2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Andrew Marston

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Year of Eligibility Senior
  • Hometown Wayne, Pa.
  • Highschool Conestoga

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for the Wildcats from 2015-21 and was one of the team’s top performers in cross country and the distance events during his career … Standout runner on the national level and was a two-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary meet in the 10000 meters … Was the BIG EAST individual champion indoors in the 5000 meters in 2019 and finished as the conference runner-up in the event three other times at the indoor BIG EAST meet … Overall during his career was a 12-time All-BIG EAST performer, including four straight first team all-conference honors to go along with four Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors in cross country from 2016-19 … Individual qualifier for the NCAA Championships in cross country in 2016 and helped the Wildcats earn a team berth to the national meet in each of the next three seasons … As of the end of his collegiate career ranked seventh in school history in the 10000 meters (29:21.46) and was ninth on the program’s all-time indoor list in the 5000 meters (13:59.51) … Was a part of five BIG EAST team titles during his career, including three straight indoor conference crowns from 2018-20 along with the 2019 outdoor and cross country titles … Was a Penn Relays champion as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4xMile relay which posted a winning time of 16:47.10 at the 2018 Relays … Graduated from the Villanova School of Business in 2019 as a double major in Marketing and Management … Enrolled in graduate school at Villanova to pursue a Master’s in Public Administration during his final two years of collegiate eligibility … Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams in cross country and track & field and combined seven times during his career … Six-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and 10-time selection to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Earned a spot on the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team in track & field in 2019.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
Mile (relay) 4:05.7 Penn Relays (4.28.2018)
Mile (open) 4:12.46 Villanova Open (1.27.2017)
3000 Meters 7:59.25 David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2.15.2020)
5000 Meters 13:59.51 Iowa State Classic (2.9.2018)
10000 Meters 29:21.46 Stanford Invitational (3.29.2019)
6000 Meters (XC) 18:52.3 Big 5 Invitational (9.11.2015)
4 Miles (XC) 19:29.8 Main Line Invitational (9.15.2017)
8000 Meters (XC) 23:50.5 Chile Pepper Festival (10.1.2016)
5.2 Miles (XC) 25:15.1 Penn State National Open (10.13.2017)
10000 Meters (XC) 30:14.7 NCAA Championships (11.18.2017)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 10000 Meters
2020 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2019 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
2019 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2019 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 5000 Meters
All-BIG EAST 3000 Meters
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2018 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (October 15)
2018 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
Penn Relays Champion 4xMile Relay (3rd Leg - 4:05.7)
2018 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2017 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (October 16)
2017 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2016 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track) 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (Track) 2018-19
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (TERRE HAUTE, IND. | LAVERN GIBSON CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 23 10000 Meters 31:46.0 79th
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 17 10000 Meters 30:24.9 70th
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (LOUISVILLE, KY. | E.P. TOM SAWYER STATE PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
November 18 10000 Meters 30:14.7 55th
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (TERRE HAUTE, IND. | LAVERN GIBSON CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 19 10000 Meters 31:12.9 146th
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 14 10000 Meters 29:34.23 2nd
May 15 5000 Meters 14:27.94 9th
2020 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
March 1 5000 Meters 14:16.99 2nd
March 2 3000 Meters 8:19.53 7th
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE E. DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 2 8000 Meters 25:42.1 3rd
2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 5000 Meters 14:18.89 2nd
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
February 22 5000 Meters 14:18.32 1st
February 23 3000 Meters 8:12.34 2nd
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (CARMEL, IND. | NORTHVIEW CHURCH)
Date Distance Time Place
October 27 8000 Meters 24:16.5 3rd
2018 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 12 5000 Meters 14:24.82 2nd
2018 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 5000 Meters 14:03.11 2nd
February 24 3000 Meters 8:09.85 4th
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE E. DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 8000 Meters 24:32.7 2nd
2017 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 5000 Meters 14:30.09 4th
2017 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 5000 Meters 14:17.37 2nd
February 25 3000 Meters 8:15.23 6th
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (BRONX, N.Y. | VAN CORTLANDT PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 8000 Meters 24:51.8 7th
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY

