Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 1500 meters after recording a personal best time of 3:37.76 during the 2021 collegiate season … That was just outside of the automatic qualifying standard of 3:37.50 for the Olympic Trials and he was selected to the field just days before the first round heats of the 1500 meters were contested in Eugene, Ore. … Came in eighth in his heat with a time of 3:46.25 in the final race of his collegiate career.
2019: Became one of 10 Villanova runners to be a four-time Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection ... Also was a first team All-BIG EAST honoree for the fourth straight year ... Ran in four races during the season;
Paul Short Run (10/5): Made his season debut at Lehigh and recorded a time of 24:14.0 over 8000 meters ... Finished second in the Wildcats lineup and was 54th overall in a field of nearly 400 runners;
BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Helped lead Villanova to its first conference title in five years ... Finished sixth overall and was the Wildcats third runner across the finish line with a time of 25:47.3 ... Earned first team all-conference honors for the fourth time in his career ... Villanova won its seventh all-time BIG EAST cross country crown;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15): Came in 13th overall at the regional meet to merit Mid-Atlantic All-Region accolades ... One of five Wildcats who placed among the top 13 finishers ... Helped the team win its first regional team title since 2014 and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships for the second straight year;
NCAA Championships (11/23): Came in fourth in the Villanova lineup and 162nd overall at the national meet with a time of 32:28.9 on the 10K course ... Villanova came in 23rd in the team standings at the NCAA meet.
2018: Earned All-America honors and was named the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year ... Individual champion at both the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and the BIG EAST Championships ... Earned first team All-BIG EAST honors for the third straight year ... Two-time BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week during the season ... Was the Wildcats top runner five times during the season and came in second in the team lineup on one other occasion ;
Main Line Invitational (9/14): Individual champion at the first meet of the season, where he ran the four-mile course in 19:27.7 and finished first at the meet for the third straight year ... Had a winning margin of 6.5 seconds and was named the BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week for his performance;
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Led the team and came in 35th overall with a time of 23:51.8 over 8000 meters ... The race featured 19 nationally-ranked teams out of 33 competing squads ... Was the top finisher out of the runners from four BIG EAST schools that competed at the meet ... Earned his second straight BIG EAST weekly honor;
Princeton Invitational (10/12): Came in third overall and second in the Villanova lineup with a time of 24:06.4 on the 8000 meter course;
BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Won the individual BIG EAST title with a dominant kick to close out the race ... Tallied a winning time of 23:59.7 on the 8000 meter course at the Northview Church site and defeated the runner-up from Georgetown by nine seconds ... Became the 12th individual conference champion from the Wildcats and the fifth in the last six years ... Earned first team All-BIG EAST honors for the third straight year;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Became the 14th individual region champion from the Wildcats and won his first career Mid-Atlantic Region title ... Paced a field of 169 runners with a winning time of 31:04.5 over 10,000 meters ... Came in three seconds ahead of the runner-up from Georgetown ... Led the Wildcats to a second place team finish at the regional meet and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... Third straight year earning all-region accolades;
NCAA Championships (11/17): Produced an All-American performance at the NCAA meet and led Villanova with a 34th place finish ... Covered the 10000 meter course in a personal best time of 29:56.1 ... Helped Villanova place 23rd as a team at the national meet after the Wildcats entered the meet ranked 29th in the field of teams.
2017: Qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships ... Also was a first team All-BIG EAST and a Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer ... Ran in all six team races during the season;
Main Line Invitational (9/15): Was the individual champion at the first meet of the season ... Posted a winning time of 19:20.8 on the four-mile course at Haverford ... The time is the fifth-fastest ever by a Villanova runner at the four-mile distance;
Paul Short Run (9/29): Finished atop the Villanova lineup for the second straight meet and was eighth overall in the gold race with a time of 23:45.3 over 8000 meters;
Penn State National Open (10/13): Came in sixth overall in the race and posted a time of 25:24.1 over 5.2 miles;
BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Finished third at the conference meet with at ime of 24:40.6 and earned first team All-BIG EAST recognition for the second straight year;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Led the Wildcats and was the overall runner-up at the regional meet with a time of 30:31.7 over 10000 meters ... Was an all-region performer for the second consecutive season;
NCAA Championships (11/18): In his debut at an NCAA national meet tallied a time of 30:25.2 and finished 69th in the 10000 meter national championship race.
