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

Niall Coughlin

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Castleton, N.Y.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) La Salle (H.S.)
  • Major Finance

Biography

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY

  • Named to NE10 All-Conference Third Team
  • Competed in four events as a senior.
  • Had a fifth place finish at teh Shacklette Invite, coming in at a time of 27:10 (9/2)
  • Placed 10th in the Bowdoin Invite, with a time of 27:18.5 (9/16)
  • Had a time of 28:11 and 26:46 at teh Codfish Bowl (9/23) and New England's (10/7), respectively.
  • Placed 16th at the NE10 Championships, with a time of 25:49.81 (10/22)
  • Placed 33rd with a time of 34.59.2 at Regionals (11/4).
  • Competed at Nationals finishing 180th overall, 2nd for Merrimack (11/18)
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in seven meets as a senior
  • Picked up a first and a second place finished at the Bowdoin College Invitational (1/20)
  • Four top-five finishes on the season
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Was on the sixth place 4x800 relay team at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/4-5/5)
  • Set a personal-best in the 800m race (1:54.96) at the Skyhawk Invitational (4/28) 
  • Won the 5K event at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21) and came in third in the 1500m race.
  • Ran a personal best in the 1500m race (3:59.74) at the Coach Pollard Invitational (4/13-4/14)

2016-17

Awards:

  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
  • Was a NE10 All-Academic Selection for Cross Country.

Cross Country

  • Competed in six meets as a junior.
  • Ran his season best time of 26:46 at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational (9/3)
  • Competed in Regionals finishing 50th overall, 5th for Merrimack (11/5)
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
  • Placed fifth in the mile at the Spartan Regional Invite
  • Took first place in the 1000 meter at the 2017 Bowdoin Indoor Invitational #2
  • Placed fifth in the mile at the NE-10 indoor championships

2015-16
Cross Country

  • Raced in three of seven events for the Warriors
  • Season-best 25th-place finish at the Cod Fish Bowl (9/26).

Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed in six meets as a sophomore
  • Competed in the 800, mile, 4x8, and DMR
  • Finished 6th in the mile at NE10’s with a time of 4:25.57

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Competed in six meets
  • Competed in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m, and 4x8
  • Ran his best times of 1:58 in the 800m and 4:04 in the 1500m

2014-15 
Cross Country

  • Ran in five of seven races
  • Steady season debut recording two top-50 finishes
  • Posted season-high 43rd-place finish at Shacklette Invitational (9/6).

Indoor Track & Field 

  • Ran in  five meets as a freshman
  • Placed ninth with the relay team in the distance medley relay and 21stin the 800m run at the NE-10 Indoor Championships (2/21).
  • Placed second with the relay team in the 4x400m and fourth in the 600m run at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14).

Outdoor Track & Field 

  • Competed in six meets
  • Placed 20th in the 1500m run with a season-best time of 4:10.97 and 46th in the 800m run with a season-best time of 2:04.06 at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2)
  • Tallied a 12th place finish in the 3000m run at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite (4/24). 

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner at La Salle Institute ... Named First-Team Big 10 All-Star  as a junior and senior ... Named Team MVP on both cross country and soccer teams as a senior ... Also recruited by Le Moyne and Saint Rose.

Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1996 ... Son of Rich and Noreen ... Has six siblings: Liam, Eamonn, Dermot, Griffin, Ronan and Sinead ... His father ran cross country at Siena and brother Eamonn runs cross country at Saint Rose ... Finance 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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