championships ... Recorded a personal best time for an 8K cross country course in his first race of the season; Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/28): Came in third in the Villanova lineup and 50th overall with a time of 24:29.8 ... Lowered his previous top time for an 8,000 meter course by nearly 10 seconds; UnderArmour Pre-National Invitational (10/19): Finished fourth in the Wildcats lineup and recorded a time of 24:48.2 at the pre-national meet; BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Came in 21st overall at the conference meet with a time of 26:40.6 ... Finished sixth on the team as Villanova won its first BIG EAST team title since 2014.

2018: Earned second team All-BIG EAST honors ... Competed in all six meets during the season and was one of the Wildcats scoring runners four times; Main Line Invitational (9/14): Recorded a 10th place finish with a time of 20:00.3 at the four-mile meet ... Came in fourth in the Villanova lineup and recorded his fastest career time on a four-mile course; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Came in fifth on the team with a time of 24:53.9 over 8000 meters; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Recorded a 21st place finish in a field of 219 runners with a time of 24:39.3 on the 8000 meter course ... The time was a personal best for an 8K cross country course; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Recorded a 16th place finish at the conference meet and garnered second team All-BIG EAST honors ... Covered the 8000 meter course in 25:12.4 and moved up five spots in the individual standings from where he placed the year before; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Came in fifth on the team and 32nd overall at the regional meet ... Posted a time of 32:02.9 on the 10,000 meter course at Penn State ... Helped the Wildcats finish second in the team standings and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2014; NCAA Championships (11/17): Came in seventh in the Villanova lineup with a time of 32:45.6 in his first career race at an NCAA championship.

2017: Was a Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection ... Scoring runner for the Wildcats in three of his five starts during the season, including at the BIG EAST Championships and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional; Main Line Invitational (9/15): Came in 22nd overall and posted a time of 20:46.8 over four miles in the season opener; Paul Short Run (9/29): Ran in the gold race and recorded a time of 24:45.6 to finish third in the Wildcats lineup; Penn State National Open (10/13): Tallied a 46th place finish at the meet with a time of 26:25.5 over 5.2 miles; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Finished in 21st place at the conference meet with a time of 25:34.0; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors with a 21st place finish at the regional meet ... Recorded a time of 30:53.7 over 10000 meters and was the third Villanova runner across the finish line.

2016: Was an unattached runner at four meets during the season; Big 5 Invitational (9/9): Finished 17th with a time of 19:47.1 over 4000 meters; Main Line Invitational (9/16): Came in 14th and recorded a time of 20:11.5 over four miles; Paul Short Run (10/1): Ran in the open race at the Lehigh meet and came in 32nd with a time of 25:20 in the 8000 meter race; Haverford Invitational (10/21): Tallied a sixth place finish with a time of 21:08.5 over four miles.
 

INDOOR

 
2019: Was an All-BIG EAST performer in the 3000 meters and also scored at the BIG EAST Championships in the 5000 meters ... Ran the 3K three times and the 5K twice during the season ... Competed at a total of four meets; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Opened the indoor campaign by coming in fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:14.52 at Navy; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Registered a season-best time of 8:10.81 and placed ninth in the 3000 meters at Columbia; Husky Classic (2/8): Recorded a time of 14:26.22 in the 5000 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Helped the Wildcats win their fifth BIG EAST title in the last six years by scoring team points in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Came in third in the 3K with a time of 8:12.70 on the second day of the meet to earn All-BIG EAST honors on the track for the first time in his career ... One day earlier, had come in fourth in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:24.44.

2018: Ran both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters during the season ... Established personal best marks in both events and also scored in both events at the BIG EAST Championships; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Opened the indoor season by running the 3000 meters in 8:22.77 to record an eighth place finish; Columbia Challenge (1/27): Finished 21st in the seeded section of the 3000 meters with a personal best time of of 8:05.83; Iowa State Classic (2/9): Registered a personal best time of 14:04.14 in the 5000 meters and notched an 11th place finish at the meet; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Contributed to the Wildcats team title at the conference meet by scoring in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Came in fourth in the 5K on the first day of the meet with a time of 14:28.39 and was eighth in the 3K a day later with a time of 8:21.73.

2017: Competed as an unattached runner in two races during the season; Villanova Open (1/27): Recorded a time of 14:53.43 in the 5000 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/4): Ran the 3000 meters in 8:24.44.
 

OUTDOOR

2021: Competed twice each in the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters during the season … Registered a personal best time in the 10K during the year and went on to score in the event at the BIG EAST Championships; Penn Challenge (3/27): Came in eighth in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:31.21 in his first competition of the year; Temple Invite (4/9): Runner-up in the 5000 meters in 14:24.79; Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): On the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays was part of a contingent of Villanova runners in the 10000 meters at Franklin Field … Posted a personal best time of 30:15.14 and finished fifth in the race; BIG EAST Championships (5/14): Scored two team points at the conference meet where he came in seventh in the 10000 meters with a time of 30:31.49.
 
2019: Had a successful season of competition running exclusively in the 5000 meters ... Lowered his personal best in the event, scored at the BIG EAST Championships and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the first time in his career; Stanford Invitational (3/29): Tallied a personal best time of 14:01.63 in the 5000 meters ... Came in 14th in the race, with his time eventually qualifying him for postseason competition later in the year; Penn Relays (4/25): Recorded a time of 14:33.57 while running on 'distance night' at the Relays; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Came in sixth at the conference meet with a time of 14:34.83 ... Scored three team points towards the Wildcats winning the BIG EAST team title and finishing off an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference meets; NCAA East Preliminary (5/25): Competed in the national semifinal heats of the 5000 meters and finished 34th overall with a time of 14:43.24.

2018: Competed once each in the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters during the outdoor season; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Registered a time of 14:49.00 in the 5000 meters; Penn Relays (4/26): Ran his first collegiate 10K race amd finished 15th with a time of 30:48.27.

2017: Competed as an unattached runner twice during the season; Sam Howell Invitational (4/7): Recorded a time of 15:09.98 in the 5000 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21): Tallied a time of 15:18.17 in the 5000 meters.
 

BEFORE VILLANOVA

Niles North: Earned three varsity letters each in indoor and outdoor track & field, as well as cross country ... Specialized in running the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters on the track, and is the school record holder in the 3200 meters both indoors and outdoors ... As a senior was the Loyola Sectional champion and the Illinois Prep Top Times champion in the 3200 meters ... Also was the Central Suburban League North champion at both 1600 meters and 3200 meters ... Earned all-state honors in track & field as a senior ... Two-time honoree on the CSL North All-Conference teams in both cross country and track & field ... Was named his team's MVP in all three seasons as a senior ... Previously was named the track & field team's Most Improved Athlete as a sophomore ... Recipient of the school's Iron Viking Award for participating in three sports all four years of high school ... Named an AP Scholar with Distinction ... Earned academic all-conference honors in both cross country and track & field ... Winner of the U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award and the Dan Horyn Memorial Scholarship ... Member of the French National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 2/2/98 ... Youngest of four children of Glenn and Karen Barr ... Siblings are Colleen, Rick and Emmett ... Brother, Emmett, ran on the cross country and track & field teams at Allegheny College ... Enjoys playing frisbee, ping pong, basketball and going running in his spare time ... Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its rigorous academic programs and the historical prestige of the cross country and track & field teams ... Also noted the opportunity to train and work with elite coaches and teammates ... Graduated from Villanova as a Political Science major and pursued a graduate certificate while completing his athletic eligibility.