Media Day Spring 2024
The First Media Day
The team had a great time at the first-ever media day! Below are a few pictures as well as info about some of our teammates. You can also check out the entire photo album here.
Freshmen
Braeden Smith
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Frederick, MD
Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Minor: Bioengineering and Engineering Business Analytics
Favorite Event: 400m
Favorite Running Club Memory: Breaking the 4x400m indoor record
Héctor González Dueñes
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Torreón, Coahuila, México
Major: Marketing & FTT
Minor: Business Technology
Favorite Event: Mile
Favorite Running Club Memory: Meet at UChicago
Ingrid Corpus
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Jupiter, FL
Majors: Economics and Spanish
Favorite Events: Cross country in general and the mile
Favorite Running Club Memory: The inaugural Irish Invitational – the officers did an amazing job organizing the running club's first meet. The beautiful course through the woods and even the rain made the whole experience so fun and memorable.
Jacob Radlinski
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Major: Business
Favorite Events: The 4x800 and the 4x400
Favorite Running Club Memory: The Run Club Christmas Party this year!
Jake Conn
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Joliet, IL
Major: Business
Favorite Event: the mile at Holy Cross Track
Favorite Running Club Memory: The run club parties
Kevin Taylor
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Lake Forest, IL
Major: Architecture
Favorite Event: 200m
Favorite Running Club Memory: Running the Irish Invitational
Nathan Gafney
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Major: Finance, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Favorite Event: 5K
Favorite Running Club Memory: First indoor track meet
Owen Donaher
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Theology
Favorite Event: Cross Country 8K
Favorite Running Club Memory: NIRCA Cross Country Nationals 2023
Theresa Kerker
Grade: Freshman
Hometown: Bloomingdale, OH
Major: Biology and a supplemental major in Theology
Favorite Events: Hurdles and the 4x400
Favorite Running Club Memory: Having intense philosophical debates in between races at the first meet this season
Sophomores
Andrew Jitendran
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Burbank, CA
Major: Sociology with a supplemental major in Education, Schooling, and Society
Favorite Events: 5K for track and 8K for cross country
Favorite Running Club Memory: National Catholic 2023
Lucy Noris
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Cumberland, RI
Major: Science Business
Favorite Events: Holy Half, mile, relays
Favorite Running Club Memory: XC Nationals in Virginia 2023, Rundies 2023
Pieter Heesters
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Majors: Economics and Honors Mathematics
Favorite Events: 3000m and the mile
Favorite Running Club Memory: XC nationals freshman year
Ryan Fryer
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Barrington, IL
Major: Computer Science
Favorite Event: Indoor 3K and the Outdoor 5K
Favorite Running Club Memory: 2023 NIRCA XC Nationals
Sean Uhran
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Mentor, OH
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Favorite Event: Cross Country 5K
Favorite Running Club Memory: Traveling to Richmond for XC Nationals!
Winston Fairchild
Grade: Sophomore
Hometown: Ave Maria, FL
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Bioengineering
Favorite Event: 5K
Favorite Running Club Memory: Bertrand long runs
Juniors
Lizzy Nelson
Grade: Junior
Hometown: Saint Joseph, MI
Major: Neuroscience, Pre-Med
Minors: Biology, Psychology
Concentration: Neurobiology
Favorite Events: 800m, 1600m, 3200m, marathons, cross country
Favorite Running Club Memory: Going on winter runs and almost falling at every intersection.
Seniors and Grads
Connor Paszkiewicz
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Major: Business Analytics
Minor: Energy Studies
Favorite Event: 8k, 5k
Favorite Running Club Memory: XC Nationals trip to Richmond
Jenny Wolf
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Saline, MI
Majors: Business Analytics and Economics
Favorite Events: 5k and the Mile
Favorite Running Club Memory: Cross Country Nationals 2023
Jonathan Karr
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
Major: Computer Science
Minors: Theology and Engineering Corporate Practice
Concentration: Cyber Security
Favorite Events: Cross Country 8K and the Half Marathon
Favorite Running Club Memory: Planning the inaugural Irish Invitational and welcoming the other teams to Notre Dame
Thomas Joyce
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Bloomington, IN
Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Minor: Irish Studies
Concentration: Biological Sciences
Favorite Event: Cross Country 8k and the Half Marathon
Favorite Running Club Memory: NIRCA Half Marathon Nationals 2022 in Bloomington
Some of our Favorite Photos
Below are some of the photos from media day. Click here to see the full photo album.
Post and photos by: Jonathan Karr
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