2019: Notched his fourth straight year as a first team All-BIG EAST and a Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer ... Became one of 10 athletes from Villanova to earn all-region accolades all four years of his career ... Competed in four races during the season and was twice the Wildcats top finisher; Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/28): Opened his season at the Oregon meet and led the Wildcats with a 22nd place overall finish out of 143 runners ... Registered a season-best time of 23:59.6 on the 8000 meter course; BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Helped Villanova win its seventh BIG EAST team title and first in five years with a third place individual finish ... Was the Wildcats second runner across the finish line with a time of 25:42.1 ... Was a first team All-BIG EAST performer for the fourth straight season and wound up finishing no worse than seventh in any of his BIG EAST cross country races; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15): Tallied his fourth straight top-10 finish at the NCAA regional meet ... Placed 10th overall and fourth in the team lineup with a time of 30:15.7, one second off his personal best for a 10K cross country course ... Named a Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer and helped the Wildcats win their first regional team title since 2014 ... Villanova clinched its second straight automatic bid to the NCAA Championships with its result at the Mid-Atlantic meet; NCAA Championships (11/23): Finished at the top of the Wildcats lineup for the second time in four races during the season ... Came in 79th overall with a time of 31:46.0 as Villanova placed 23rd in the team standings at the national meet.

2018: Earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors and first team All-BIG EAST recognition for the third straight season ... One of the Wildcats scoring runners in each of the team's six meets on the year ... Named the BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week after finishing atop the Villanova lineup at the Princeton meet; Main Line Invitational (9/14): Came in 11th overall and fifth in the Wildcats lineup at the season opener ... Recorded a time of 20:00.8 over four miles on the Haverford course; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Was the second Villanova runner across the finish line with a time of 24:03.1 over 8000 meters ... Came in 53rd overall out of 224 runners at a meet that featured 19 nationally-ranked squads among the 33 competing teams; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Was the individual runner-up in a field of 219 runners ... Posted a time of 24:03.5 in the 8000 meter race ... Named the BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week for his performance at the meet; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Came in third at the conference meet and was named a first team All-BIG EAST selection for the third straight year ... Registered a time of 24:16.5 on the 8000 meter course at Northview Church ... Was one of three Villanova finishers in the top 10 and was among the five Wildcats who earned all-conference honors; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Tallied a fifth place individual finish at the regional meet and earned all-region accolades for the third straight season ... Produced a time of 31:12.8 over 10,000 meters and was second in the Villanova lineup ... Helped lead the team to a second place finish and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships; NCAA Championships (11/17): Came in 70th overall and second in the Villanova lineup at the national meet ... Posted a time of 30:24.9 over 10000 meters and helped the Wildcats finish six spots higher in the team standings (23rd) than where they were ranked entering the meet.

2017: Ran five races during the season ... Repeated as a first team All-BIG EAST selection and a Mid-Atlantic All-Region honoree ... Qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year; Main Line Invitational (9/15): Runner-up at the first meet of the season with a time of 19:29.8 over four miles ... Was part of a 1-2 finish with teammate Casey Comber; Penn State National Open (10/13): Led the Wildcats with a second place finish ... Covered the 5.2-mile course in 25:15.1; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Runner-up at the conference meet, where he led the Wildcats with a time of 24:32.7 in Kenosha, Wis. ... Named a first team All-BIG EAST performer for the second straight year; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Finished third at the regional meet with a time of 30:32.0 over 10000 meters ... Notched his second straight Mid-Atlantic All-Region honor and qualified as an individual for the national championships; NCAA Championships (11/18): Posted a time of 30:14.7 at the national meet ... Came in 55th overall and finished 91 spots ahead of where he ranked one year earlier ... The time was a personal best for a 10K cross country course.

