Selvin Backert
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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 155
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- Hometown:
- Lexington, Mass.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Lexington
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- Major:
- Regional & Globalization
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's men's indoor and outdoor track & field teams
CAREER HIGH
5K: 18:48.1, at Suffolk Invite, Sept. 3, 2021
8K: 28:07.1, at CCC Championship, Oct. 30, 2021
5 Mile: 28:08.0, at UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational, Sept. 18, 2021
SOPHOMORE • 2021
Clocked a 17:49 5K at the Short Course Invite at Franklin Park (Sept. 3) … Ran the 5-mile in 28:08.00 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 18) … Ran the 8k at the Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational in 30:59.3 (Oct. 2) … Finished fifth at the Battle for Boston Common with an 8k time of 28:56 (Oct. 16) … Notched a 28:56.0 8k to at the Suffolk Invite (Oct. 16) … Posted a 28:08 8k at the CCC Championship (Oct. 30) … Logged a 29:16.2 8k at the NCAA D3 East Regional Championship (Nov. 13).
FRESHMAN • 2020
Season cancelled due to COVID-19.
ACADEMICS
CCC Fall All-Academic honoree in 2021 ... Four-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Sprign 2022)
BEFORE SUFFOLK • LEXINGTON
Attended Lexington.
News mentions
For the first time in Suffolk University and program history, the Rams will host a NCAA post-season event as the Suffolk men’s and women’s cross country program will serve as host for the NCAA Division III East Regional Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Nov. 13 at Franklin Park in Boston.
Matyas Csiki-Fejer shined and Suffolk men’s cross country made itself known in its first every Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship as the Rams’ senior won the individual medal and the team placed second Saturday afternoon at Western New England.
Against one of the most talent fields in the event’s history, Suffolk men’s cross country turned in a sixth-place performance at its own meet, the Suffolk Invite, Saturday afternoon at Franklin Park.
For the third consecutive time, Suffolk men’s cross country captured the Battle for Boston Commons, a head-to-head dual with Emerson, 15-47, Saturday afternoon at Franklin Park.
Matyas Csiki-Fejer anchored the Suffolk men’s cross country squad to a sixth-place showing at the 48th UMass Dartmouth Invitational Saturday morning at the Coach Robert Dowd Cross Country Course on UMass Dartmouth’s campus.
Suffolk cross country is set to hit the trails for the first time in 2021 this afternoon as the Rams host the Suffolk Short Course Classic at Franklin Park. The men’s 5K will open the season at 1:30 p.m., with the women’s 3K wrapping the action up at 2:15 p.m.
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