2016: Earned first team All-BIG EAST and Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors in his first official collegiate season;
Big 5 Invitational (9/9): Came in seventh with a time of 19:14.7 over 6000 meters in the season opener;
Main Line Invitational (9/16): Tallied a first place finish with a winning time of 19:21.3 over four miles;
Chile Pepper Festival (10/1): Came in 26th overall with a time of 24:24.2 over 8000 meters;
Penn State National (10/14): Came in 23rd overall and posted a time of 25:34 on the 5.2-mile course;
BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Finished 10th in the conference meet at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx ... Recorded a time of 25:03.3 and earned first team All-BIG EAST accolades;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11): Came in 13th at the regional meet and had a time of 31:07.8 over 10000 meters ... Was named to the Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team.
2015: Ran four races as an unattached runner during the season;
Big 5 Invitational (9/11): Recorded a time of 19:02.2 over 6000 meters and was the runner-up in the race;
Main Line Invitational (9/18): Came in third with a time of 19:30 over four miles;
Paul Short Run (10/2): Ran in the open race and finished sixth with a time of 25:07 over 8000 meters;
Haverford Invitational (10/23): Recorded a first place finish and a winning time of 19:51.8 in the four-mile race.
2021: Camel City Invitational (2/20): Competed as an unattached runner in the 3000 meters on the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... Recorded a personal best time of 7:52.89 which is the fifth-fastest mark recorded indoors by any Villanova runner during the collegiate season ... Lowered his previous PR in the 3K by more than 10 seconds and became the 11th runner in school history to break eight minutes in the 3000 meters while still in school.
2020: Competed at two meets during the season and helped the Wildcats win their third consecutive indoor BIG EAST team title;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/14): Individual winner in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:21.78 in his first race of the year;
BIG EAST Championships (3/1-3/2): Scored in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters at the conference meet to help contribute to Villanova winning the BIG EAST title ... Came in fourth in the 5000 meters on the first day of the meet with a time of 14:18.03 and placed fifth in the 3000 meters a day later with a time of 8:18.99.
2019: First team All-American and BIG EAST champion in the Mile ... Became the 41st member of Villanova's sub-four minute mile club during the season ... Tallied the best NCAA finish in the Mile by a Wildcats runner in 40 years ... Named the Outstanding Track Performer at the BIG EAST Championships, where he helped Villanova win its fifth conference title in the last six seasons ... Competed at a total of five meets during the indoor season;
Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Recorded a split of 2:59.55 over 1200 meters on the leadoff leg of the distance medley relay ... Ran as part of a Villanova lineup that finished in first place with a winning time of 9:49.57;
Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Ran the third leg of the 4xMile relay in which the Wildcats placed third with a time of 16:31.60 ... Villanova was the top collegiate team in the race behind two teams of athletes representing professional clubs ... The time is the second-fastest indoors in school history, trailing only a school record time of 16:19.0 which was set in 1976 at Dartmouth;
David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/9): Posted a time of 3:57.80 in the Mile to become the 41st member of Villanova's sub-four minute mile club ... The time put him fourth on the Wildcats all-time indoor performance list in the Mile, trailing only Don Paige (3:54.22), Sydney Maree (3:55.5, 3:57.1) and Jordy Williamsz (3:56.84) ... Comber's time of 3:57.80 also ranks eighth overall on the Villanova performance list for times which were recorded during the collegiate indoor and outdoor seasons ... It was the fourth-leading time in the NCAA for the 2019 season at the time of the race ... He became the 16th of the 41 sub-four milers from Villanova to be coached by current Wildcats head coach Marcus O'Sullivan ... Also of note in the meet at Boston was that the Wildcats had four runners post times of 4:05 or below on the same day;
BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Conference champion in the Mile and runner-up to teammate Andrew Marston in the 5000 meters ... Ran a leg of the champion 4x800 meter relay ... Won the final of the Mile in 4:00.55 after ranking fourth overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 4:18.32 ... Came in second in the 5000 meters on the opening day of the meet with a time of 14:18.59 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay in a lineup that posted a winning time of 7:28.55;
NCAA Championships (3/8-3/9): Runner-up in the Mile at the national championships ... His finish was Villanova's best in the Mile since Sydney Maree was the runner-up in 1979 ... Comber also notched the Wildcats best finish indoors in any individual event since Adrian Blincoe was the runner-up in the 3000 meters in 2003 ... Tallied a time of 4:08.03 in the final and found success in a race where the top five finishers were separated by less than eight-tenths of a second at the finish line ... Scored eight team points for Villanova with his second place finish in the Mile ... Despite being the only men's athlete competing for the Wildcats at the NCAA meet, Villanova finished in a tie for 29th place out of the 87 teams that had at least one entry at the national championships ... The eight points were the team's most at the indoor NCAA meet since a top-five finish in 2003 ... On the first night of the meet, tallied a time of 4:09.31 and placed second in his heat to automatically advance to the final.
2018: Earned first team All-America honors and was a BIG EAST champion as part of the Wildcats distance medley relay ... Also won an individual BIG EAST title in the 3000 meters while helping Villanova win the team title at the conference meet ... Recorded personal best times in both the Mile and the 3000 meters during the season ... Competed at a total of six meets during the year;
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Finished fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:16.62 in his first race of the indoor season;
Columbia Challenge (1/27): Came in 16th in the seeded section of the 3000 meters and set a new personal best with a time of 8:03.24;
Villanova Invitational (2/3): Tallied a personal best time of 4:04.10 in the Mile and was the runner-up in the race;
Iowa State Classic (2/9): Came in eighth in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:09.06;
BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Anchored the distance medley relay with a split of 4:02.97 over 1600 meters ... Villanova won the BIG EAST title in the DMR with a time of 9:48.31 ... Won the 3000 meters the next day with a winning time of 8:05.39 and the Wildcats captured their seventh all-time team title;
NCAA Championships (3/9): Recorded a split of 4:01.06 on the anchor leg of the distance medley relay ... Villanova came in eighth overall with a time of 9:35.49 to earn first team All-America recognition in the relay.
2017: Competed in five meets during the season ... Helped lead the Wildcats to a BIG EAST title in the distance medley relay, while also scoring individually at the conference meet in the 3000 meters;
Gotham Cup (1/20): Came in third in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:25.70;
Villanova Open (1/27): Runner-up in the Mile in 4:09.31 at the first of two Villanova home meets;
Villanova Invitational (2/4): Came in second in the 3000 meters with a season-best time of 8:15.09;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Finished seventh in the Mile and crossed the finish line in 4:07.84;
BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Led off the distance medley relay on the first day of the conference meet and helped the Wildcats post a winning time of 10:00.07 to capture the BIG EAST title in the relay ... Ran the 3000 meters the next day and scored team points with a seventh place finish and a time of 8:15.24.
2016: Competed as an unattached runner at two meets during the season;
Great Dane Classic (1/16): Came in third in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:39.62;
Villanova Invitational (2/6): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:18.61.
