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2014 Cross Country Roster

Kulins
Kulins
Brian Ballweg
Brian Ballweg

Larissa Meléndez

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-1
  • Hometown Cobleskill, NY
  • High School Cobleskill-Richmondville

Biography

Personal Bests
5,000 - 19:02.1 (9/7/14)
6,000 - 22:03.9 (11/4/12)

2014 Race-by-Race Results | 2013 Race-by-Race Results  |  2012 Race-by-Race Results  |  2011 Race-by-Race Results

Honors and Awards: Northeast-10 Second Team All-Conference (2014)... NCAA All-Region (2013)...NCAA All-Region, Northeast-10 Second Team All-Conference (2012)...NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall '11/Spring '12/Fall '12/Spring '13/Fall '13/Spring '14/Fall '14)

2014: Ran at six meets…Finished first in the St. John’s/Hofstra Fall Festival (9/7) with a career-best 5k time of 19:02.1…Placed second in the Bruce Kirsch Cup (9/13) 4k after posting a time of 16:14.1…Season-best 6k time of 11:41.8 at the Paul Short Run (10/5)…Placed 11th at the NE-10 Championships in the 6k…Qualified for the NCAA East Regionals (11/22) and ran a 22:56.9 and finished 28th.

2013:
Took part all six meets…Started the year with a third place finish of 15:09.31 at the St. John’s/Hofstra Fall Festival (9/7) 4k…Finished 16th at the UAlbany Invitational (10/19) 5k with a time of 19:45.6…Claimed 21st place at the NCAA East Regional (11/10) behind a 6k clocking of 23:23.90.

2012: Competed in all six meets of the season and was a consistent top-five performer…Posted a personal best of 19:19 over 5k at the Riverhawk Invitational (9/15)…Ran a personal best of 22:03.9 in the 6k at the NCAA East Regional meet…Competed in the NCAA DII Championships.

2011: Competed in all six races and was in the Panthers' top-four in each of them...Completed the 5k course at the Northeast-10 Championships (10/22) by breaking the 20 minute barrier in 19:23 for 50th place...Was the third runner to cross the line at the NCAA East Regional (11/6) en route to 24:19 6k clocking.

At Cobleskill-Richmondville High School: Lettered in both cross country and track...Set personal bests as a junior in 3000m (11:04), 1000m (3:14), 2000m steeple (7:23.06), 400 (64.3 split), 1600m (5:56), 400m hurdles (68.2), 15k (1:05.06 boilermaker)...Set personal bests as a senior in 3000m (10:49), 2000m steeple (7:08.81), 800m (2:22) 400m hurdles (69.1) 1000m (3:13), 1600m (5:38), 5k (19:45).

Personal: Daughter of Miguel Melendez and Theresa Bottorff...Has three younger siblings...Majoring in exercise science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2012Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2013Junior

    5'1"
  • 2014Senior

    5'1"