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2019 Cross Country Roster

Ajax Diamandis

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Rowayton, Conn.
  • Previous School Brien McMahon
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2019-20 (Junior): (XC) Clocked a personal best time of 27:47.7 in the 8K to finish 20th at the Stony Brook Wolfie Cross Country Invitational (Sept. 7).

2018-19 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran first career cross country race at the Marist Season Opener (Sept. 1), finishing the 6K with a personal best time of 20:34.7. (Indoor) Finished third in the 3,000-Meter Run (8:48.63), running first career 3,000m race, competing at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener (Dec. 1).

2017-18 (First Year): (Outdoor) Ran season bests of 2:02.19 in the 800m and 4:02.52 in the 1,500m.

Personal: A former track & field and cross country runner at Brien McMahon High School in Connecticut ... Claimed eighth place at the 2017 New England Indoor T&F Championships in the 1,000m, and sixth at the 2016 N.E. Outdoor Championships in the 1,600m ... A conference runner-up in the 1,000m during his senior season ... Posted career bests of 2:32.89 in the 1,000m, 4:16.58 in the 1,600m, and 9:37.17 in the 3,200m ... The son of Alexandra and T.G. Diamandis, who played men’s lacrosse at Dartmouth ... Attends Columbia College.


Career Bests

8K (XC) - 27:47.7
Stony Brook Wolfie Cross Country Invitational - Sept. 7, 2019
6K (XC) - 20:34.7
Marist Season Opener - Sept. 1, 2018
3000m (Indoor) - 8:48.63
Fastrack Metro Season Opener -  Dec. 1, 2018
4x800 (Outdoor) - 7:55.33
2018 Colonial Relays - Apr. 5-7, 2018
One Mile Run (Outdoor) - 4:24.35
Ocean State Invitational - Apr. 13-14, 2018
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:26.06*
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 9, 2018
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:02.52
2018 Larry Ellis Invitational - Apr. 20-21, 2018
800m (Outdoor) - 2:02.19
Yale Springtime Invitational - Apr. 29, 2018
* - Ran race unattached

Historical Player Information

  • 2017First Year

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  • 2018Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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