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:
- Jr.
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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: 17:48.1, at Suffolk Short Course Classic, Sept. 3, 2021
8K: 27:22.4, at Bowdoin Invitational, Sept. 24, 2022
5 Mile: 27:16.3, at UMass Dartmouth Invitational, Sept. 17, 2022
JUNIOR • 2022
Participated in all seven events ... Put together a 17:57.9 5k at the season-opening Suffolk Short Course Classic (Sept. 2) ... Compiled a 27:16.3 5-mile time at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 17) ... Finished 31st in the 8k at the Bowdoin Invitational with a time of 27:22.4 (Sept. 24) ... Crossed the 8k tape in 29:30.2 at the Suffolk Invite, good for 79th (Oct. 15) ... Helped Suffolk claim the Battle for Boston Common with a 14th place performance thanks to an 8k time of 29:30.2 (Oct. 15) ... Came through the 8k chute at the CCC Championships in 28:06.9 to claim 25th (Oct. 29) ... Placed 74th at NCAA DIII East Regionals with an 8k performance of 28:14.7 (Nov. 12).
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
Two-time CCC Fall All-Academic honoree (2021, 2022) ... Six-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Sprign 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
BEFORE SUFFOLK • LEXINGTON
Attended Lexington.
News mentions
Suffolk men’s cross country put together a top-10 finish at the NCAA Division III East Regionals Saturday on the course on Bowdoin College’s campus.
Suffolk men’s and women’s cross country will run against the best-of-the-best in the region Saturday, Nov. 12 as the Rams trek to Brunswick, Maine for the 2022 NCAA Division III East Regionals hosted by Bowdoin. The women’s 6k gets the day going at 11:00 a.m., with the men’s 8k following an hour later. Members of Ram Nation can watch the race live here.
Suffolk men’s cross country put together a second-place showing at the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships Saturday afternoon at Rotary State Park. The runner-up performance is the second straight season and second-time in program history that the Rams claimed second in the league title race.
Suffolk men’s cross country compiled a third-place performance at its own meet, the Suffolk Invitational, Saturday afternoon at Franklin Park.
In a pre-regional race, Suffolk men’s cross country put on a show as nearly every Ram notched a personal record en route to a third-place performance Saturday morning at Bowdoin.
Suffolk men’s cross country finished 13th at the 49th UMass Dartmouth Invitational Saturday.
Suffolk men’s cross country turned in a sixth-place performance at the Short Course Classic Friday at Franklin Park.
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