Rutgers-Newark Athletics

PROFILE OF THE WEEK (May 2013)

SENIOR (2013): Finished first or second on the R-N team in each of the seven meets in which he competed… clocked a personal best and a team season best time of 27:40.84 in the 8-K to finish second in a field of 32 and help R-N to the team title at the Northern Grey Classic (10/5/13)… finished second overall in a field of 31 in a clocking of 30:42.69 to help R-N to the team title in the Brandywine Invitational (9/14/13) to open the season… finished eighth in the field of 77 in a time of 31:46.06 to help Raiders take the team title at the Belmont Classic (9/28/13)… capped his career by posted a time of 28.47.0 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional (11/16/13).
 
JUNIOR (2012): Was the top R-N finisher in three of five meets in which he competed during his first season of cross country… opened the season by finishing third in a field of 41 in a time of 31:46.05 on the 8-K course to help R-N take the team title at the Brandywine Invitational (9/15/12)… led Raiders at the Jack Saint Clair Memorial (10/6/12) with a clocking of 31:35… topped R-N runners at CTC Championship (10/20/12) in 30:29.99… posted a season’s best time of 29.54.60 at the NJAC Championship (10/27/12).

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in track at Kearny HS as a senior in 2009, helping the Kardinals to a Hudson County men’s championship… ran on relay units and earned third-team all-county laurels in the javelin and triple jump… played three seasons of varsity basketball and two years of baseball.

PERSONAL: Walked on to Raider squad as an academic junior… also a member of the R-N indoor and outdoor track & field teams... transferred to R-N following a year at William Paterson where he did not compete in intercollegiate athletics… majoring in psychology… son of Lori and Al Happel.