Villanova Univeristy Athletics

One of the top middle distance runners in Villanova history during a record-setting collegiate career from 2021-24 ... Seven-time All-American and nine-time BIG EAST champion ... Only athlete in BIG EAST history to win seven career titles in the 800 meters, including being the only conference athlete to win the event four times outdoors and three times indoors ... Only athlete in Villanova history to win four outdoor BIG EAST titles in any individual event ... Matched the best indoor finish ever by a Wildcats athlete in the 800 meters when he was the runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Championships ... His PR of 1:45.83 in the 2024 outdoor BIG EAST final is the 12th-fastest absolute time in Villanova history and the second-fastest time recorded during the collegiate calendar ... Went undefeated in 14 career BIG EAST races in the 800 meters, including preliminary heats and finals ... Tallied four career top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships: second in the 800 meters (2024 indoor), fifth in the 800 meters (2022 outdoor, 2024 outdoor) and sixth in the mile (2021 indoor) ... Indoor school record holder with a time of 1:46.90 set in the final at the 2024 BIG EAST meet ... Owned each of the seven fastest indoor times in school history as of the end of the 2024 season; Villanova's previous indoor record of 1:47.84 set by John Marshall in 1982 stood for more than 40 years until Dolan's career ...  His international experience includes winning a silver medal in the 800 meters at the NACAC U23 Championships in July 2023 ... Two-time U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier in 2021 and 2024 ... Reached the semifinals of the 800 meters at the Trials in 2021, as well as at the 2022 and 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships ... Two-time collegiate Penn Relays champion in the 4xMile relay (2023) and the distance medley relay (2024) ... Member of an absolute school record in the distance medley relay with a time of 9:20.44 set during the 2023 indoor season ... His split of 1:45.77 on the 800 meter leg of the DMR is the fastest known 800 meter split in the Villanova record book ... Part of a 4x800 meter relay team outdoors which holds the Villanova Stadium and BIG EAST meet record of 7:17.96 ... Six-time individual qualifier for the NCAA Championships, including three times each indoors and outdoors ... His overall ranks on the Wildcats all-time performance lists at the time of his graduation were second in the 800 meters (1:45.83) and the 1000 meters (2:20.89), seventh in the 1500 meters (3:38.60) and eighth in the mile (3:56.39) ... Graduated from Villanova in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and pursued his graduate degree while finishing his collegiate track & field career ... Was named one of the Wildcats two 2022-23 Senior Student-Athletes of the Year and was a 2021-22 winner of a BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award in indoor track & field … Three-time selection to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in track & field, four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll eight times.
 

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SCHOOL RECORD
800 Meters (Indoor)	1:46.90	February 24, 2024	Chicago, Ill. (BIG EAST Championships)
Distance Medley Relay (800 Meters)	9:20.44	February 18, 2023	South Bend, Ind. (Alex Wilson Invitational)

 

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VILLANOVA STADIUM RECORD
4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor)		7:17.96	May 13, 2023	BIG EAST Championships

 

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SUB-FOUR MINUTE MILE
First Career	3:57.20	March 12, 2021
Fastest Mile	3:56.39	February 11, 2022
Fastest 1500 Meters	3:38.60	April 10, 2021

 

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Two-time qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials ... Reached the semifinal round of the 800 meters in 2021 when he was one of six collegians to make the field of 16 for the semifinals ... Silver medalist at the NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica in July 2023 ... Recorded a time of 1:47.54 in the straight final event to make the podium and earn his first international medal ... Advanced to the semifinal round of the 800 meters at the USATF Outdoor Championships in both 2022 and 2023 in Eugene, Ore. ... At the 2023 meet he posted consecutive season best times of 1:46.95 in the first round and 1:46.93 in the semifinals ... Finished sixth out of 16 competitors in the semifinals and had the fastest time which did not advance to the final ... Posted a time of 1:47.25 in the semifinals in 2022 ... Earned his spot at the Olympic Trials in 2021 when he ran a then-personal best time of 1:46.41 at the USATF New York Open & Masters Outdoor Championship in New York just six days before competing in the first round heats of the Trials in Oregon.
 

BEFORE VILLANOVA

 
Hopewell Valley Central High School: Competed in track & field, cross country and soccer during his scholastic career … National champion in the Mile at the 2018 outdoor New Balance Nationals … Posted a winning time of 4:12.22 in the championship race one day after anchoring his team to an All-America finish in the 4x800 meter relay, on which he had a 1:49.82 split for the anchor leg of the race … Five-time All-American overall in high school … Three-time conference champion … Anchored a distance medley relay squad which set a high school boys Championship of America record at the 2018 Penn Relays … The team won the COA title in a record time of 9:57.77, with Dolan recording a split of 4:07.57 on the 1600 meter anchor leg … School record holder in seven different events, including individual records in the 800 meters, the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters … Also part of record-setting sprint medley, 4x800, distance medley and 4xMile relays.
 
Personal: Born 3/19/01 in Ewing, N.J. … One of two sons of Steve and Nicole Dolan … Has an older brother, Tim … Both parents were collegiate track & field student-athletes … Father ran at University of St. Thomas and is currently the director of the track & field and cross country programs at Penn … Mother was a runner at Wagner … Brother competed collegiately on the Penn track & field team … Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music and running … Chose to attend Villanova for its balance of elite academic programs and outstanding athletics … Graduated from Villanova in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and returned to the Wildcats for a fifth year while pursuing his postgraduate degree.