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2018-19 Men's Track and Field Roster

Marc Rienas

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Old Tappan, N.J.
  • Highschool Northern Valley High School - Old Tappan

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
500m 1:05.66
800m 1:48.60
1000m 2:24.01
1500m 3:47.40
1 mile 4:19.09

Career Highlights:
-ranked 4th All-Time Outdoor: 800m (1:49.29)
-ranked fourth All-Time Outdoor: 4x800m (7:33.84)
-2016 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: 800m dash, 4x400m relay.
-2016 New England Outdoor Gold Medalist: 4x800m relay.
-2017 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 800m
-2017 NCAA Outdoor East Regional qualifier: 800m
-2018 NCAA Outdoor East Regional qualifier: 800m
-2018 CAA Outdoor gold medalist: 1500m
-2018 IC4A Outdoor gold medalist: 800m

2018-2019
INDOOR
Ran the mile in 4:30.71 at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 1).

CROSS COUNTRY
Completed the Battle of Beantown (Sep.21) 5k in 16:35.80.

2017-18: 
OUTDOOR
Finished 27th in the 800m (1:50.61) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29-31) ... Championed the 800m (1:49.29) at the Ocean State Invite (April 14) ... Took home gold in the 1500m (3:47.40) and eighth in the 800m (2:03.35) at the CAA Championships (May 4-6) ... Championed the 800m (1:50.10) at the IC4A Championships (May 11-13) ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional preliminaries (May 24-26) where he ran the 800m (1:51.42). 

INDOOR
Opened the season with a first place finish in the 800m (1:48.85) at the BU Season Opener … Took second place in the mile (4:19.09) and was a member of the second-place 4x800m relay at the Dartmouth Relays (Jan. 7) ... Championed the 1000m run (2:26.01) and was a member of the fifth-place 4x440 relay team at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 13) ... Finished fourth in the 500m race (1:05.66) and was a member of the Distance Medley Relay team that came in first (10:16.83) in the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19) ... Finished first in the 800 M race (1:52.08) and was a member of the 4 X 800 Relay team that finished second  (7:38.85) in the New England Championship (Feb. 2-3) ... Placed sixth in the 800m (1:49.87) at BU Last Chance (Feb. 25) ... Championed the 1000m (2:24.01) and was a member of the first-place 4x800 relay team at ECAC & IC4A Championships (March 2-4). 

2016-17:  
OUTDOOR

Took third place in the 800m (1:50.62) at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 24-25) … Finished 44th in the 1500m (3:51.75) at the Stanford Invite (March 31- April 1) … Earned third palce in the 800m at the Ocean State Invite (April 14-15) … Took second place in the 800m (1:54.65/1:53.65) and fourth in the 1500m (3:51.99) at the 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (May 5-6) … Placed second in the 800m (1:49.73) and was a member of the winning 4x800m relay at the New England Championships (May 12-13) … Finished 41st in the 800m at the NCAA Outdoor East Regional Championship (May 25-27)

INDOOR
Was a member of the winning 4x800m relay that took first place at the Jay Carisella Invite (Dec. 10) … Finished seventh in the 800m (1:50.22) at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite (Feb. 10-11) … Earned sixth place in the DMR (9:37.56) at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invite (Feb. 18) … Won the 1000m (2:26.55/2:25.58) at the New England Championshipsm (Feb. 24-25) … Finished third in the 1000m (2:26.21/2:24.15) at the IC4A Championships (March 3-5)

2015-16:
OUTDOOR
Finished third in the 800m run (1:54.92) at the UAlbany Spring Classic (April 23) … Won gold in the 800m dash (1:52.51) and the 4x400m relay (3:21.42) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7) … Won gold in the 4x800m relay (7:37.62) and finished 29th in the 800m run (1:57.82) at the New England Championships (May 14).

INDOOR
Finished first with a leg in the 4x800m relay (7:59.19) at the Carisella Invitational (Dec. 12).

Before Northeastern: 
Attended Northern Valley Old Tappan High School, where he participated in cross country, indoor/outdoor track and field, and basketball … 2015 N.J. Meet of Champions runner-up in the 800-meter run … Runner-up at the New Balance Nationals in the outdoor sprint medley relay … Placed 11th at the Outdoor USATF Jr. Championships in the 800-meter run … 2015 Outdoor N.J. group and sectional champion in the 1600-meter run … Placed third at the 2015 Indoor N.J. Meet of Champs in the 800-meter run … Three-time state champion for indoor track … Four-time league champion for indoor track.

Personal:
From Old Tappan, N.J. … Plans on majoring in business … Class of 2020.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'3"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'3"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'3"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Distance