2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Cole Pschunder
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gibbsboro, N.J.
- High School:
- Eastern Senior
2019 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2019-20 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2017-18 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2017 Academic All-Big Ten
Pschunder All-Time Records
2019 (Senior): Made season debut at USF Bulls Invitational (Mar. 23) ... Third place in the 1500m (3:57.18) at the USF Bulls Invite (Mar. 23)
2018 (Junior): Made season debut at Metropolitan Championships ... Runner up at the Metropolitan Championship (Oct. 12) with a time of 25:58.9 ... Ran team best of 25:15.1 at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28) ... Ran a 32:08 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 9) ... Ran a personal best of 23:34 at the IC4A ECAC XC Championships (Nov. 17)
2017 (Sophomore): Ran a personal best of 25:56.9 in the 5 Mile at IC4A ECAC XC Championship to lead team to fourth place finish (Nov. 19) … accomplished a 62nd place finish with a personal best of 31:42.6 in the 10K at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 10) … placed a team high fifth with 26:01.8 in the 5 Mile to lead Rutgers to victory at NYC Metropolitan XC Championships (Oct. 13) … ran a personal best of 24:43.7 in the 8K at Paul Short Gold (Sep. 29) … opened season with a runner-up finish with a personal best of 18:38.2 in the 6K to lead Rutgers to victory at Lehigh Invitational (Sep. 1).
2016 (Freshman): Made five appearances for Rutgers during rookie campaign ... finished 54th with a time of 27:16 at the IC4A Championships (11/19) ... competed at both the Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11) and Big Ten Championships (10/30) ... finished 13th at Metropolitan Championships (10/7) with a time of 26:59.8.
Prior to Rutgers: Finished first with a PR of 15:38.2 at the South Jersey Open as a senior at Eastern Senior … collected a second-place result at the Shore Coaches Invitational … also placed third at both the South Jersey Shootout and Olympic Conference Championships.
Personal: A economics and Spanish dual major... Plans on a career in economic development and urban planning... Member of Athletes in Action...Works as a lifeguard during summer break... Named Academic All-Big Ten... A decent beat-boxer... Proudest sports moment was committing to Rutgers... Greatest sports influence is his father, who was a collegiate runner at Widener...
