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2015 St. Bonaventure Men's Cross Country

Joe Ferencik

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Massapequa, N.Y.
  • High School Chaminade

Biography

As a Senior (2015)
Consistently led the Bonnies during his senior season, finishing as one of the top runners in program history ... finished 97th overall at Atlantic 10 Championships with a time of 27:47.9, best on the team (10/31) ... led the Bonnies with a time of 26:57.3 at the Great Dane Invitational in Albany, taking 48th overall out of 158 runners (10/17) ... finished 172nd out of a field of 347 runners at the Paul Short Run, logging a time of 26:35 over a soggy 8K course (10/2) ... recorded a time of 27:06.2 at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational in Rochester (9/26) ... crossed the finish line 25th overall at the Little Three Invitational with a 5K time of 16:44.0 (9/5).

As a Junior (2014)
Finished in 15th in the Little 3 Championship (17:06.3) … came in 28th in the UB Stampede Invitational (27:53.2) … ran a 28:27 at the Spiked Shoe event at Penn State, which served as the second-best time on the team … finished 30th out of 233 runners in the Harry F. Anderson Invitational with a time of 27:09.7, his season best and team best for the event … finished 45th on 27:23 at the Albany Invite … ran a 27:23.7 at the Atlantic 10 Championship, and finished 197th in the Northeast Regional Championship. 

As a Sophomore (2013)
Was the first St. Bonaventure to cross the finish line with a time of 34:51.8, finishing 223rd at the Northeast Regionals ... finished with the team's second best time and 100th overall, coming in at 26:40.5 at the Atlantic 10 Championships ... started his sophomore season with a 14th place finish at the Little Three Invitational, running a time of 16:57.5 … was the Bonnies third runner at the Seton Hill Griffin Classic, finishing in eighth place with a time of 30:12.1.

As a Freshman (2012) 

Finished second in all but one race … kicked off his collegiate career with a time of 17:02 in the 5k and a 10th place finish at the Little Three Invitational … achieved a personal-best finish of 27:37 in the 8k at National Catholic Championships … would later best that with a 27:09 finish at the Gettysburg Invitational, good for fifth all-time at St. Bonaventure … finished off the season with a 28:34 finish at Atlantic 10 Championships and a 34:42 performance in a 10k at Northeast Regionals … holds the sixth fastest 5k, fifth fastest 8k and third fastest 10k in school history. 

High School
Named all-league cross country NSCHSAA in his junior and senior seasons ... his team won the CHSAA indoor city championship during his junior year and finished third in his senior year ... finished 23rd in the 1600m at the New York State Indoor Championship ... was named most improved runner and came in 36th at the New York State Federations as a senior ... also lettered in crew and indoor and outdoor track.

Personal
Son of Eugene and Denise Ferencik ... has a sister, Dorothy ... majoring in philosophy.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2013Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2014Junior

    6'2"
  • 2015Senior

    6'2"