Elizabethtown College Athletics

TFRRS Profile

2013 Outdoor Bests (Junior):
5000m: 15:05.09, 4/13-4/14/13 at Bison Outdoor Classic
10,000m: 32:15.87, 3/22-3/23/13 at Washington & Lee Track Carnival
100m: 13.16, 3/27/13 at Capital Area Classic

2012-13 Indoor Bests (Junior):
5000m: 16:00.01, 2/23/13 at MAC Championships
Distance Medley Relay: 11:14.57, 1/18/13 at Collegeville Indoor Classic

2012 Outdoor Bests (Sophomore):
5000m: 15:32.73, 3/31/12 at Jim Taylor Invitational
10,000m: 32:14.99, 4/14-4/15/12 at Bison Outdoor Classic

2011-12 Indoor Bests (Sophomore):
3000m: 9:11.36, 2/11/12 at Bucknell Winter Classic
5000m: 15:47.12, 2/4/12 at Haverford Seamus McElligott Invitational

2011 Outdoor Bests (Freshman):
1500m: 4:23.06, 4/30/11 at 7th Annual Paul Kaiser Classic
5000m: 15:48.61, 4/2/11 at Muhlenberg Invitational
10,000m: 33:00.12, 5/5-5/7/12 at MAC Championships

2010-11 Indoor Bests (Freshman):
3000m: 9:19.66, 2/19/11 at Susquehanna Open
5000m: 15:54.00, 2/12/11 at Bucknell Winter Classic
 

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2013 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Lebanon Valley):
10,000m: 35:23.28, 11th place

2013 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
5000m: 16:00.01, 7th place

2012 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Elizabethtown):
5000m: 16:10.07, 16th place
10,000m: 33:00.38, 4th place, All-MAC Second Team

2012 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
5000m: 16:17.97, 9th place

2011 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Messiah):
5000m: 16:37.53, 18th place
10,000m: 33:00.12, 8th place

2011 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
5000m: 16:05.64, 9th place
 

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Career Highlights: One All-MAC performance...Ran 33:00.38 to place fourth in the 10,000m at the 2012 Outdoor MAC Championships...Finished 16th in the 5000m (16:10.07) at the same meet...Ran a personal record in the 3000m (9:11.36) on Feb. 11, 2012 at the Bucknell Winter Classic...Established a new personal record in the 10,000m (32:14.99) during the 2012 outdoor season...15:05.09 in the 5000m at the Bison Outdoor Classic is his new personal best in the event and ninth-fastest time in school history.
 

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High School: Won PIAA District 3 Class AA and PIAA Class AA State Championships during his senior year at Kutztown Area High School...Finished third in the Berks County Interscholastic Athletic Association (BCIAA) meet in 2009...Finished 15th at the PIAA Class AA state meet as a junior...Team qualified for the state cross country championships in 2008.

Personal: Born Nov. 1, 1991...Son of Matthew and Kathleen Welsh...Is the second youngest of six children...Has three sisters: Elizabeth, Emily and Marykate; and two brothers, Matthew and David...Also a member of the cross country team at E-town...Business administration major with a concentration in marketing...Religious studies minor.