2021: Earned honorable mention honors in the 1500 meters after qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the event for the second straight season … Recorded a personal best time in the 1500 meters earlier in the year and eventually earned a spot competing at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials;
Villanova Opener (3/19): Finished first in the 1500 meters in 3:59.53 in the season opener on a frigid day at Villanova Stadium;
Raleigh Relays (3/25): Runner-up in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:39.67 at North Carolina State;
Joe Walker Invite (4/10): Posted a personal best time of 3:37.76 in the 1500 meters at Ole Miss … The time moved him into fifth place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 1500 meters and is the fifth-fastest time in school history to be recorded during the collegiate season … Came within 0.26 seconds of automatically qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was later selected to fill out the field for the first round of the 1500 meters just days before the event;
Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): On the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays ran legs of two winning relays for Villanova in a local meet at Franklin Field … Led off the distance medley relay with a split of 2:58.23 over 1200 meters and the Wildcats won that race in 9:38.81 … Ran the second leg of the 4x800 meter relay and had a team-best split of 1:50.77 in a race that Villanova won in 7:27.60;
Oregon Twilight (5/7): Registered a time of 3:42.61 in the 1500 meters at Hayward Field, the site of both the NCAA Championships and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials later in the year;
BIG EAST Championships (5/15): Placed fifth in the 1500 meters in 3:49.60 at the conference championships, where the 1500 meters was a straight final on the second day of the meet;
NCAA East Preliminary (5/26, 5/28): Was an automatic qualifier through the national first round and quarterfinal heats of the 1500 meters to earn his second straight trip to the NCAA Championships … Placed third in his heat and 12
th overall in the first round with a time of 3:44.11 … In the quarterfinals nabbed the fifth and final qualifying spot in his heat with a time of 3:39.57 to secure his NCAA Championships berth … Ranked 10
th overall in the quarterfinal heats;
NCAA Championships (6/9): Wrapped up his final collegiate season with a time of 3:40.98 in the semifinal round of the 1500 meters … Placed seventh in his heat and 17
th overall to earn honorable mention All-America recognition … The race was the 87
th of his collegiate career and his penultimate competition in a Villanova singlet (he raced in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials two weeks later).
2019: First team All-American in the 1500 meters as a first-time qualifier for the outdoor NCAA Championships ... Also was the BIG EAST champion in the 1500 meters and anchored the team's conference champion 4x800 meter relay ... Recorded a personal best time of 3:42.54 in the 1500 meters in his first race of the season to secure a qualifying spot for postseason competition ... Competed at five meets in all during the outdoor campaign;
Joe Walker Invite (4/12): Opened the season by running the 1500 meters in 3:42.54 at Ole Miss ... Came in third in the fastest section of the event while running against several athletes competing on their home track, along with other top runners from the East region ... Named the BIG EAST Men's Track Athlete of the Week on April 15 for his performance at the meet;
Penn Relays (4/26-4/27): Anchored two races for Villanova at the Relays ... Recorded a split of 4:06.79 on the 1600 meter leg of the distance medley relay, with the Wildcats placing seventh in the race in 9:51.32 ... One day later ran the anchor leg of the 4xMile relay in 4:07.5 in a race where Villanova came in sixth in 16:47.10;
BIG EAST Championship (5/10-5/11): Won the BIG EAST title in the 1500 meters and anchored the Wildcats to a first place finish in the 4x800 meter relay ... Posted a winning time of 3:59.59 in the final of the 1500 meters after ranking fifth overall in the preliminary heats in 3:53.03 ... Villanova won the 4x800 relay in 7:26.69 ... His efforts helped the Wildcats win the BIG EAST team title and finish off an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference meets;
NCAA East Preliminary (5/23, 5/25): Automatic qualifier through each of the first two national rounds of the 1500 meters to clinch his first career appearance at the outdoor NCAA Championships ... Came in second in his first round heat with a time of 3:56.02 to move on to the quarterfinals, then had the second-fastest overall time in that round (3:43.20) to advance to the national meet;
NCAA Championships (6/5, 6/7): Finished fifth in his national semifinal heat of the 1500 meters in 3:44.53 to automatically advance to the championship race two nights later ... Came in eighth in the final with a time of 3:42.77 to earn first team All-America honors ... Notched the second-fastest time of his career behind the PR that he recorded at Ole Miss earlier in the season ... One of 12 Villanova runners to be an All-American in the 1500 meters over the last nine years ... Tallied his fourth career All-America honor and his third of the 2018-19 academic year (one each in cross country, indoors and outdoors).
