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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Alan Hetherington

Alan Hetherington

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Oshawa, ON, Canada
  • High School:
    R.S. McLaughlin

Summary

Biography

Three-time Google Cloud Division I Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-District selection...Graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in biology in May 2018.

2017: All-Colonial Athletic Association honoree...CoSIDA Academic Track and Field/Cross Country All-District 1 first team selection…CAA Cross Country All-Academic Team… CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient...2017-18 Dr. James M. Shuart Award recipient as the Hofstra Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Hofstra Provost's List student in both semesters...Hofstra Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Vice President...Led the Pride in all seven competitions as a senior...Placed 11th in 25:50.6 to earn All-CAA honors...Recorded a career-best 8K time of 25:50.4 to place 128th in the Princeton Invitational...Finished third in 16:27 at the 5K Hofstra Quad...Placed 148th in 34:48 at the 10K NCAA Regional.

2016: CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 first team selection…CAA Cross Country All-Academic Team… CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Two-time Hofstra Dean’s List honoree....Hofstra Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Vice President...Ran in all six meets and led the Pride in the meet at Virginia…Clocked a time of 27:20 to place 90th at the Virginia Panorama Farms Invitational…Posted a season-best 8K time of 27:11 to finish 184th at the Princeton Invitational…Finished 12th in 27:26 at the NJIT Challenge…Clocked a time of 27:43 to place 41st at the CAA Championships…Placed 216th in 35:15 at the 10K NCAA Northeast Regional.

2015: CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 first team selection…CAA Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year…CAA Cross Country All-Academic Team…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Competed in all five meets…Placed 38th in 20:19 at the 6K Manhattan Invitational…Clocked a time of 25:43 to finish 19th at the 8K CAA Championships…Posted a time of 26:07 to place 37th at the 8K Brown Rothenburg Run…Placed 188th in a career-best 10K time of 33:47 at the NCAA Northeast Regional… Two-time Hofstra Provost’s List honoree.

2014: CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Ran in all seven meets as a true freshman...Posted a season-best 5K time of 16:18 to place sixth at the St. John's-Hofstra Fall Festival...Recorded a season-best 8K time of 26:34 to place 120th at the Lehigh Paul Short Run...Posted 8K times of 26:35 at the LIU Post Invitational (17th place) and the Princeton Invitational (202nd place)...Posted a time of 26:52 to finish 36th at the 8K CAA Championships...Clocked a time of 34:06 to finish 217th at the 10K NCAA Regional…Two-time Hofstra Provost’s List honoree.

High School: Was a four-year member of the cross country and track and field teams at R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada where he graduated in 2013…Earned both the cross country and track and field Leadership Awards in 2012…Voted Cross Country Most Valuable Runner in 2011…Recorded a 5K-best cross country time of 17:03 and an 8K-best time of 27:04 in high school…Clocked a scholastic track best time of 16:14 for 5000-meters and 8:50 for 3000-meters…Four-year Honor student…2012 Ontario Scholar Award winner…Received the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Award, the Lt. Governor’s Community Involvement Award and the Award for Citizenship and Ethical Standards in 2012…Received the kinesiology and biology awards in 2012, the chemistry award in 2011 and the fitness award in 2010.

Personal: Born January 22, 1995…Has one brother…Enjoys watching NHL Hockey and listening to sports talk…Aspires to be a chiropractor…Biology major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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    5'9"
  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

    5'9"