2016: Ran in all seven of the Wildcats races during the year and was the team's first or second runner in all seven starts ... Earned first team All-BIG EAST recognition and was a Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer ... Qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships; Big 5 Invitational (9/9): Finished fourth at the first meet of the season and tallied a time of 19:09.2 in the 6000 meter race; Main Line Invitational (9/16): Came in second in the four-mile race in 19:38.0 and was part of a 1-2 finish with teammate Casey Comber; Chile Pepper Festival (10/1): Registered a time of 23:50.5 -- a personal best for an 8000 meter cross country race -- and led Villanova with a seventh place finish; Penn State National (10/14): Led the Wildcats for the second straight meet and came in 13th overall with a time of 25:18 over 5.2 miles; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Finished in seventh place at his first career conference meet ... Tallied a time of 24:51.8 and earned first team All-BIG EAST recognition; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11): Recorded a fourth place finish at the regional meet and covered the 10K course in 30:52.2 ... Was the second scoring runner for the Wildcats and earned all-region honors ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual; NCAA Championships (11/19): Tallied a time of 31:12.9 at the national meet and came in 146th overall.

2015: Competed as an unattached runner four times during the season; Big 5 Invitational (9/11): Recorded a first place finish at the meet and had a winning time of 18:52.3 in the 6000 meter race; Main Line Invitational (9/18): Came in fifth over four miles with a time of 19:35; Paul Short Run (10/2): Ran in the open race at Lehigh and came in eighth with a time of 25:10 over 8000 meters; Haverford Invitational (10/23): Runner-up with a time of 19:52.0 in his second race of the season at Haverford.
 
INDOOR

2020: Competed at three meets during the season ... Recorded a personal best time in the 3000 meters and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 5000 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/1): Came in fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:11.32 in his first race of the season; David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/15): Posted a personal best time of 7:59.25 in the 3000 meters ... Broke eight minutes in the event for the first time and moved into a tie for 10th place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 3000 meters; BIG EAST Championships (3/1-3/2): Came in second in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:16.99 on the first day of the conference meet ... Notched his fourth consecutive top-two finish in the event indoors and made the awards podium with his 11th career All-BIG EAST honor ... Scored in the 3000 meters on the second day of the meet, placing seventh overall with a time of 8:19.53 ... Scored a total of 10 team points as Villanova won its third consecutive indoor BIG EAST title.

2019: Won his first career individual BIG EAST title when he came in first in the 5000 meters at the conference championships ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both the 5000 meters and the 3000 meters ... Competed at four meets during the season; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:11.95 at the indoor season opener; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Recorded a season-best time of 8:04.00 and placed third in the 3000 meters; Husky Classic (2/8): Tallied a season-best time of 14:01.29 in the 5000 meters and placed 20th overall in a high-level meet at Washington; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Opened the conference meet by winning the 5000 meters on the first day of competition ... Posted a winning time of 14:18.32 to claim his first career individual conference title ... Led a 1-2 finish along with teammate Casey Comber in the race ... One day later crossed the finish line as the runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:12.34 ... Garnered All-BIG EAST honors in both of his events ... Contributed a total of 18 team points towards Villanova winning its fifth BIG EAST title in the last six seasons.

2018: Recorded personal best times in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters during the season ... Scored in both events at the BIG EAST Championships and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 5K ... Ran in four different meets during the indoor campaign; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Opened the indoor season with a fifth place finish in the 3000 meters ... Registered a time of 8:18.29; Columbia Challenge (1/27): Ran in the seeded section of the 3000 meters and posted a personal best time of 8:03.28 to finish 17th overall; Iowa State Classic (2/9): Came in eighth in the 5000 meters with a personal best time of 13:59.51 ... That time is the 10th-fastest indoors by any Villanova runner during the NCAA season and puts him ninth on the Wildcats all-time indoor performance list in the 5000 meters; 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 ... Was the runner-up of the 5K for the second straight year with a time of 14:03.11 and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the event ... Also came in fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:09.85.

2017: Competed at five meets during the season ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 5000 meters and also scored at the conference championships in the 3000 meters; Registered a personal best time in the Mile; Gotham Cup (1/20): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:22.09 in his first race of the indoor season; Villanova Open (1/27): Tied for a fifth place finish in the Mile at the Wildcats home meet and registered a personal best time of 4:12.46; Villanova Invitational (2/4): Came in fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:17.59; FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Competed in the Mile and finished 18th overall with a time of 4:13.98; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Opened the conference meet by finishing second in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:17.37 ... Garnered All-BIG EAST honors for the 5K and then came back the next day to finish sixth in the 3000 meters with a season-best time of 8:15.23.

