2016-17 Merrimack College Men's Track & Field Roster

James Wegman

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sandwich, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Sandwich
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

2015-16: 
Indoor:
 Competed in four meets as a junior … Competed in the mile and 3000m … Placed 2nd in the Mile at the Art Farnham Invitational … Competed at the NE10 Championships in the 3000m placing 10th

Outdoor:  Competed in five meets as a junior … Competed in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 … Competed at NE10’s in the 5000m

2014-15: 
Indoor: 
Competed in five meets in his sophomore season … Finished 14th in the 3000m run with a career-best time of 9:05.26 at the NE-10 Indoor Championships (2/21) … Placed sixth in the mile run with a career-best time of 4:37.49 at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14) … Placed 18th in the mile run at the Bowdoin Invitational #2 (1/24).

Outdoor: Ran in four meets … Finished 12th in the 10000m run at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2) … Placed fifth in the 5000m run at the Coach P Open (4/10-11) and ninth in the 3000m run at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite (4/24) … Recorded a ninth place finish with a career-best time of 33:46.39 in the 10000m at the Tufts Snowflake Classic (3/28). 

2013-14: 
Indoor:
 Participated in five events … Placed ninth in the 3000m at the Vermont Invitational (12/7) and 17th in the same event at the Tufts Invitational (1/18) … Top-five finish in the mile at the Benyon Invitational (1/25) … Won the 5000m in 16:09.40 at the Southern Maine Invitational (2/1) … Also finished 13th in the 5000m at the NE-10 Championships.

Outdoor: Participated in three events … Top 10-finish in the 5000m at the VCU Invitational (3/22) … Top-five finisher in the 10000m at the Moravian College “Coach P” Invitational (4/12).

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner at Sandwich High School ... Team placed third in state championships as a junior ... Was a captain as a senior ... Also lettered in indoor track & field ... Recruited by Fitchburg State, URI and UMass Dartmouth.

Personal: Born May 7, 1995 ... Son of John and Carolyn ... Has two siblings, Elizabeth and Jennifer ... Business Marketing major and Computer Science minor.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Distance
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2015-16Junior

    Distance
  • 2016-17Senior

    Distance