2014: Named to the Spring 2015 Assumption College Student-Athlete Honor Roll...Team captain... USTFCCCA All-Region honoree... First Team Northeast-10 All-Conference selection... Qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship in Louisville, Kentucky... Became the first runner in school history to qualify for nationals twice... One-time Northeast-10 Conference Runner of the Week... Two-time selection to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll... Placed 97th out of 245 runners at the NCAA National Championship, finishing in a time of 32:24.8 on a course that was shortened due to flood conditions... Placed among the top 10 in five races as a senior, including claiming his second-straight Shacklette Invitational with a time of 26:53.8... Finished seventh overall and first among non-Division I finishers at the National Catholic Championship at the University of Notre Dame as he crossed in 25:12.67... Turned in his first sub-25 minute showing at the Paul Short Invitational, finishing 35th in the Gold Race in a career-best time of 24:37 against mostly Division I competition... Placed eighth at the New England Championship in 24:47.06 and fourth at the Northeast-10 Championship in a time of 27:50... Qualified for nationals with a third-place finish at the NCAA Regional, running in the top group for the entire race en route to a time of 31:27.9.
2013: Team captain... Placed 65th out of 246 runners in a time of 31:41.7 at the NCAA Division II National Championship in Spokane, Washington... Became the first male runner in Assumption history to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Championship... Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors by placing fifth at the NCAA East Regional in a time of 31:43... Earned Northeast-10 First Team All-Conference honors by placing third at the Northeast-10 Championship... 2014 Andrew Laska "Male Athlete of the Year" Award winner... Finished first at the Shacklette Invitational in 27:27... Placed second at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational in 25:00... Finished 20th at the Paul Short Invitational in a time of 25:53... Placed 30th at the New England Championship in 25:11 to earn All-New England honors... Finished third at the Northeast-10 Championship in 25:06... Placed 46th out of 12,000 runners at the prestigious Falmouth Road Race, running a time of 38:32 over the 7.1-mile course.
2012: Five-time selection to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll... Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors by placing 24th at the NCAA East Regional... Won the Worcester City Championship in 27:09, winning the event by 28 seconds... Placed third at the Shacklette Invitational in 27:23... Placed fourth at the Pop Crowell Invitational in 26:07... Finished fifth at the Gettysburg Invitational in a time of 26:00... Began the season with a 15th-place finish at the Keene Invitational in 16:29... Placed 16th at the Shriner's Invitational i 25:31... Placed 44th at the Northeast-10 Championship in 27:13... Ended the season with a 24th-place finish at the NCAA East Regional, finishing in a time of 31:21 for a pace of 5:03 per mile.
2011: Three-time Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week... Assumption College Male Freshman Athlete of the Year... Placed third at the Keene State Invitational in 15:55... Placed third at the Shacklette Invitational with a time of 27:05 over the eight-kilometer course... At the Shriners Invitational, he was 15th out of 255 finishers in a five-mile time of 25:23... Place third at the Pop Crowell Invitational out of 224 finishers in 26:52, finishing as the top NE-10 finisher... Placed 35th at the Walt Disney Invitational and 17th out of 211 finishers at the Connecticut College Invitational... Placed 42nd at the Northeast-10 Championship in 26:08 over five miles... Was 36th in 33:21 at the NCAA East Regional in Boston.
Prior to Assumption: Ran cross country at Algonquin Regional High School, where he also played soccer and ran track and field... Ran in the 2011 indoor and outdoor All-State meet... Ran in the 2009 and 2010 cross country All-State meets... 2010 cross country All-District... Two-time District All-Star in 2010 and 2011... 2010 cross country Team MVP... School record holder in the mile at 4:24.9... School record holder in the 1000 meters in 2:36... Member of the 4x800 school record team... Ran 14:59 at the District cross country meet.
Personal: Son of Fernando and Andrea... Has two brothers, Andrew and Alec.
Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Brendan Roy... Dream job: Olympic runner... No. 1 song on his iPod: Open Your Eyes Sum 41... If you could meet anyone, alive or dead: Tupac... What celebrity do you get mistaken for: James Franco... Favorite sports memory: Finishing third at the 2013 Northeast-10 Conference Cross Country Championship.
