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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Yuji Cusick

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 160
  • Class Senior
  • Major Global Public Health and Food Studies (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Hometown Hinsdale, IL
  • High School Hinsdale Central

Biography

2019-20: Finished 24th at the ECAC Division III Cross Country Championship with an 8k time of 29:42.9 (11/9)...helped lead the Violets to a sixth-place finish in the DMR (11:28.83) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships (1/31)...UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…IAAC Spring Honor Roll.

2018-19: Finished third (career-best 16:15.40) at the 5k Monmouth Cross Country Tune-Up (10/19)…set a personal best in the 8k (28.03.80) at the UAA Cross Country Championship (10/28)…placed 19th (20:30.70) at the 6k Ron Stontisch Invitational (9/8)…studied abroad and did not compete during the indoor and outdoor track seasons.
 
2017-18: Finished 12th (28:21.8) at the Division III ECAC Cross Country Championship (11/4)…placed ninth in his collegiate debut in the steeplechase (10:57.81) at the Coach Pollard Invitational (4/14)…ECAC Fall and Spring President’s Honor Rolls…UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
2016-17: Made his collegiate debut at the Metropolitan Cross Country Championship (10/7), posting a time of 30:27.7…opened his indoor campaign with a season-best 1,000m (2:45.54) at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/13)…produced an outdoor 1,500m top time of 4:32.98 at the Vassar Twilight (5/5)…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
High School: Member of the cross country and track teams…helped lead his team to the state championship in 2013 and was named 800m All-Conference in 2015…AP Scholar with Distinction, Dean’s List and German Honor Society.
 
Personal: Chose NYU for its “location, academics and team culture”…volunteered with the Hinsdale Food Pantry and CatNap from the Heart Shelter…wants to become a PT and adopt a cat.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'11" 145 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'11" 142 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    5'11" 142 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    5'11" 160 lbs