Baron Willeford

Baron Willeford

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Class:
Junior

Hometown:
New Orleans, La.

High School:
Columbia Prep (N.Y.)

2007-08: [Cross Country] Ran in six races for the Bison, including the Patriot League Championship, where he placed 53rd (28:11.30 for 8,000m) ... started the season with a 24th-place finish in the 3-mile Bison Open (15:46.27) ... finished 92nd at the Western Ontario International Invitational with a time of 35:44.00 in the 10K ... took 55th at the Lafayette Leopard Invitational, finishing the 8K in 27:32.30 ... took 46th at the IC4A Championships with a time of 27:07.00 in the 5-mile race for the fourth-fastest Bison finish ... [Indoors] At the Patriot League championships, took seventh in the 1,000 with a personal record of 2:31.97 and anchored the fifth-place 4x800 relay team (7:40.06) ... ran a time of 4:27.88 in the mile for third place at the Gulden Relays ... took third in the 1,000 with a time of 2:32.93 at the Bucknell Heptagonal ... ran a career-best time of 4:21.25 in the mile for fourth in the blue division at the Akron Open ... established a personal record of 8:58.59 in the 3,000 for 11th at the Bucknell Winter Classic ... led-off the DMR at the IC4A Championships (10:22.17, 22nd) ... [Outdoors] Competed at distances ranging from 800-5,000 meters ... ran the 5,000 at Patriot League Championships, finishing 20th ... best 5K time was 15:13.34 in runner-up finish at Maryland Invitational ... ran 4:02.91 in 1,500 at Bucknell Team Challenge, placing 13th ...

2006-07:[Cross Country] Participated in three races ... took 11th at the Penn State-Altoona International Invitational with a time of 26:39.00 in the 7.5K ... ran 5 miles in 27:55.00 at the Lafayette Invitational for 77th ... clocked a time of 28:53.00 over 5 miles at the IC4A Championships for 114th ... [Indoors] - Competed in the 1,000, mile, and 3,000 ... at the Gulden Relays, placed third with a time of 4:31.85 in the mile ... recorded a seventh-place finish at the Bucknell Heptagonal with a time of 2:35.96 in the 1,000 ... placed eighth in the 3,000 at the Bison Open and Multi, clocking a 9:04.98 ... ran the mile at the Akron Open for 10th with a season-best time (4:26.56) ... at the Bucknell Winter Classic, ran a 1:58.75 in the 800 for third place ... [Outdoors] Set a season-best time of 1:56.94 in the 800 for 16th at the Sam Howell Invitational ... notched a second-place finish at the Red Flash Open, running a 1:58.58 in the 800 ...

Personal: Son of James and Thema Willeford ... earned three letters in cross country and three in track and field at Newman School in New Orleans, La., and at Columbia Prep in New York, N.Y. ... majoring in economics ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

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