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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Patrick Cantlon

  • Position Distance
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sydney, Australia
  • Highschool Trinity Grammar School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
800m 1:51.31
1500m 3:43.96
3000m 8:05.26
5000m 14:05.52
Mile 4:00.36
8K (XC) 24:26
10K (XC) 30:49

Awards:
  • Fall 2022 CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Spring 2024 CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Career Highlights
  • Ranks eighth, All-Time XC Performance List: 8k (24:26.4)
  • Ranks first, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x800 (7:24.38)
  • Ranks third, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 3000m (8:05.26)
  • Ranks fifth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: Mile (4:00.36)
  • Ranks third, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: Mile (4:02.81)
  • Ranks tenth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 1500m (3:46.27)
2024-25:
INDOOR:
  • Did not compete
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran a 25:30.1 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/5)
2023-24:
INDOOR
  • Finished in the top 20 of the 3000m at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-1/27), running an 8:05.26 for the third fastest time in school history
  • Set a personal best of 3:43.95 in the 1500m at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3); ran the fifth fastest mile in school history in the open with a time of 4:00.36
  • Took gold in the 4x800 at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/22-2/23), running a 7:35.74, and earned a bronze medal in the 800m with a 4:04.33
  • Won the 4x800 at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (3/1-3/2), setting a school record time of 7:24.38
OUTDOOR
  • Ran a 4:02.81 in the mile at the Friar Invitational (4/12), finishing fourth
  • Earned a silver medal in the 1500m at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/10-5/11), running a 3:47.81
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Finished seventh at the Shawn M. Nassaney XC Invitational (9/9), clocking a 15:19.9
  • Set a personal best in the 8k at the IC4A/ECAC XC Championship (10/13) with a time of 24:26.4
  • Earned a top 100 finish at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (11/10) after setting a personal best run of 30.49.5 in the 10k
2022-23:
INDOOR
  • Finished eighth in the 1-mile (4:11.70) at the CAA Championships (2/23)
  • Finished seventh in the 1-mile finals with a time of 4:05.75 at the ECAC/IC4E Championships (3/5)
OUTDOOR
  • Finished in the top-20 in the 1-mile (4:10.16) at the Friar Invitational (4/14)
  • Finished 16th in the 5000m (14:07.21) at Penn Relays (4/27)
  • Earned bronze in the 5000m with a time of 14:25.15 at the CAA Championships (5/6)
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Kicked off his career with a 25:00 8K time, a personal-best, at the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23)
  • Ran a 26:04.2 8K at the Penn State National Open, finishing 27th and helping the Huskies to a second-place finish (10/14)
  • Finished 26th at the CAA Championships with a 25:44.0 8K time (10/28)
  • Competed at the NCAA Northeast Regionals and ran a 31:50.4 10K time (11/11)

Before Northeastern: Ran for Trinity Grammar Schoool for six years ... Ran for Sutherland athletics club.

Personal: Son of David and Colleen Cantlon ... Brother of Eloise and Joe ... Enjoys fishing, surfing, swimming and mountain biking ... Majoring in in Environmental Engineering.

Why Northeastern? "Great athletics and academic programs. Boston is a great city."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
    6'2"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    6'2"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance
    6'2"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Distance
    6'2"