Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Veteran runner in the Villanova distance group who made great strides over the course of his career ... An All-BIG EAST performer in cross country and a BIG EAST scorer on the track in the 10000 meters ... Hard worker and a tough competitor in meets.

2018 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date	Distance	Time	Event
November 17	10000 Meters	32:06.8	219th

2018: Ran in five meets during the season and was a scoring runner for the Wildcats at both the Princeton meet and the NCAA Championships; Main Line Invitational (9/14): Came in 13th overall at the season opener and recorded a time of 20:06.9 on the four-mile course at Haverford; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Recorded a time of 25:01.2 in the 8000 meter race and finished sixth in the Villanova lineup at a meet that had 19 nationally-ranked squads among the 33 competing teams; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Came in 14th overall and was the fourth Villanova runner across the finish line ... Recorded a time of 24:28.5 to set a new personal best for an 8000 meter cross country course; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Posted a time of 25:55.0 over 8000 meters at the conference meet and tallied a 36th place individual finish; NCAA Championships (11/17): Came in fifth in the Villanova lineup and 219th overall at his first career NCAA meet ... Recorded a time of 32:06.8 over 10000 meters ... Part of a strong team effort in which the Wildcats placed 23rd as a team, six spots higher than their ranking entering the meet.

2017: Was a first team All-BIG EAST selection and finished as one of the Wildcats scoring runners in all five of his starts during the season; Main Line Invitational (9/15): Opened the season with a 16th place overall finish ... Tallied a time of 20:26.2 in the four-mile race; Paul Short Run (9/29): Had his best team finish of the season, coming in second in the Wildcats lineup and 80th overall in the gold race at Lehigh with a time of 24:41.8 over 8000 meters; Penn State National Open (10/13): Recorded a 29th place overall finish and was third on the team with a time of 26:07.2 over 5.2 miles; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Registered a ninth place finish to earn first team All-BIG EAST honors for the first time in his career ... Was third in the team lineup and notched a time of 25:01.7 on the 8000 meter course; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Came in 34th overall and third on the team at the NCAA regional meet, where he crossed the finish line of the 10000 meter race in 31:08.4.

2016: Made five starts during the season and was a scoring runner for Villanova in four of those races; Main Line Invitational (9/16): Came in fifth on the team and 20th overall with a time of 20:30.1 over four miles at Haverford; Chile Pepper Festival (10/1): Ranked fifth in the Wildcats lineup for the second straight meet and posted a time of 25:33.8 over 8000 meters; Penn State National (10/14): Crossed the finish line of the 5.2-mile race in 26:30 to place third on the team and 87th overall; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Came in 33rd at the conference meet and was the fourth Villanova runner across the finish line with a time of 26:06.9; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11): Posted a time of 33:25.0 in the 10000 meter race at the regional meet.

2015: Competed as an unattached runner four times during the season; Big 5 Invitational (9/11): Posted a time of 19:19.4 over 6000 meters; Main Line Invitational (9/18): Came in 31st overall with a time of 20:32 in the four-mile race; Paul Short Run (10/2): Competed in the open race at Lehigh and came in 17th with a time of 25:38; Haverford Invitational (10/23): Finished in ninth place and covered the four-mile course in 20:29.3. 

2018: Ran once each in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/3): Came in fourth in the 3000 meters with a personal best time of 8:21.45; BIG EAST Championships (2/23): Placed 10th at the conference meet with a time of 14:42.84 in the 5000 meters.

2017: Competed three times in the Mile during the season and also ran the 3000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Gotham Cup (1/20): Came in 20th in the Mile in 4:31.71 in his first race of the indoor season; Villanova Open (1/27): Recorded a personal best time of 4:19.14 in the Mile and tallied a 12th place finish; Villanova Invitational (2/4): Registered a time of 4:24.85 and finished 13th in the Mile at the Wildcats second home meet; BIG EAST Championships (2/25): Came in 19th in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:51.87.

2018: Competed at three meets during the season and scored in the 10000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships ... Recorded personal best times in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters during the year; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Posted a time of 14:44.92 in the 5000 meters in his outdoor season debut; Penn Relays (4/26): Tallied a personal best time of 14:22.35 in the 5000 meters on 'distance night' at the Relays; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Came in seventh in the 10000 meters with a time of 31:39.73 and scored team points for the first time in his career at either the indoor or outdoor conference meets.

2017: Ran at four meets during the outdoor season and competed in the 5000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Colonial Relays (3/30, 4/1): Ran the 3000 meters in 8:42.92 and finished in 13th place on the first night of the meet ... Led off the distance medley relay on the meet's final day and was part of a Villanova lineup which produced a time of 10:21.67 in the race; Sam Howell Invitational (4/7): Ran in the invitational section of the 1500 meters and came in 14th with a time of 4:02.88; Haverford Invitational (4/26): Won the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 3:58.41; BIG EAST Championships (5/13): Finished 10th in the 5000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 14:50.82.

2016: Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Competed as an unattached runner in the 5000 meters and registered a time of 15:24.17.

Spring-Ford High School: Earned four varsity letters in both indoor and outdoor track & field, as well as three in cross country ... Holds school records in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters, and also set a meet record as a junior at the PIAA Foundation Invitational ... As a senior, earned all-state second team honors in cross country and all-state honorable mention accolades in the 3200 meters ... Named the all-area Cross Country Runner of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons ... Two-time first team all-area track selection as a sophomore and a junior ... Recipient of several of his school's athletic awards, including being presented with the Spring-Ford Alumni Most Outstanding Male Athlete Award ... Winner of the Oehlert Brothers Award for cross country, the Education Association Award for indoor track and the Anthony A. Attilio Award for outdoor track ... Earned a spot on the Distinguished Honor Roll academically all four years ... Two-year member of the National Honor Society ... Named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Team and was a Pac-10 Citizen Athlete in the fall of his senior year ... Received the Spring-Ford Academic Achievement Award and the Spring-Ford Booster Club Award recognizing success in athletics and academics.