2022 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Topu Saha

  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 135
  • Hometown Jersey City, N.J.
  • High School William L. Dickinson
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- Academic All-District (2022-23)
- Second Team Academic All-NJAC (2022-23)
- Honorable Mention Academic All-NJAC (2021-22)

2021: One of four to compete in all eight events as a sophomore ... had five top-25 finishes, including one top-five ... opened season with a time of 15:49.20 to place 12th in the 4K at the Cairn Invite (9/3) ... season-best fifth-place finish in the 8K with a time of 30:23.50 at the Purchase Invite (9/11) ... ran a season-best time in the 8K of 29:27.10 at the NJAC Championships (10/30) ... placed 23rd in the 8K with a time of 30:29.70 at the ECAC Championships (11/6) ... ran a 29:49.00 in the 8K at NCAA Regionals (11/13).

2020-21: Placed ninth out of 20 at St. Peter’s (2/27) with a 21:07.31 in the 5k … placed 11th out of 27 at Stockton (3/5) with a 18:50.12 in the 5k … placed 22nd out of 39 at NJACs (3/20) with a 28:47.20 in the 8k.

High School: A 2020 graduate of William L. Dickinson High School ... four-year cross country team member ... two-year captain as a junior and senior ... also a four-year track & field team member ... team captain ... every team qualified for the county championships and state sectionals.

Personal: Son of Tulshi and Paritosh Saha ... has one sibling, Nelima ... pursuing a career as a data scientist ... minoring in mathematics ... Honors Program at NJCU ... software development club.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'9" 130 lbs
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'10" 130 lbs
  • 2022Junior

    5'10" 135 lbs