2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Tom Connelly
Tom Connelly

Aksel Laudon

Aksel Laudon

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School:
    Desert Vista

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Academic All-Patriot League Team (2022, 23)

AS A GRAD STUDENT IN 2023
Named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team … Competed at the Patriot League Championships with an 8K time of 26:45.0 … Ran at the Paul Short Invite with an 8K time of 26:09.2.

AS A GRAD STUDENT IN 2022
Ran a 31:59.5 10K at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Placed 21st at the Patriot League Championships with an 8K time of 25:24.0 … Competed at the Panorama Farms XC Invitational in the 8K … Ran a personal best 8K time of 23:28.9 in the open race at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite to place 13th … Earned a first-place finish in the open 5K at the Battle in Beantown with a time of 15:32.

AS A SENIOR IN 2021-22
Ran to a personal best 8K time of 25:03.9 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run … Set a personal best in the 6K at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational with a time of 19:51.5.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020-21
Did not compete.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019
Did not compete.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018
Made collegiate debut against Florida State, posting an 8K time of 26:39.61 ... Competed at the Battle in Beantown (27:06.1), the Paul Short Run (27:10) and the Patriot League Championship (27:51.5).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Ran three seasons of track and cross country at Desert Vista High School ... Won three straight state cross country titles, including in 2017 as a senior captain ... Also led Desert Vista to the first berth of an Arizona boys team at the Nike Cross Nationals, where they finished eighth ... At the 2018 state track meet, anchored the second-place 4x800m relay team to lead Desert Vista to its first state title in three years ... Also finished sixth in the 1600m run, fourth in the 3200m run and third in the 800m at the state meet ... Helped lead Desert Vista to a runner-up finish in 2017 thanks to a pair of third-place finishes (1600m, 3200m) and a sixth-place performance in the 800m run ... Named Desert Vista Rookie of the Year in cross country in 2015 ... Also played soccer.

PERSONAL
Son of Penny and Hans Laudon ... Has one sibling, Konrad ... Received a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from BU...Enrolled in School of Medicine for a master's in Medicine.

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  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Graduate Student

  • 2023Graduate Student