2018: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary for the first time in his career and competed in the 5000 meters ... Anchored two winning relays at the Penn Relays ... Was a BIG EAST individual champion in the 5000 meters ... Competed at a total of five meets during the season and set personal bests in two different events;
Raleigh Relays (3/30): Opened the season by running a personal best time of 14:06.90 in the 5000 meters ... Came in eighth in the fastest group of the event;
Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Won the elite section of the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 3:45.81;
Penn Relays (4/27-4/28): Became the first Villanova men's runner since 1982 to anchor two winning Championship of America relays in the same year at the world's oldest and largest track & field meet ... Helped lead the Wildcats to victories in both the distance medley relay and the 4xMile relay, each time holding off a challenger from behind by less than a second at the finish line ... Villanova had not won two relays in the same year at the Penn Relays since 1984 ... Anchored the DMR with a 1600 meter split of 3:59.79 as the Wildcats posted a winning time of 9:34.37 in their first victory in the event since 2011 ... One day later anchored the 4xMile with a split of 4:04.5 to help lead Villanova to a winning time of 16:23.75 ... Took the lead at the start of the final lap and fought off three other teams who were all separated by less than 1.5 seconds at the finish line;
BIG EAST Championships (5/12): Won his first career outdoor conference title, finishing first in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:23.57;
NCAA East Preliminary (5/26): Competed in the national semifinal heats of the 5000 meters and recorded a time of 14:23.64 ... Came in seventh in his heat and 20th overall in the semifinal round.
2017: Competed at six meets during the season ... Scored in the steeplechase at the BIG EAST Championships ... Set personal best times in both the 800 meters and the steeplechase during the year;
Penn Challenge (3/25): Opened the outdoor season by finishing fourth in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:50.56;
Sam Howell Invitational (4/7): Runner-up in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:40.26;
Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21): Came in ninth in the 3000 meter steeplechase and posted a personal best time of 9:10.10;
Haverford Invitational (4/26): Won the 800 meters with a personal best time of 1:53.54;
BIG EAST Championships (5/12): Scored team points in the 3000 meter steeplechase, finishing sixth and crossing the finish line in 9:20.19;
Swarthmore Final Qualifier (5/15): Posted a time of 3:47.11 in the 1500 meters and placed 23rd in his final race of the season.
2016: Competed twice as an unattached runner;
Sam Howell Invitational (4/8): Recorded a time of 3:55.06 in the 1500 meters;
Larry Ellis Invitational (9/22): Posted a time of 9:17.30 in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Hatboro-Horsham High School: Earned three letters in both cross country and outdoor track & field, as well as two letters in indoor track & field ... Was a Foot Locker Cross Country finalist as a junior ... Earned a total of five state medals from his sophomore through senior seasons ... Was a Suburban One League champion in the Continental Conference as a sophomore ... High school teammate of current Villanova junior javelin thrower Sean Locke ... Graduated in the top five percent of his class ... Achieved Distinguished Honor Roll status seven times and Honor Roll status once.
Personal: Born 11/4/96 in Horsham, Pa. ... Oldest of three children of John and Amy Comber ... Has two younger siblings, Quinn and Devon ... Mother was a collegiate cross country runner and also played badminton at Albright ... Father played two years of collegiate tennis at Delaware ... Younger brother, Devon, enrolled at Villanova for the Fall 2021 semester … Hobbies include running, golf, frisbee and basketball ... Chose to attend Villanova for his comfort with the athletes and coaches on the track team, and for the quality of education offered by the Villanova School of Business ... Graduated from Villanova in the spring of 2019 with a double major in Marketing and Business Analytics … Competed a graduate certificate in Business Analytics.
