Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Joins the Villanova distance group in 2025-26 as a graduate transfer from North Carolina State ... Top event on the track is the 3000 meter steeplechase in which he has run sub-nine minutes and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet ... Competed at two ACC Championships each in cross country and outdoor track & field as an undergraduate ... Former scholastic national champion in the 2000 meter steeplechase in high school ... Was a two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection at North Carolina State.
 

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PERSONAL BESTS
1500 Meters	3:51.02	Duke Invitational (4.11.2025)
Mile	4:15.56	Tiger Paw Invitational (2.9.2024)
3000 Meter Steeplechase	8:52.71	Penn Relays (4.24.2025)
5000 Meters	13:57.16	Raleigh Relays (3.27.2025)
6000 Meters (XC)	18:10.2	Adidas XC Challenge (9.15.2023)
8000 Meters (XC)	24:14.4	Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (10.4.2024)
Five Miles (XC)	24:47.4	Joe Piane Invitational (9.29.2023)
10000 Meters (XC)	32:12.8	NCAA Southeast Regional (11.15.2024)

 

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CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACADEMIC HONORS
All-ACC Academic Team (Cross Country)	2024
All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor Track & Field)	2025

 

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BEFORE VILLANOVA

North Carolina State: Four-year member of the track & field and cross country teams at North Carolina State ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 2024 and finished 31st in the national quarterfinal heats in Lexington, Ky. ... Competed at four ACC Championships, including the 2022 and 2024 cross country meets as well as the 2024 and 2025 outdoor championships ... Established personal bests in the 1500 meters (3:51.02), mile (4:15.56), 3000 meter steeplechase (8:52.71) and 5000 meters (13:57.16) while competing for the Pack ... Two-time All-ACC Academic Team member.

Colts Neck High School: Scholastic national champion in the 2000 meter steeplechase at the 2021 Nike Outdoor Nationals ... That year he was a first team All-Group 3 performer in the 3200 meters to go along with being a first team All-Shore honoree both indoors and outdoors ... During the 2021 cross country season he was the Shore Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year in addition to earning first team All-New Jersey and first team All-Group 3 accolades ... Two-time first team All-Shore in cross country in 2019 and 2020 ... Earned second team All-New Jersey and first team All-Group 3 in cross country in 2019 ... Inducted to the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born 9/9/02 ... One of two children of Darlene and Michael Bogdan ... Has one sibling: Chris ... Graduated from North Carolina State in 2025 and is enrolled in graduate school at Villanova ... Applied Statistics and Data Science major.