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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

CHAD CARNEY

Ben Borchers

  • Position XC/Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fresno, Calif.
  • Highschool Edison

Biography

BorchersVertical252024-25: Cross Country: Did not run in any meets... Indoor: Named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team... Bronze medalist at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 4x800 relay at 7:35.12, while scoring sixth in the 800 meters (1:53.57) (2/28-3/1)... Placed 11th in the 800 meters (1:54.23) at the IC4A Championship (3/7-9)... Metropolitan champion in the 4x800 relay while finishing runner-up in the 1,000 meters at 2:31.10 (1/31)... Was 13th in the 800-meter invitational (1:52.93) at the Sander Scorcher (1/24-25)... Placed second in the mile at the Spartan Invite (4:20.15) (1/10)... Was second in the 1,000 meters (2:31.72) at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/7)... Outdoor: Bronze medalist at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 4x800 (7:32.10), while scoring eighth in the 800 meters at 1:52.55 (5/4-5)... Scored fifth in the 800 meters (1:51.44) at the IC4A Championship (5/17-18)... Member of the distance medley relay that took second at the Penn Relays in 9:51.06, while being fourth in the 4x800 relay in 7:26.12 (4/24-26)... Took second in the 800 meters (1:51.45) at the West Point Twilight (5/8)... Finished 11th in the 800 meters (1:51.99) at the Virginia Challenge (4/18-19)... Was 13th in the 800 meters at the Sam Howell Invitational in 1:52.50 (4/4)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24: Cross Country: Placed 55th at the Jaspers XC Invite in 26:49.1 (9/16)... Indoor: Did not run in any meets... Outdoor: Did not run in any meets... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022-23: Cross Country: Competed at six meets... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week once... Ran 26:48.3 at the Atlantic 10 Championship, good for 114th overall (10/29)... Finished tenth at the Metropolitan Championship in 28:23.0 (10/7)... Clocked in at 27:23.8 at the IC4A Championship for 246th (10/14)... Was 18th at the Fordham Fiasco in 27:40.2 (9/10), while being 19th at the Jasper XC Invitational in 26:23.2 (9/17)... Took 33rd overall at the Stony Brook 6K Opener in 20:33.4 (9/3). Indoor: Finished 12th in the 1,000 meters (2:31.39) and seventh as a part of the 4x800 relay (7:47.60) (2/26)... Scored seventh as a member of the 4x800 relay at the IC4A Championship in 7:41.56 (3/5)... Metropolitan champion as a part of the 4x800 relay, while pacing seventh in the 1,000 meters (2:33.34) (2/3)... Was fourth in the 3,000 meters in 8:55.61 at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/20)... Placed 21st in the mile run at the River Hawk Invitational in 4:23.15... Ran 1:57.42 in the 800 meters at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11). Outdoor: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team for the 800-meter event... Scored sixth in the 800 meters (1:51.23) and seventh in the 4x800 relay (7:41.15) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/7)... Finished 35th overall in the 800 meters (3:54.6) and fifth in the 4x800 relay (7:30.76) at the IC4A Championship (5/14)... Placed seventh in the 800 meters (1:55.05) and second in the 4x800 relay (7:53.68) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/8)... Won the 800-meter event at the Rider 5-Way Invitational in 1:56.83 (3/26)... Took fifth in the 1,500 meters at the Colonial Relays in 3:54.65 (4/1)... Took 38th overall in the 1,500 meters in 3:54.97 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/15)... Grabbed third in the 800 meters at the Rutgers Relays in 1:54.85 (4/22)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Four-year member of the cross country and track & field teams at Edison High School in Fresno, California... Three-year captain... School record holder in the 1600 meters (4:22.27)... CMAC All-League performer... Named most outstanding athlete for cross country and track & field distance runner of the year for the 2021-22 season... Graduated summa cum laude and was named valedictorian at Edison.

Major: Urban Studies.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES
Cross Country (6K): 20:33.4 (2022)
Cross Country (8K): 26:23.2 (2022)
Indoor 800m: 1:52.93 (2025)
Indoor 1,000m: 2:31.39 (2023)
Indoor mile: 4:20.15 (2025)
Indoor 3,000m: 8:55.61 (2023)
Outdoor 800m: 1:51.23 (2023)
Outdoor 1,500m: 3:54.65 (2023)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'10"
  • 2024-25Junior

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'10"
  • 2025-26Senior

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'10"