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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2017-18 Men's Track and Field

Don Felice

Ross Wilson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wycombe, Pa.
  • Highschool Council Rock North

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
800m: 2:06.51
1,500m: 3:49.03
Mile: 4:08.89
3,000m: 8:14.54
5,000m: 14:23.70
3,000m Steeplechase: 8:58.83

CAREER ACCOLADES
2016 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion
Seventh all-time at Penn in the indoor 5,000m (14:26.67)

OUTDOOR 2018
  • Ran in six races throughout the 2018 outdoor season, appearing in a variety of distance events.
  • Competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6), placing eighth.
  • Part of the DMR team at the Penn Relays (April 26-28).
  • Placed third in the 3,000m at the Penn Challenge (March 24).
  • Totaled four top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2018
  • Appeared in five meets during the 2018 indoor season, running both the mile and 3,000m.
  • Advanced to the finals in the mile at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 25), placing eighth.
  • Placed fourth in the mile at the Navy Invitational (Jan. 13).
  • Ran a career-best time of 4:08.89 in the mile at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10).
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
  • Key part of the Quaker lineup, running in five races on the year and scoring four times.
  • Opened the year with a sixth-place finish at the Blue/Gold Classic (Sept. 2).
  • Top Penn runner at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 14), placing 31st.
  • Scored at the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 27), finishing 25th overall and fifth among Penn runners.
  • Placed 45th overall and fifth among Penn runners at the 2017 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 10).
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in five meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in the 1,500m, 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m.
  • Placed eighth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7).
  • Finished 16th in the 5,000m at the Stanford Invitational (April 1).
  • Ran a season-best time in the steeplechase at the Transatlantic Series (April 15).
  • Totaled two top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in six meets during the 2017 indoor season in the mile and 3,000m.
  • Placed first in the 3,000m at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14) and in the mile at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 21).
  • Finished ninth in the 3,000m at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26).
  • Notched a career-best and ninth-rated time at Penn in the 3,000m of 8:14.54 at the Columbia East-West Challenge (Jan. 27).
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Competed in five meets on the season, scoring in four of them.
  • Placed eighth in his season debut at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 16).
  • Finished fifth among attached runners and 51st overall at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 1).
  • Scored and placed 38th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (Nov.
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Raced in the 1,500m, 5,000m and steeplechase during the 2016 outdoor season.
  • Placed second in the steeplechase at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
  • Placed third in the steeplechase at the Philadelphia College Classic (March 19).
  • Placed seventh in the steeplechase at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Competed at the 2016 IC4A Outdoor Championships in the steeplechase and placed eighth.
  • Notched seven top-10 finishes during the outdoor season.
INDOOR 2016
  • Competed in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m during the indoor season.
  • Recorded the fifth-best time in Penn history in the 5,000m at the FasTrack National Invite (Feb. 12).
  • All of his performances placed him in the top-10 of each race.
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
  • Opened season by finishing fourth - second among attached runners - at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 18). 
  • Finished 21st Ivy Heps (Oct. 30).
  • Helped the men's cross country team earn a berth into the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1975.
  • Placed 23rd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 13).
  • Finished 233rd at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky. (Nov. 21).

2014-15: Competed in six cross country meets, including Ivy Heps and NCAA Regionals ... Scored at Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 3) ... Ran in several middle distance and distance events during the indoor season ... Competed mostly in the steeplechase during the outdoor campaign with a season-best finish of 8:59.83 at the Outdoor ECAC Championships.

High School: 2014 Pennsylvania state champion in the 3,200 meters en route to setting a new state record ... Placed ninth at the 2014 New Balance Indoor National Championships ... Ranked 24th in the nation for the indoor mile and the outdoor 3,200 as a senior ... Finished 10th at the 2014 Foot Locker Cross Country Regional meet and 26th at the 2014 Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships ... 2013 runner-up at the Pennsylvania State Cross Country Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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