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Bio

Full Career Results (TFRRS)

As a Sophomore in 2018: Competed in seven races for the Ravens...CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection...USTFCCCA All-Academic award recipient...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished 47th at the Mount St. Mary's Duals on 8/31, with a 5k time of 17:39.5...Placed 15th at the Smith College Invitational on 9/8, with an 8k time of 28:50.0...Cracked the top 10 with a seventh-place finish at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on 9/15, with an 8k time of 27:05.3...Finished 62nd at the Northeast-10 Championship on 11/4, with an 8k time of 26:56.3...Finished 58th at the NCAA Championship East Regional, with a 10k time of 35:03.1.

As a Freshman in 2017: Competed in five races for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Made his collegiate debut, turned in a 5k time of 17:29.0, and finished 60th at the season-opening Mount St. Mary's Duals on 9/1...Ran a 5k time of 17:45.6 to place 27th at the Smith College Invitational on 9/9...Posted an 8k time of 28:45.0 to place 31st at the Bruce Kirsh Cup on 9/16...Ran an 8k time of 28:54.7 to finish 99th at the NEICAAA Championship on 10/7...Chalked up an 8k time of 28:00.0 to finish 79th at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship on 10/22.

Before Franklin Pierce: Lettered three times in outdoor track & field, twice in indoor track & field and twice in cross country at Burrillville (R.I.) High School...In cross country, All-Division and All-Class selection as a senior...In indoor track & field, set school record in the 600 meters...In outdoor track & field, All-Division selection in three events and All-Class selection in the 4x800-meter relay...Set school record in the 800 meters.

Personal: Son of Karen and George Rua...A biology major...Has a younger sister, Isabella.