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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Tommy Naiman

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tallmadge, OH
  • Highschool Tallmadge
  • Major Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Biography



 

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 USTFCCCA Academic All-American 
  • 2022 Great Lakes All-Region
  • 2022 Second Team All-OAC
  • 2022 Academic All-OAC

2022 Cross Country

  • Finished top-20 (20th place) in a PR time of 24:48.3 to earn All-Region Honors at the 2022 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional (11/12/2022). Naiman improved on his previous 8k mark by 23.8 seconds.
  • Earned second team All-OAC honors with a 15th place finish amongst 159 conference competitors during the 2022 OAC Championships, finishing in a time of 27:04.1 (10/29/2022)
  • Set a shiny 8k PR of 25:12.1 during the varsity division at the Paul Short Invitational, where he bested 134 total runners in the field (09/30/2022). This new time improved on his previous mark by 19.8 seconds.
  • During his first 8k of the season, Naiman finished in a time of 27:03.9 at the MSU Spartan Invitational, placing 120th amongst 256 total runners (09/16/2022)
  • Started off his sophomore campaign strong with a runner-up finish at the Bill Sudeck Classic in a 6k time of 19:13.7 (09/02/2022)

2021 Cross Country

  • Made his season debut at the Sudeck Classic finishing 14th with a time of 20:10.6. (09/02)
  • Finished 17th at the All-Ohio Collegiate Championships with a time of 26:56.2. (09/17)
  • Placed 32nd in the open race at the 2021 Paul Short Invitational, finishing with a time of 25:31.9. (10/01)
  • Finished 156th amongst 306 overall runners in the varsity division of the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with a time of 28:23.2. (10/16)
  • Rounded out his freshman season with a 45th place finish at the OAC Championships in a time of 27:08.1 (10/30)
High School
  • 3x All Conference
  • 2x State Qualifier
  • 1x All Ohio 
  • NHS member
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.4 GPA
Academics & Personal
  • Son of Jim and Lauren Naiman
  • Chose John Carroll because "of the Boler College of Business and the success of the cross country and track programs"

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    6'0"
  • 2022Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2023Junior

    6'0"
  • 2024Senior

    6'0"

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