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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Anthony Rodriguez

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Prairie View, Ill.
  • High School Adlai E. Stevenson
  • Major Business Analytics

Biography

Career Achievements

  • 2024 NCAA All-American
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-American
  • 2021, 2022, 2024 NCAA Division III Championships qualifier
  • 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 NCAA All-East Region
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-East Region
  • 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 NEWMAC All-Conference
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic

Career Highlights

2024:
As a graduate student, competed in all six races… made his season debut with a 12th place in a time of 25:19 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 21…captured sixth place and crossed the line in a time of 24:35 in the Division III Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., on October 4…finished runner-up in a program-record time of 24:11 at the Connecticut College Invitational on October 19, and again in a time of 24:42 at the NEWMAC Championships on November 2…Earned All-Region honors with a 10th place finish and a time of 25:03 at the NCAA East Regionals on November 16…Competing in his third NCAA Division III championship meet, brought home All-American recognition with a 38th place finish in a time of 24:41 on November 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.

2023: As a senior, competed in five of six meets...made his season debut with a third-place finish in a time of 16:14 at the Smith College Invitational (5k) on September 9...captured the individual title in his first 8k race of the season at the Dickinson (Pa.) Invitational on September 23, finishing with a time of 25:18…took third place in a program-record time of 24:22 at the Connecticut College Invitational on October 14...placed third at the NEWMAC Championships with a time of 25:00 on October 28...placed 15th at the NCAA East Regionals on November 12, finishing in time of 25:09.

2022: As a junior, competed in seven races...finished runner-up in a 5k race at Wheaton on September 2…placed 14th among 282 runners at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 17, finishing with a time of 25:14…finished runner-up again among 123 competitors with a time of 25:15 at the Bowdoin Invitational on September 24...posted a season-best time of 24:58 to finish 24th at the Connecticut College Invitational on October 15...crossed the finish line in seventh place with a time of 25:12 at the NEWMAC Championships on October 30...posted a time of 26:25 and placed 16th at the NCAA East Regionals on November 12, earning All-Region honors and qualifying for his second straight NCAA Division III Championships ... ran a time of 26:25 to place 164th at the NCAA Championship meet on November 19.

2021: As a sophomore, competed in seven meets...captured first place in two meets and posted four top-10 finishes...made his career debut at the Wheaton Invitational 5k race, finishing first among 37 runners with a time of 16:07 on September 3...finished sixth with a program-record time of 24:29 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 18...captured first place among 143 competitors at the Keene State Invitational with a time of 25:21 on October 2...finished 21st with a time of 26:36 at the Suffolk Invitational on October 16...crossed the finish line in ninth place with a time of 25:37 at the NEWMAC Championships on October 30...posted a time of 26:17 and placed 16th at the NCAA East Regionals on November 13, earning All-Region honors and becoming the first runner in program history to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships... ran a time of 25:10, the fourth-fastest time in program history, to place 165th at the NCAA Championship meet on November 20.

2020: As a first-year, season canceled due to COVID-19.

Top Time
8k: 24:11** - at Connecticut College Invitational (10/19/24) (**-Program Record)

Career History

2024 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/21 UMass Dartmout Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 8K  25:19 12th
 10/4 Division III Pre-Nationals LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute, Ind. 8K  24:35 6th
 10/19 Conn. College Inv. Harkness Park, Waterford, Conn. 8K  24:11 2nd
 11/2 NEWMAC Champ. Nehoiden Golf Course, Wellesley, Mass. 8K  24:42 2nd
 11/16 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Hopkinton (N.H.) Fairgrounds 8K  25:03 10th
 11/23 NCAA Division III Champ. LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute, Ind. 8K  24:41 38th
2024 Average Time  24:45
2023 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/9 Smith Inv. Smith Course, Northampton, Mass. 5K 16:14 3rd
 9/23 Dickinson Inv. Big Spring HS, Newville, Pa. 8K 25:18 1st
10/14 Conn. College Inv. Harkness Park, Waterford, Conn. 8K 24:22 3rd
10/30 NEWMAC Champ.
Smith Course, Northampton, Mass.
8K 25:00 3rd
11/12 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Hopkinton (N.H.) Fairgrounds 8K 25:09 15th
2023 Average Time 24:57
2022 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/2 Wheaton Inv. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 5K 15:44 2nd
 9/17 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 8K 25:14 14th
 9/24 Bowdoin Inv. Pickard Field, Brunswick, Maine 8K 25:15 2nd
10/15 Conn. College Inv. Harkness Park, Waterford, Conn. 8K 24:58 24th
10/30 NEWMAC Champ. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 8K 25:12 7th
11/12 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Pickard Field, Brunswick, Maine 8K 25:49 16th
11/19 NCAA Div. III Champ. Forest Acres East GC, East Lansing, Mich. 8K 26:25 164th
2022 Average Time 25:28
2021 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/3 Wheaton Inv. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 5K  16:07 1st
 9/18 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 8K  24:29 6th
 10/2 Keene State Inv. Cheshire Fairgrounds, Swanzey, N.H. 8K  25:21 1st
 10/16 Suffolk Inv. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 8K  26:36 21st
 10/30 NEWMAC Champ. Wellesley, Mass. 8K  25:37 9th
 11/13 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 8K  26:17 16th
 11/20 NCAA Div. III Champ. Tom Sawyer State Park, Louisville, Ky. 8K  25:10 165th
2021 Average Time  25:31

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior

  • 2024Graduate Student