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Northeastern Huskies

2022-23 Men's Cross Country Roster

Nicholas Young

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Saint Catherine's, Ontario
  • Highschool Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
800m 1:50.47
1000m 2:25.54
1500m 3:51.19
Mile 4:06.33
3000m 8:17.70
8K (XC) 24:51

Awards:
  • 2021 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020-2021 Cross Country All-CAA Team: 11th place (24:51.50)
  • 2021 Track & Field All-CAA Honoree: 1500m (third)
  • 2022 Track & Field All-CAA Honoree: 800m (second), 4x400m relay (second)
  • Fall 2022 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Spring 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 Track & Field All-CAA Honoree:  800m (second), 4x400m relay (third)

Career Highlights:
  • Ranks second, All-Time Indoor Performance List: DMR (9:37.93)
  • Ranks eighth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 3000m (8:17.70)
  • Ranks 10th, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 800m (1:50.81)
  • Ranks 10th, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 1000m (2:25.54)
  • Ranks second, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 4x800m relay (7:28.69)
  • 2021 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: 1500m (3:51.19)
  • 2022 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 800m (1:52.83), 4x400m relay (3:22.35)
  • 2023 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 800m (1:51.68)
  • 2023 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: 4x400m (3:18.49)

2022-23:
CROSS COUNTRY

  • Raced to a 15th-place finish at the New England Championships with a time of 25:19 (10/8)
  • Put up a 25:36 time and 19th-place finish at the CAA Championships to help the Huskies earn a second-place finish (10/28)
  • Competed on the 10K course at the NCAA Northeast Regionals and posted a time of 32:27.3 (11/11)
OUTDOOR
  • Finished seventh in the 800m (1:54.31) at the UConn Dog Fight (4/1)
  • Finished tenth in the 800m (1:52.98) at the UConn Northeastern Challenge (4/15)
  • Finished first in the 800m with a time of 1:52.04 at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (4/22) 
  • Placed second in the 800m (1:51.68) at the CAA Championships (5/5)
  • Earned the bronze medal in the 4x400m with a time of 3:18.49 at the CAA Championships (5/6)

2021-22:
OUTDOOR

  • Finished fourth in the 600 meter (1:19.40) at the Spring Break Classic (3/18-3/19)
  • Finished 29th in the 800 meters (1:52.67) and ran a time of 3:52.43 in the 1,500 meters at the Raleigh Relays (3/24-3/26)
  • Placed second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:51.89 at the Minuteman Invite (4/3)
  • Placed fourth in the 800 meters (1:53.55) at the Friar Invite (4/8)
  • Placed fourth in the 4x400m relay (3:24.10) and finished 17th in the 800 meters (1:57.29) at the UMass Outdoor Invite (4/30)
  • Placed second in the 800 meters (1:52.83) and the 4x400m relay (3:22.35) at the CAA Championships (5/6-5/7)
  • Placed third in the 4x800m relay with the second-best outdoor time in NU history (7:28.69) and finished fifth in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 1:50.67 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/14-5/15)


INDOOR

  • Recorded the eighth-best indoor time in school history (8:17.70) in the 3,000 meters at the BU Indoor Opener (12/4)
  • Finished fifth in the 4x400m relay (3:33.14) and sixth in the 1,000 meters (2:29.65) at the URI Invitational (1/15)
  • Placed sixth in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:06.33 at the Battle in Beantown (1/22)
  • Placed second in the DMR with the second-best finish in program history (9:37.93) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/28)
  • Finished 15th in the 800 meter with the 10th best indoor time in NU history (1:50.81, PB) at the BU Last Chance Meet (2/27)


CROSS COUNTRY

  • Placed fourth in the 5k (15:23.10) at the Shawn M. Nassaney Race (9/11)
  • Finished 15th in the 8k (25:59.70) at the CAA Championships (10/30)
  • Competed in the 10k (34:01.70) at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/12)


2020-21:
OUTDOOR

  • Finished second in the 800 meter (1:55.49) and fourth in the 1500 meters (3:53.02) at the UCF Black and Gold Invitational (3/19-20)
  • Placed third in the 1500 meters (3:51.80) at the UMass Tri Meet (4/3)
  • Finished ninth in the 800 meter (1:55.36) at the Knights Invite (4/24)
  • Earned a bronze medal finish in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 3:51.19 at the CAA Championships in the 1500 meter run with a personal best time of 3:51.19

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Finished seventh in the 8k (24:53.30) at the CAA XC Preview (1/29)
  • Finished 11th in the 8k with a personal-best time of 24:51.50 to earn All-CAA honors at the CAA Championships (4/5)

2019-20:
INDOOR
  • Placed eighth in the 1000 meters (2:28.90) and 10th in the 4x400 meter relay (3:26.51) at the BU Season Opener (12/7)
  • Took first in the 4x800 meter relay (8:05.19) and ninth in the mile (4:20.86) at the Joe Donahue Games (12/14)
  • Placed second in the 800 meter (1:52.79) and fifth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:26.44) at the BU Multi Meet (1/18)
  • Ran a personal-best time of 4:13.83 in the mile at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/24-25)
  • Placed second in the 1000 meters (2:28.68) and seventh in the 4x800 meter relay (7:45.99) at the New England Championships (1/31-2/1)
  • Finished 16th with a personal-best time of 1:50.93 in the 800 meter at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (2/28)
  • Took second in the 1000 meters (2:26.46/2:25.54, PB in prelims) and ninth in the 4x800 meter relay (8:05.91) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (3/6-8)
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran a personal-best time of 15:58.5 in the 5K at the 17th Annual CCSU Mini Meet (10/25)
  • Finished 31st with a personal-best time of 26:36.4 in the 8K at the CAA Championships (11/2)

Personal: Majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2020Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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