Rutgers-Newark Athletics

SENIOR (2008-09):  Lowered his own R-N records at 6-K and 8-K twice each while leading the 2008 men's cross country team... top finisher among Raider runners in every cross country meet.

JUNIOR (2007-08): Leg injury ended what was shaping up as an outstanding cross country season last fall… school record holder in both the 8-kilometer (28:56.08) and 6-kilometer (21:09.01) cross country distances… top Raider finisher in each of the five races in which he competed… ECAC qualifier in the 800-meter run.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-state, all-county and all-shore pick in both indoor and outdoor track at Jackson Memorial HS under coach Jason Griffith… set school mark of 15:30 for the 5-kilometer run… also member of record setting 4 x 800 and 4 x 400 relay teams for the Jaguars… track team MVP and school’s outstanding male student-athlete as a senior.

PERSONAL: Transferred to Rutgers-Newark from Mississippi State in the spring of 2007 before the Scarlet Raider track program was announced… he participated in cross country and track & field for one season at Mississippi State… a criminal justice major who is an academic junior… son of Linda and Sam Bahamondes who has one younger brother.

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