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2016 Cross Country Roster

Phil DeFroscia

  • Height 5-5
  • Weight 128
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monmouth Junction, NJ
  • Highschool South Brunswick

Biography

At Rider:
Secondary Education/History major…two-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

2015-16

·         Ran the 2015 IC4A Cross Country championships in 28:31.50.

·         Finished the 8k Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference XC championships in 26:44.50, good for 117th place.

·         Ran the 5k at TCNJ in 17:22.

·         TCNJ v. Rider Indoor Dual Meet, ran the 3000 in a PR of 9:18.86.

·         At the NYC Gotham Cup, ran the indoor mile in a PR of 4:38.51.

·         At the Chester Quarry Classic, ran the outdoor 1500 in a PR of 4:17.57.

·         At the Widener Outdoor Invitational ran the 5000 in a PR of 16:17.43.

2014-15

·         Ran the 8k course in 29:32.13 at the 2014 MAAC Cross Country Championships.

·         Ran the 5000 (indoor) at Army in 16:20.43 placing fourth.

·         At the Indoor MAAC Championships, ran the 3000 in 9:30.98.

·         At MAACs during the 2015 outdoor season ran the 5000 in 16:55.37.

2013-14

·         Ran a 5k race in 17:07 against TCNJ and Saint Joseph’s for XC.

·         In his first 5 mile cross country race clocked a 29:38 at Van Cortlandt Park in the Fordham Fiasco.

·         Finished 35th in 30:17 at Holmdel Park in the Monmouth XC Invitational.

·         Placed 68th at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Open) in 28:05.

·         Season-best time of 4:50.79 in the mile at the 2013-14 MAAC Indoor Championships.

·         Ran 9:35.39 in the 3000 meter at the Saturday Night Shootout in New York.

·         Ran the 1500 meter in 4:26.46 at the Greyhound Outdoor Invitational.

At South Brunswick High School:
Two-year letterwinner for cross country, earning All-Greater Middlesex County (GMC) Third Team honors as a senior…2012 team MVP…two-year letterwinner for winter track in the distance events…three-year letterwinner for outdoor track in the distance events...team won the Group IV championship in both the winter and spring seasons…plays the trumpet…personal: son of Ronald and Lisa DeFroscia.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2015Junior

    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2016Senior

    5'5" 128 lbs