Wagner College Athletics

2008-2009: Indoor Track & Field: Best finish in the 1 mile run was 4:35.6 at Fordham (12/12) … Had a team-best finish in the 3000m (8:48.82) at the METS Winter Invitational (1/29) … Also competed in the 5000m run. Outdoor Track & Field: Competed in the 1500m run and the 3000m run … His best finish in the 3000m was 9:04.66 at Virginia (4/11) … His 15:46.75 mark in the 5000m run was his best-finish of the season (3/21). 2007-2008: Indoor Track & Field: Recorded a 4:32.72 performance in the 1 mile run at the John Covert Classic (1/26) ... Second-best Seahawk performer in the 3000m and 5000m, clocking in at 9:02.56 and 16:26.9 respectively. Outdoor Track & Field: Ran a team-best 15:58.42 in the 5000m run at the NEC Championships (5/3) ... Clocked in the second-best 1500m run on the team with a 4:07.27 performance at the Penn Invitational (4/5) ... Ran a season-best 2:03.02 in the 800m run at the Wagner Quad Meet (4/9). Personal: Attended Miller Place High School, participating on the cross country and track & field teams under the direction of Sean O’Brien … Earned four letters in outdoor track & field, three in indoor track & field and three cross country … All-State, All-County and All-League selection in cross country … Took second at the Suffolk County Championships … All-County and All-League in indoor track & field while winning the 3200 and 1000 meters and running a leg on the victorious 4x800 relay team … All-County in outdoor track & field while being a member of the Division 3 victorious 4x800 meter relay team … Holds the school-record in the mile with a time of 4:24.60 … Has three siblings; Crystal (28), Matthew (25) and a twin brother Thomas (20) … Derek is also a member of the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field teams at Wagner … Born on October 31, 1989 … Standout in the classroom, All Country Academic cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field honors … Majoring in Chemistry with a minor in math at Wagner.