2021: Raced three times during the season;
Main Line Invitational (9/17): Recorded a 15
th place finish in the season opener and produced a time of 19:54.9 over four miles at Haverford;
Paul Short Run (10/1): Tallied a sixth place finish out of 380 runners in the Open race at the Paul Short Run … Recorded a time of 24:42.3 in the 8000 meter race at the Goodman Campus Course;
Princeton Invitational (10/16): Posted a time of 25:20.1 on the 8K course at Princeton.
2020: Ran in the Villanova lineup at the BIG EAST Championships in his first competition in just over a year;
BIG EAST Championships (3/5): Recorded a 34th place overall finish and was the eighth Villanova runner across the finish line at the conference meet ... His time of 24:26.8 was a personal best for an 8,000 meter course.
2019: Competed in five races during the season ... Was part of the Villanova lineup for the BIG EAST Championships and the NCAA Championships;
Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/28): Opened the season in Oregon and recorded a time of 25:29.7 over 8000 meters;
Paul Short Run (10/5): Came in fourth in the Wildcats lineup at Lehigh ... His time of 24:32.2 on the 8000 meter course was a personal best for the distance ... Finished 92nd overall in a race with nearly 400 competitors;
UnderArmour Pre-National Invitational (10/19): Ran in the open race at the pre-NCAA meet and tallied an 11th place finish in the race ... Covered the 8K course in 25:15.4;
BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Registered a 24th place finish with a time of 26:46.9 at the conference meet ... Part of a dominant team effort in which all 10 of the Wildcats runners placed among the top 26 finishers ... Villanova won its seventh conference team title and first since 2014;
NCAA Championships (11/23): Ran a 10K cross country race for the first time and finished with a time of 33:12.5 at the national meet ... Finished 206th overall in his NCAA Championships debut ... Villanova came in 23rd in the team standings at the meet.
2018: Competed as an unattached runner twice during the season;
Main Line Invitational (9/14): Recorded a time of 20:25.8 over four miles and came in 26th out of 116 runners;
Princeton Invitational (9/28): Recorded a time of 24:55.7 and finished 37th out of 219 runners.
2022: Scored in the Mile at the BIG EAST Championships and ran a total of three races during the year;
Rutgers Open (2/11): Recorded a personal best time in the Mile in his first race of the season … Came in ninth overall at the meet with a PR of 4:11.32;
BIG EAST Championships (2/25-2/26): Scored a team point in the Mile with an eighth place finish in the final at the conference meet … Ranked 10
th overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 4:17.82 before lowering that time by more than two seconds (4:15.74) to move up two spots to eighth in the final.
2020: Appeared at five meets during the season and advanced to the final of the Mile at the BIG EAST Championships ... Tallied a personal best mark in the Mile at Penn State;
Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Ran the 3000 meters in his season debut and recorded a seventh place finish with a time of 8:36.12;
Villanova Invitational (2/1): Registered a time of 4:19.40 in the Mile at the Wildcats home meet;
Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Lowered his personal best time in the Mile to 4:14.47 at Penn State and notched an 11th place finish at the meet;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/14): Came in fifth in the Mile with a time of 4:19.37;
BIG EAST Championships (3/1-3/2): Advanced to the final of the Mile at the conference meet and wound up ninth overall in both the preliminary heats and the final ... Registered times of 4:16.87 in the preliminaries and 4:24.51 in the final.
2019: Competed in two meets as an unattached runner, recording personal best times in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters;
Gotham Cup (1/18): Came in first in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:13.45;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/8): Finished ninth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:24.79.
2022: Competed at five meets during the season … Raced in both the 3000 meter steeplechase and the 5000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships;
Penn Challenge (3/19): Posted a third place finish in a 2000 meter steeplechase race at the outdoor season opener where he recorded a time of 6:08.92;
Sam Howell Invitational (4/2): Recorded a lifetime best mark of 9:16.69 in the 3000 meter steeplechase to tally his second straight third place finish to open the season;
Larry Ellis Invitational (4/15): Registered a time of 9:24.59 in the steeplechase;
Widener Invitational (4/23): Dropped down in distance to the 800 meters at Widener and recorded a personal best time of 1:55.06 in an eighth place finish in his race;
BIG EAST Championships (5/13-5/14): Recorded a 12
th place finish in the steeplechase (9:28.89) on the first day of the conference meet and came in 11
th in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:54.36 on the second day of the championships.
2021: Competed in the 3000 meter steeplechase for the first time in his collegiate career at the BIG EAST Championships … Registered personal best times in both the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters during the season while appearing at five meets on the year;
Villanova Opener (3/19): Finished third in the 1500 meters in 4:03.86 as the Wildcats began the outdoor season on a frigid day at Villanova Stadium;
Penn Challenge (3/27): Ran the 5000 meters at Penn and tallied an 11
th place finish with a time of 14:35.33;
Temple Invite (4/9): Registered a personal best time of 3:56.03 in the 1500 meters at Temple;
Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): Runner-up in the 5000 meters at Penn and posted a personal best time of 14:24.90 while racing at Franklin Field during the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays;
BIG EAST Championships (5/14): Debuted in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the conference championships and posted a time of 9:24.00 to finish 10
th in the race.
2019: Ran in two races as an unattached runner and recorded personal best times in the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters;
Penn Challenge (3/23): Posted a time of 4:03.39 in the 1500 meters at the outdoor season opener;
Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Recorded a time of 15:11.51 in the 5000 meters at Princeton.
Wando High School: Earned four varsity letters each in cross country and track & field … Was an 11-time all-state performer … Was the South Carolina Cross Country Runner of the Year as a junior … Named the SC5A Region Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 … Member of the 2016 All-South Team … 10-year member of the Mount Pleasant Track Club … Three-time USATF Junior Olympics All-American.
Personal: Born 5/26/00 in Baltimore, Md. … Oldest of three children of David and Jennifer Spychalski … Siblings are Kate and Ryan … Hobbies include surfing and playing basketball … Chose to attend Villanova for its sustained academic and athletic success … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business ... Marketing major.
