2023-24: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in three meets during the fall cross country season … Saw his best time on an 8K course come at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 34:15.7.
2022-23: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters. CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in two of the six meets. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in four meets during the indoor season with a pair of top-eight finishes … Best individual finish came at the Ramapo College Track and Field Invitational with a sixth place showing in the 10,000-meter run … Also posted a seventh place finish at the 5,000-meter run at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete during the 2023 outdoor track and field season.
2021-22: Earned Academic Excellence (Fall 2021) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2022) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both semesters. CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all six meets during 2021 cross country season … Finished in the scoring-five in four of the six meets … Twice finished third for the Chargers, the first in the season-opening Adelphi Panther Invitational where he posted his best individual finish, 54th among a field for 141 … Also finished third for the Blue and Gold at the James Earley Invitational after posting his best long-course time of 28:51.6 to finished 80th in a field of 164. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in six meets during the indoor season … Set a personal best in three different distance events, the 3,000 (9:54.25), the 5,000 (17:39.89) and the mile run (5:03.87) … Qualified for his first NE10 Track & Field Championship in the 5,000 meter run, finishing the event 18th overall. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in five meets during his second outdoor season … Best individual finish came in the 5,000-meter run where he posted back-to-back meets with top-six finishes, first at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational and then at the Jim Barber and Jack Maloney Invitational with his best time among the two coming at the latter meet shaving more than a minute off to finish in a time of 17:36.92 … Also ran the 10,000-meter run at the NE10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing 12th overall.
2020-21: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. CROSS COUNTRY: 2020 cross country season canceled due to the CoVID-19 pandemic. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: 2020-21 indoor track and field season cancelled due to the CoVID-19 pandemic. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in four meets during the 2021 outdoor season, setting a pair of personal bests … Opened up the season with a personal best in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:38.70, finishing 11th at the Coast Guard Academy Tri-Meet … Also set a personal best in the 800-meter run (2:39.39), one of two events he ran at the Eastern Connecticut State Invitational.
High School: Was a member of the cross country and track and field teams for the Braves of Manalapan High School … Was a team captain for one season for cross country.
Personal: Son of Michael and Kim Friedman … Has one younger brother, Andrew … Majoring in criminal justice with a concentration in investigative services.