2016: Villanova Invitational (2/6): Competed as an unattached runner in the 3000 meters and tallied a time of 8:24.56.
 
OUTDOOR

2021: Competed in the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships in the final two races of his collegiate career; BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): Earned his 12th career All-BIG EAST honor on the first day of the conference meet when he was the runner-up in the 10000 meters with a time of 29:34.23 … He had previously been a two-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary meet in the 10K but was running the event at the BIG EAST Championships for the first time … Came back the next day to run the 5000 meters and tallied a ninth place finish with a time of 14:27.94.
 
2019: Recorded the ninth-fastest time in school history in the 10000 meters in his first race of the outdoor season and went on to compete in the national semifinals of the event at the NCAA East Preliminary meet later in the year ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 5000 meters for the second straight season ... Competed at four meets in all during the outdoor campaign; Stanford Invitational (3/29): Posted a time of 29:21.46 in the 10000 meters and finished 18th in his section at the Stanford meet ... Lowered his previous personal best in the 10K by more than four seconds ... As of the end of the outdoor season owned the ninth- and 10th-fastest times in the Villanova record book ... Put himself in position to qualify for postseason competition with his results; Penn Relays (4/27): Ran the second leg of the 4xMile relay and had a split of 4:16.3 ... Villanova went on to finish sixth in the Championship of America race with a time of 16:47.10; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Runner-up in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:18.89 in his only 5K race of the outdoor season ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors for the ninth time in his career ... Scored eight team points towards the Wildcats winning the BIG EAST team title and finishing off a sweep of the indoor and outdoor conference meets; NCAA East Preliminary (5/23): Raced in the national semifinal round of the 10000 meters and came in 18th overall with a time of 29:51.23 ... Moved up one spot from where he finished at the same meet one season earlier and lowered his time by 12 seconds from the 2018 regional meet.

2018: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 10000 meters ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 5000 meters ... Ran a leg of the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays and helped Villanova capture the Championship of America title in the race ... Competed at a total of four meets during the outdoor season; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Ran the 10000 meters in 29:26.05 to establish a personal best time and qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary meet later in the year ... Finished in 13th place in the race; Penn Relays (4/28): Ran the third leg of the 4xMile relay in a split of 4:05.7 ... Helped the Wildcats win a Championship of America title with a winning time of 16:23.75 ... It was the first Penn Relays wheel in the 4xMile for the Wildcats since 2015 ... Earned the first Penn Relays watch of his career; BIG EAST Championships (5/12): Runner-up to teammate Casey Comber in the 5000 meters ... Posted a time of 14:24.82 to earn All-BIG EAST honors for the first time outdoors; NCAA East Preliminary (5/24): Competed in the national semifinal round of the 10000 meters and came in 19th with a time of 30:03.84 in his first career appearance at the East preliminary meet.

2017: Ran three races during the season and scored in the 5000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Colonial Relays (4/1): Ran the third leg of the 4x1500 meter relay as the Wildcats tallied a first place finish with a winning time of 15:40.36; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21): Tallied a time of 15:05.85 in the 5000 meters; BIG EAST Championships (5/13): Came in fourth in the 5000 meters at the conference meet ... Produced a time of 14:30.09 in a race that was run in a cold and torrential rainstorm.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Conestoga High School: Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and outdoor track & field, as well as three letters indoors ... Garnered all-state honors in cross country as both a junior and a senior, and was the Central League champion his senior year ... Earned all-state honors for the indoor track & field season as a senior, when he was also the Central League's outdoor champion in the 1600 meters ... Individual champion at the McQuaid Invitational as a junior ... Named an AP Scholar with Distinction for his academic success ... Member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 9/22/96 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Younger of two children of David Marston and Roseline Hernandez Marston ... Has an older sister, Stephanie ... Graduated from the Villanova School of Business in the spring of 2019 as a double major in Marketing and Management ... Pursued a Master’s in Public Administration from Villanova during his final two years of collegiate eligibility.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Junior

  • 2018Senior

  • 2019Graduate Student