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2015 St. Bonaventure Men's Cross Country

Nick Konotopskyj

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown East Amherst, N.Y.
  • High School Williamsville North

Biography

As a Senior (2015)
Completed his career with a time of 35:44 over the 10K Franklin Park Course in Boston at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/13) ... finished 117th at Atlantic 10 Championships with an 8K time of 27:50.0 (10/31) ... took fourth for the team at the Great Dane Invitational with a mark of 28:01.5 (10/17) ... completed the Harry F. Anderson Invitational with a time of 27:37.7 (9/26).

As a Junior (2014)
Finished 16th in the Little 3 Championship … ran a 29:05.2 in the UB Stampede Invitational … ran a 29:02 in the Penn State Spiked Shoe event, finishing in 69th overall and third on the Bonnies … came in 56th out of 233 runners in the Harry F. Anderson Invitational in 27:44.1 … cut his time to a season-best 28:42 in the Albany Invite the following race … competed in both the Atlantic 10 Championship and the Northeast Regional Championship for the Bonnies.

As a Sophomore (2013)
Finished with the eighth best time on the team and 116th overall, coming in at 30:09.3 at the Atlantic 10 Championships ... finished in 30th place with a time of 17:51.8 at the Little Three Invitational … was the seventh-best runner for the Brown and White at the Seton Hill Griffin Classic, finishing in 16th place with a time of 31:37.9.

As a Freshman (2012) 

Had his best finish all season when his time of 17:00 in the 5K placed him second on the team in the Little Three Invitational … recorded his fastest 8k time of the season with a 28:15 finish at National Catholic Championships at Notre Dame … his 29:43 finish at Atlantic 10 Championships, fourth on the team concluded the season with a 35:41 finish at the Northeast Regionals.

High School
As a senior at Williamsville North, he won the ECIC's large-school division and the local Old Home Days 5K ... earned All-Western New York Second Team honors and finished third in sectionals as he served as team captain as a senior ... as a junior, he won four dual-meet races, ECIC's large-school division, the All-Amherst Championship and qualified for states in Class AA – the highest level in New York State ... during his sophomore campaign, he was named to the Second Team All-ECIC and was a State Class A qualifier ... also lettered in track and basketball.

Personal
Son of Paula and Roman ... has two siblings, Ryan and Justin ... majoring in journalism and mass communication.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2013Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2014Junior

    5'10"
  • 2015Senior

    5'10"