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As a Senior in 2016: Competed in six events for the Ravens...All-Northeast-10 Third Team...Ran a 5k time of 16:32.0 to finish 34th at the season-opening Mount St. Mary's Duals on 9/2...Ran an 8k time of 26:48.3 to finish 12th at the Bruce Kirsh Cup on 9/17...Posted an 8k time of 25:48.1 to take fourth place at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational on 9/24...Ran an 8k time of 25:52.2 to finish 53rd at the NEICAAA Championship on 10/8...Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 10/9...Stopped the clock at 25:52.1 for 8k to finish 15th at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship on 10/22...Ran a 10k time of 32:34.6 to place 27th at the NCAA Championship East Regional on 11/5.

As a Junior in 2015: United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honors, Two-Time Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll Selection,...B.J. competed in seven races for the Ravens...At the Philadelphia Metropolitan Cross Country Invitational (9/12) he placed third with a time of 28:22.5...A week before, he finished fifth at Roger Williams (9/5) with a time of 16:20.3...At home during the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup (10/16) he finished in sixth place with a time of 15:49 in the 5k race...At UMass (9/19), B.J. placed 10th in the 5k race with a time of 25:37.18...At the Northeast-10 Championships (11/8) he finished 13th in the 8k race with a time of 25:52.3...He also ran at the NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships (11/8, 30th place, 32:43.4) and the NEICAAA Championships (10/10, 44th place, 25:33.20).

As a Sophomore in 2014: Smith competed in seven races for the Ravens...at NEICAAA Cross Country Championship (10/11) he ran in a time of 25:12.8 placing 35th...Northeast-10 Conference Championship 8k (11/9) running in a time of 29:21.5 earning the 32nd spot...In Divison II Championship 10k (11/22) finishing in 31.40.0 and earning the th spot.

As a Freshman in 2013: Competed in all eight races for the Ravens...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished third at the Roger Williams Invitational, with a time of 16:22.5 (5k), on 9/7...Finished ninth at the Franklin Pierce Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup, with a time of 17:58.3 (5k), on 9/14...Finished eighth at the UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational, with a time of 25:26.4 (8k), on 9/21...Finished 19th at Lehigh's Paul Short Run, with a time of 26:21.8 (8k), on 10/5...Competed at the NEICAAA New England Championship, where he finished 112th with a time of 26:10.5 (8k) on 10/12...Finished 18th at the Northeast-10 Championship, with a time of 26:12.5 (8k), on 10/27...Finished 13th at the NCAA Championship East Regional, with a time of 32:23.7 (10k), on 11/9...Competed at the NCAA Championships, where he finished 233rd in a time of 35:05.9 (10k) on 11/23.

Before Franklin Pierce: Competed on the cross country and track & field teams at Concord H.S. … earned all-state honors in both cross country and track during his junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Son of Bryan and Claudia Smith … has six brothers, Lucas, Rosco, Legrand, Zachary, Wesley and Pepper, and four sisters, Tonya, Ember, Neena and Maui … sister Ember ran track and cross country at BYU from 2001-04 … majoring in health science.