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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Nathaniel Piekos

Nathaniel Piekos

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Birdsboro, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Twin Valley
  • Major:
    Civil Engineering

Summary

Biography

2019
All-MAC First Team...MAC Academic Honor Roll...Competed in five meets as a senior...Finished eighth in the 8K at the MAC Championships with a time of 26:18.4 (11/16)...Set a personal best in the 8K at the Rowan Inter-regional Border Battle, crossing the finish line in 25:53.9 (10/19).

2018
Competed in six meets as a junior...Posted a career-best 4M time of 22:02.9 at the Main Line Invitational (9/14)...Ran his best 8K at the Paul Short Brown Race, finishing the race at 27:31.5 (9/29)...Placed 44th at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with a time of 28:41.1 (10/27). 

2017
Competed in three meets for the Pride...Had a personal best 8k time of 27:59.8 at the Inter-Region Border Battle (10/14)...Was 38th in a field of 158 at the MAC Championships (10/28) with a time of 28:24.1.

2016
Competed in five meets and was one of the team's top seven runners as a freshman ... Finished 36th overall and fourth on the squad in collegiate debut by circling a 4-mile course in 22:37.2 at the Main Line Invitational (9/16) ... Navigated an 8,000-meter circuit in 29:10, which was the seventh-fastest time on the team, in the Men's Brown Division at the prestigious Paul Short Run (10/1) ... Notched a 7.8k time of 28:11 in the open race at the Rowan Inter-Regional Battle (10/15) ... Placed 58th overall and sixth on the team by navigating an 8,000-meter circuit in 28:59.8 at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships (10/29) ... Was the seventh Pride harrier to cross the line at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships (11/12) by punching in a collegiate-best 8,000-meter mark of 28:18 in final race of the season.

High School
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Twin Valley … Had personal-best marks of 2:09 in the 800-meter run and 17:30 in the 5,000 on the track as well as 17:00 on a 5,000-meter cross country circuit … Helped cross country program win the county championship … Honor roll student every year … Member of the German Honor Society.
 
Personal
Majoring in civil engineering … Enjoys running … Favorite athlete is Louis Zamperini … Plans to become a civil engineer after graduation.
 
Why Did You Choose Widener?
“I chose Widener because it is a small school with small class sizes. I also chose Widener for its engineering and co-op programs, and also for its great cross country and track & field programs.”

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