Luke Sikora
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 140
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- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- U-High Maroons / University of Chicago Lab Schools
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- Major:
- Politics, Philosophy & Economics
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's men's indoor and outdoor track & field teams
CAREER HIGHS
5K: 16:50.4, at Short Course Classic, Sept. 1, 2023
8K: 26:35.2, at NCAA Division III East Regionals, Nov. 11, 2023
5 Mile: 27:01.6, at UMass Dartmouth Invitational, Sept. 17, 2022
SENIOR • 2023
All-CCC ... Finished 33rd in the field of 159 in the season-opening Short Course Classic with a 5k time of 16:50.4 (Sept. 1) ... Clocked a 27:44.3 8k, good for 28th in the field of 97 at the Bates Invitational (Sept. 17) ... Took 31st in the 8k (26:37.8) at the Suffolk Invitational (Oct. 14) ... Won the Battle for Boston Commons with an 8k time of 26:38 to help Suffolk claim the team title (Oct. 14) ... Placed 15th at the CCC Championships with a 27:04.1 8k (Oct. 24) ... Came through the NCAA Division III East Regionals 8k chute in 26:35.2, good for 61st (Nov. 11).
JUNIOR • 2022
Participated in six events ... Put together a 17:18.6 5k at the season-opening Suffolk Short Course Classic (Sept. 2) ... Compiled a 27:01.6 5-mile time at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 17) ... Finished 48th in the 8k at the Bowdoin Invitational with a time of 27:47.7 (Sept. 24) ... Crossed the 8k tape in 28:34.6 at the Suffolk Invite, good for 56th (Oct. 15) ... Helped Suffolk win the Battle for Boston Common with a seventh-place showing thanks to an 8k time of 28:34.6 (Oct. 15) ... Came through the 8k chute at the CCC Championships in 27:29.2 (Oct. 29).
SOPHOMORE • 2021
Clocked a 17:50 5K at the Short Course Invite at Franklin Park (Sept. 3) … Ran the 8k at the Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational in 29:26.3 (Oct. 2) … Finished seven in the Battle for Boston Common with an 8k time of 29:17 (Oct. 16) … Notched a 29:16.9 8k to at the Suffolk Invite (Oct. 16) … Posted a 28:34 8k at the CCC Championship (Oct. 30) … Logged a 28:30.6 8k at the NCAA D3 East Regional Championship (Nov. 13).
FRESHMAN • 2020
Season cancelled due to COVID-19.
ACADEMICS
AD Honor Roll selection in Fall 2020.
BEFORE SUFFOLK • UNIVERESITY OF CHICAGO LAB SCHOOL
Two-year captain and four-year letterwinner at the University of Chicago Lab School … Led the University of Chicago Lab Schools to the 2018 ISL Cross Country Championship … Aided to back-to-back IHSA Cross Country Regional Championships (2018 & 2019) … Helped the University of Chicago Lab Schools to a pair of IHSA Cross Country State Championship qualifiers … IHSA Cross Country Regional Individual Champion as a senior … Two-time ISL Cross Country all-conference honoree … IHSA All-Sectional selection in 2018 … Two-time IHSA Cross Country State Qualifier … Also lettered in track & field and captained the team for two seasons … 1600m conference and sectional champion in 2019 … State qualifier in the 1600m as a senior … Member of the 4x800 all-conference, all-sectional and all-state relay state … Apart of the 4x400 all-league, all-section and state qualifying relay team … University of Chicago Lab Schools record holder for both indoor and outdoor in the 4x800 relay … William ‘Doc” Monilaw Medalist Winner in 2020.
News mentions
Men’s cross country made history Saturday as it raced to a Ram’s record eighth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Division III East Regional Championships hosted by Suffolk at Hopkinton Fair Grounds.
For the second time in program history, first since 2021, Suffolk University’s men’s and women’s cross country will put its NCAA hosting hat on as the Rams will serve as the host for the NCAA Division III East Regional Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Nov. 11 at Hopkinton Fair Grounds in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
Four members of the Suffolk men’s cross country team raced to All-CCC honors at the 2023 Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships on the campus of Gordon College Saturday, Oct. 28. Tim Barry, Hayden Green, Thomas Novy and Luke Sikora all propelled the Rams to their third consecutive runner-up finish at the conference meet.
Suffolk men’s cross country teams attempts to upstage its back-to-back runner-up finish with its first conference crown this weekend at the 2023 Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships Saturday, Oct. 28. The 8k race begins at 11 a.m. at Gordon College.
Suffolk men’s cross country put together a second-place performance at the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships Saturday afternoon at Gordon College. The runner-up finish marks the third in a row and third time in program history that the Rams claimed third in the league title race.
In its final test before the 2023 CCC Championships, Suffolk men’s cross country put together an eighth-place performance at its own meet, the Suffolk Invitational, Saturday at Franklin Park.
Suffolk men’s cross country kept bragging rights on Beacon Hill as the Rams defeated Emerson in the fifth-annual Battle for Boston Commons Saturday at Franklin Park, 16-43.
Suffolk men’s and women’s cross country puts on its hosting hat this weekend for the Suffolk Invitational Saturday, Oct. 14 at Franklin Park. The outing will not only serve as the final prep for the upcoming 2023 CCC Championship but will also pit the Rams against their Beantown foes Emerson in the Battle for Boston Commons. The women’s 6k begins the even at 1:30 p.m. with the men’s 8k following an hour later. All the action can be followed live here.
Suffolk men’s cross country ventured West to Colfax, Wisconsin for the University of Wisconsin EAU Claire’s Blugold Invite at the Whitetail Golf Course. Action is scheduled to get underway at 4:30 p.m.
Suffolk men’s cross country put together a 13th-place performance at the Blugold Invite at Whitetail Golf Course Friday.
Suffolk men’s cross country put together a fifth-place performance at the Bates Invitational at Roy’s Golf Center.
Suffolk men’s cross country is set to take the course for the first time in 2023 Friday, Sept. 1 at its own Short Course Classic at Franklin Park. The women’s 3k event at 11:30 a.m., precedes the men’s 5k gun at 12:15 p.m. Fans can follow the race live here.
Nearly every Ram who took the course at Franklin Park Friday recorded a personal record to push Suffolk men’s cross country to a third-place performance at its own Short Course Classic.
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