2016 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
TFRRS Profile
AWARDS & HONORS
2016 // Senior
-All-Landmark Conference First Team
-Landmark Conference All-Sportsmanship Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2015 // Junior
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
-All-Landmark Conference Second Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2014 // Sophomore
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
-All-Landmark Conference Second Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2013 // Freshman
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
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2016 // Senior // Race-by-Race Statistics
-Ran in all six meets
-Team captain
-Competed for E-town at conference championships all four years, including 2016 Landmark Conference Championships at Moravian on Oct. 29
-Two top 10s, including 7th at Blue Jay Alumni Challenge on Sept. 17
-Recorded highest championship finish, fifth, at Landmark meet
-All-Landmark First Team for first time in career
-Scoring member of the team at the NCAA DIII Mideast Regional
-Placed 49th at the meet, his highest finish in three races at Mideast Regional
-Elizabethtown MXC representative on Landmark Conference All-Sportsmanship Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2015 // Junior // Race-by-Race Statistics
-One of five to compete in eight of the nine meets for E-town
-Added another top-ten finish to his name, placing ninth at the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge on Sept. 12
-Set a new 8,000-meter personal record at his first NCAA Championships race, finishing in 26:12.5
-All-Landmark Second Team for the second straight season after placing 11th at the Landmark Conference Championships on Oct. 31
-Competing member at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional for the second consecutive season
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2014 // Sophomore // Race-by-Race Statistics
-Registered his first top-ten finish in the season opening Elizabethtown Alumni Challenge on Aug. 30, placing eighth overall in 21:36.2
-Ran his 8k personal best on Oct. 4 at the Geneseo Invitational (26:38.3)
-Earned his first career all-conference honor by taking 12th at the Landmark Conference Championships on Nov. 1 to make the All-Landmark Second Team
-Competed at his first NCAA Division III Mideast Regional on Nov. 15
-Placed 99th in 27:02.3
-Ran the team's third-fastest 4k time (13:02.18)
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
-Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2013 // Freshman // Race-by-Race Statistics
-In his debut race at Gettysburg on Aug. 31, he ran 17:30.20 (5k) to place 15th
-Appeared in six meets with one top 20 finish
-Competed at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships
-Ran 29:02.22 to take 60th out of 148 runners
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
High School
-Earned eight varsity letters running cross country and track & field at Governor Mifflin High School in Shillington, Pa
-Captained the Mustangs' cross country team during his junior and senior seasons, and was also a track & field captain as a senior
-Ran on GMHS Berks County Cross Country Champion teams in 2010, 2011, and 2012
-District III XC runner-up
-Cross country team was unbeaten (45-0) in dual meets during his scholastic career
-2013 Berks Division I Champions in track
-Member of the 4x800-meter relay team that collected a fourth-place finish at the District 3 meet in 2013
-Named All-Berks in cross country as a senior in 2012, and was an All-Division I recipient as a junior in 2011
-Two-time all-county selection in track (2012 and 2013)
-Top high school times were: 51.7 (400m), 1:58.91 (800m), 4:28.7 (1600m), and 9:58.44 (3200m)
-Served as President of the National French Honor Society and Vice President of Student Government Association
-National Honor Society, French Club, orchestra, and choir member
Personal
-Son of Alexander and Lynda Lesko
-One older brother, Joseph
-Studying political science with a minor in international studies and French
Historical Player Information
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150 lbs
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