2017-18 Merrimack College Men's Track & Field Roster

Marshall Boles

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Ridge
  • Major Athletic Training

Biography

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY

  • Competed in four races during his senior year.
  • Had a 19th place finish at the Shacklette Invite, finishing in a time of 28:07 (9/2)
  • Placed 26th of 105 runners at the Bowdoin Invite (9/16), and 42nd out of 119 runners at the Codfish Bowl (9/23)
  • Finished 164th at New England's with a time of 28.49 (10/7).
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in four meets as a senior
  • Posted a personal best time for the Mile event (4:37.33) (2/17-18)
  • Posted a personal best time for the 3000m (9:30.05) (2/9-10)
  • Highest finish was fifth place during
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed at six meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a personal record in the 1500m race (4:13.36) at the Skyhawk Invitational (4/28)
  • Set a new personal best in the 5K (15:49.25) at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21) with a fifth place finish
  • Ran a personal best in the 10K (34:21.08) at the Ramapo Invitational (3/30-3/31) 


2016-17
CROSS COUNTRY 

  • Competed in four meets as a Junior
  • Ran his season best time of 28:26 at the New England Championship meet (10/8)
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Placed second in the 10,000 meter at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational 

2015-16
CROSS COUNTRY
 

  • Ran in four of seven races
  • Started season with two top-50 finishes, placing 45th at the Shacklette Invitational (9/5) and season-best 30th at the Cod Fish Bowl (9/26).

2014-15
CROSS COUNTRY

  • Ran in five of seven races
  • Strong start to the season placing 33rd in the Shaklette Invitational (9/6).

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

  • Ran in five meets in his freshman season
  • Recorded an 11th place finish in the mile run at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14)
  • Tallied season-best times of 4:41.15 in the mile run at the BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/30-31) and 9:32.18 in the 3000m run at the Bowdoin Invitational #2 (1/24).


OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

  • Competed in six meets
  • Placed 36th in the 1500m run and 50th in the 800m run at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2)
  • Recorded a 12th place finish in the 5000m run  at the Coach P Open (4/10-11) and a 17th place finish in the 1500m at the 2015 Jim Sheehan Invitational (4/4)
  • Recorded a season-best time of 2:04.68 in the 800m at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite (4/24) and posted a season-best time of 4:18.25 in the 1500m at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational (4/18). 

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner at Ridge ... Named Most Improved as a junior ... Earned First-Team All-Skyland Conference honors as a senior and was named Second-Team All-Somerset Country, as well ... Recipient of Ridge Runners Scholarship and named Ridge H.S. Athlete of the Month in October ... Team captain as a senior ... Also lettered in track & field ... Also recruited by Marist, Xavier and Sacred Heart.

Personal: Born June 20, 1996 ... Son of Greg and Liz ... Has one sibling, Patrick ... Athletic Training major at Merrimack.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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