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2014 Men's Cross Country Roster

Sid Kakkar

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Port Washington, N.Y.
  • Highschool Paul D. Schreiber

Biography

Awards:
• NCAA Division III All-Mideast Region Team (2014)
• NCAA Division III All-Mideast Region Team (2013)
• NCAA Division III All-Mideast Region Freshman Team (2013)

2014:
Emerged as the team’s top runner as a sophomore … Qualified for the NCAA Championships (11/22) and finished the 8,000-meter course in a collegiate-best time of 25:03.1 … Named to the NCAA All-Mideast Region Team with a 19th-place overall finish (25:40.9) at the regional event (11/15) … Ran the 5k course at the Bryn Mawr Invitational (8/29) in 17:27.63 for sixth overall … Paced the 4-mile course at the Main Line Invitational (9/25) in 20:57.9 to finish 55th in the field … Led the team with a 40th-place finish in 25:52 on an 8k course at the Paul Short Invite (10/4) … Ran the fastest 8k time on the squad (25:25) at the Princeton Invitational (10/18).

2013: 
Was among the team's top seven runners as a freshman ... Named to NCAA DIII All-Mideast Region Team as well as the All-Mideast Region Freshman Team ... Placed 11th overall at the Bryn Mawr Invitational (9/7) with a 5,000-meter pace of 17:59 ... Recorded a four-mile mark of 20:41.2 at the Main Line Invitational (9/26) ... Ran the 8k course at the Centennial Conference Championship (11/2) in 27:09.7, which was good for 25th place overall and second among Garnet runners... Placed 35th overall and third on the team at the Division III Mideast Regional Championships (11/16) with a personal-best 8,000-meter mark of 25:43.4.

High School:
Four-year letterwinner at Paul D. Schreiber … Three-time recipient of Coaches’ Award … Awarded team MVP laurels … Named to all-county, all-division and all-conference teams… Placed first in conference championships in 2012 … Team placed third in the Class AA State Cross Country Championships … Competed in the 2009 NYSPHSAA Federation Championships ... Awarded Scholar-Athlete Team Award in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Earned five letters in indoor track & field and four outdoors … Indoors, was named all-conference and won the Scholar-Athlete Team Award in 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Outdoors, named team MVP and qualified for states in the 4x800-meter relay in 2010 … Named all-conference in the 1,600-meter event in 2011 … Made the all-county team in the 1,600- and 3200-meter events in 2012 … Winner of the conference championships in the 1,600- and 800-meter events in 2012 … Placed first in the NY State qualifiers for the 3,200-metes in 2012 … Made the Class A All-State Team by placing fourth in 3,200 … Qualified for New Balance Nationals in the 4xMile Relay ... Earned the Scholar-Athlete Team Award in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Honor roll student all four years … Earned distinction in the Foreign Language Honor Society … Has singing featured on solo classical Indian music CD … Member of the Latin Club.

Personal Bests at Swarthmore:
5,000m: 17:27.63, at Bryn Mawr Invite (8/29/14)
4-Mile: 20:41.2 at Main Line Invitational (9/26/13)
8,000m: 25:03.1, at NCAA Championships (11/22/14)

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

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