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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Atlantic 10
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Rodolfo Sanchez

  • Position XC/Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bergenfield, N.J.
  • Highschool St. Peter's Prep

Biography

Rodolfo Sanchez2024-25: Cross Country: Placed 63rd at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 25:25.0 (11/2)... Took second overall at the Stony Brook 6K Opener at 19:15.80 (8/31)... Indoor: Team co-MVP... Named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team... Atlantic 10 champion in the mile run at 4:09.46 and as a member of the distance medley relay in 9:52.44... Bronze medalist in the 4x800 relay (7:35.12) (2/28-3/1)... Metropolitan champion in the 800 meters (1:54.23) and the distance medley relay (1/31)... IC4A champion in the mile run (4:08.38) (3/7-9)... Set the school record in the mile run at 4:02.86 in the mile invitational at the Sander Scorcher (1/24-25)... Was 90th overall in the mile run at the BU Valentine Invitational in 4:03.81 (2/14)... Won the 3,000-meter run at the Spartan Invite in 8:21.26 (1/10)... Outdoor: Named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team... Silver medalist in the 1,500 meters (3:49.55) and bronze medalist in the 4x800 relay (7:32.10) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/4-5)... 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)... Placed third in the 1,500 meters (3:47.82) at the West Point Twilight (5/8)... Ended up sixth in the 1,500 meters (3:50.01) and 21st in the 800 meters (1:52.80) at the Virginia Challenge (4/18-19)... Set the school record in the 1,500 meters (3:44.99) at the Sam Howell Invitational placing third overall (4/4)... Won the 1,500 meters (3:46.73) in meet record time at the Fred Hardy Invitational, while being fifth in the 800 meters (1:53.88) (3/21)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24: CSC Academic All-District selection. Cross Country: Did not run in any meets... Indoor: Named to Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team... Earned Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week once... Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection after earning the silver medal in the 3,000 meters (8:19.05) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/26)... Scored seventh in the mile run (4:07.36) at the IC4A Championship (3/3)... Metropolitan champion in the 1,000 meters (2:27.95) and the distance medley relay (10:14.34) (2/2)... Set school record in the 3,000-meter run at the Valentine Invitational in 8:05.24 (2/10)... Ended up 50th in the mile run (4:06.58) at the Terrier Classic (1/26)... Won the 3,000-meter run in 8:19.58 at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12)... Outdoor: Team co-MVP... Named to Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team... Scored fourth in the 4x800 relay (7:34.39) and the 1,500 meters (3:48.53) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5)... Silver medalist at the IC4A Championship in the 1,500 meters (3:49.19), while picking up a bronze medal in the 4x800 relay (7:31.20) (5/12)... Was second in the 1,500 meters (3:59.49) and the 800 meters (1:56.20) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/6)... Member of the distance medley relay that took fifth at the Penn Relays in 9:45.57 (4/26)... Ended up second in the 800 (1:55.42) and 1,500 (3:49.91) meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/13)... Was 12th in the 5,000 meters (14:29.39) at the Sam Howell Invitational (3/30)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Rodolfo Sanchez with his silver medal after the 3,000 meters2022-23: CSC Academic All-District selection. Cross Country: Took part in four meets... Finished 64th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 25:45.0 (10/29)... Grabbed second at the Metropolitan Championship in 26:39.1 (10/7)... Was 140th overall at the IC4A Championship in 26:21.5 (10/14)... Ran 32:04.04 at the 10K NCAA Regional (127th) (11/11). Indoor: Scored fifth at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the mile run (4:09.98) and seventh in the 4x800 relay (7:47.60) (2/26)... Was 22nd overall in the mile run (4:10.58) at the IC4A Championship (3/5)... Scored third at the Metropolitan Championship in the mile run (4:14.64) and fourth in the 1,000 meters (2:30.75) (2/3)... Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the River Hawk Invitational in 8:23.39 (1/28)... Finished fifth in the 800 meters (1:57.25) at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/14). Outdoor: Scored seventh in the 4x800 relay (7:41.15) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while being 13th in the 1,500 meters (3:49.92) (5/7)... Placed 36th in the 1,500 meters (3:55.04) at the IC4A Championship (5/14)... Metropolitan Championship runner-up in the 1,500 meters in 4:00.08 (4/8)... Won the 1,500 meters at the Rutgers Relays in 3:57.74 (4/22)... Ran 3:56.12 in the 1,500 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational, good for 42nd overall (4/15)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2021-22: Cross Country: Took part in all eight meets... Finished 88th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 26:42.1 (10/30)... Placed sixth at the Metropolitan Championship in 27:13.0 (10/8)... Took 66th overall at the IC4A Championship in 27:22 (11/20)... Ran 34:21 at the 10K NCAA Regional, which was 173rd overall (11/12)... Was 18th in the varsity race at the Jasper XC Invite in 26:24.3 (9/25)... Ran 25:55.7 at the Princeton Invitational, good for 80th (10/16)... Was eighth at the Fordham Fiasco in 27:15.1 (9/11)... Took 21st at the Stony Brook Opener in 20:04.80 (9/4). Indoor: Placed 19th in the mile run at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 4:27.90, while being 27th in the 3,000 meters in 9:11.92 (2/27)... Helped the distance medley relay take 12th overall at the IC4A Championship in 10:08.29 9 (3/6)... Metropolitan Champion as a part of the 4x800 relay (7:51.43), while being third in the 1,000 meters in 2:30.30 (2/4)... Was second in the 3,000 meters at the Lions Indoor Invitational in 8:36.47 (1/15)... Grabbed third in the mile run in 4:19.86 at the Fordham Alumni Meet (1/8)... Placed eighth in the mile run at the Great Dane Invitational in 4:14.67 (1/28)... Was 99th overall in the mile run in 4:11.94 (2/12). Outdoor: Did not compete... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Four-year cross country and track performer at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J... Team captain as a senior... 2020 Hudson County Cross Country Runner of the Year... Two-time All-County selection... School record holder in the 3200m and distance medley relay... Member of the National Honor Society... Graduated summa cum laude.

Major: Finance.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES SCHOOL RECORDS
Cross Country (6K): 19:15.80 (2024) Indoor mile: 4:02.86 (2025)
Cross Country (8K): 25:425.0 (2024) Indoor 3,000m: 8:05.24 (2024)
Cross Country (10K): 32:04.4 (2022) Outdoor 1,500m: 3:44.99 (2025)
Indoor 800m: 1:57.25 (2023)
Indoor 1,000m: 2:27.95 (2024)
Indoor mile: 4:02.86 (2025)
Indoor 3,000m: 8:05.24 (2024)
Outdoor 800m: 1:52.80 (2025)
Outdoor 1,500m: 3:44.99 (2025)
Outdoor 5,000m: 14:29.39 (2024)

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    XC/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    XC/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Junior

    XC/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Senior

    XC/Distance
    5'9"