NYU Athletics

2007-08: Earned All-America honors after finishing 21st (25:05.5) as NYU won the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship (11/17)…won the Connecticut College Invitational (25:02, 9/22)…placed second at the UAA Championship (25:06, 10/27)…finished fourth at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship (24:37.7, 11/10)…posted an NCAA-provisional qualifying time in the 1,500m (14:46.66) at the Boston University Terrier Invitational 1/26)…UAA Athlete of the Week selection (9/24)…ECAC Division III Athlete of the Week (9/25)…UAA 5,000m Champion (14:51.52, 4/19-20)…CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine District 1 Second Team Academic All-American…earned UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic honoree. 2006-07: Garnered NCAA Division III Cross Country All-America status, taking 22nd place (27:26) as NYU finished as National Runner-Up (11/18)…posted a team-best third-place finish (25:40) as the Violets won their first-ever NCAA Atlantic Region Championship (11/11)…placed seventh (25:42.54) as NYU won its first-ever UAA Cross Country Championship (10/28)…provisional NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the 10,000m (30:52.93) at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/6)…Second Team All-UAA in the 10,000m (31:56.72, 4/22)…won the 5,000m (15:10.92) at the TCNJ Last Chance Invitational (5/17)…placed third in the 5,000m (15:19.64) at the UNC-Chapel Hill Invitational (3/31). 2005-06: Crossed the finish line first (27:56) at the William Paterson Cross Country Invitational (9/10)…won the 10,000m (31:57.09) at the ECAC Championships (5/18-19)…clocked a personal-best 8:46.82 while finishing third in the 3,000m at the USMMA Invitational (5/6)…triumphed in the 5,000m at the TCNJ Invitational (15:24.56, 4/15) and at the Emory Invitational (15:30.46, 4/1)…placed second in the 5,000m (15:05.83) at the TCNJ Lions’ Invitational (4/29). High School: Won the Midstate Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship…captured his school’s Booster Club Sportsmanship and Leadership Award…earned the Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal…covered high school sports for a local newspaper as a senior…member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Traveled to Spain last summer…enjoys watching the Yankees.