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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Ian Irish

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palos Versed Estates, Calif.
  • Previous School Palos Verdes
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Major Engineering

Biography

- 2020 Second Team Indoor All-Ivy League (4x800m Relay)

2021-22 (Senior):
Did not finish/compete in any events.

2020-21 (Junior): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019-20 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran a personal best time of 26:40.4 (254th) in the 8K at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5) ... Posted best finish, 18th, at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational (Sept. 7), clocking a time of 21:41.6 in the 8K. (Indoor) Opened the season with a 2:33.72 fourth-place finish in the 1,000-Meter Run at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Ran the opening leg on the 4x800-Meter Relay squad that clocked a time of 7:42.79 to finish second at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field (Feb. 29-Mar. 1) ... Earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors in the 4x800m Relay. (Outdoor) Season Canceled.

2018-19 (First Year): (XC) Ran the 6K in a personal best time of 20:16.7 to finish 24th at the Marist Season Opener (Sept. 1) ... Posted a 20th place finish at the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Championship (Oct. 12). (Indoor) Collected four top 10 finishes throughout the season ... Opened up indoor career with a seventh place finish in the One Mile Run, finishing the race in 4:26.32 at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener (Dec. 1) ... Had a pair of top finishes at the Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (Jan. 31-Feb. 1), finishing fourth with a PR time of 2:32.13 in the 1,000-Meter Run and was a member of the 4x800-Meter Relay team that clocked in at 7:47.70 to finish third. (Outdoor) Hit a PR time of 4:08.47 in the 1,500-Meter Run to start the season at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 23) ... Recorded first career first place finish with a PR time of 1:54.56 in the 800-Meter Run at the Yale Springtime Invitational (Apr. 28).

Personal: Earned seven varsity letters in track & field and cross country while competing at Palos Verdes High School in California … Won the CIF SS Masters 800m in each of his final two seasons, with a 1:52.51 PR his senior year … The son of Paula and Miles Irish.


Career Bests
8K (XC)
- 26:40.4
Paul Short Run - Oct. 5, 2019
6K (XC) - 20:16.7
Marist Season Opener - Sept. 1, 2018
DMR (Indoor) - 9:57.68
ECAC/IC4A Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 1-3, 2019
DMR (Outdoor) - 10:01.04
125th Penn Relays - Apr. 25-27, 2019
4x800 Relay (Indoor) - 7:42.79
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2020
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:26.32
Fastrack Metro Season Opener - Dec. 1, 2018
1,500m (Outdoor) - 4:08.47
Penn Challenge - Mar. 23, 2019
1,000m (Indoor) - 2:32.13
Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships - Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2019
800m (Outdoor) - 1:54.56
2019 Yale Springtime Invitational - Apr. 28, 2019
800m (Indoor) - 1:54.88
Armory Last Chance - Feb. 21, 2020

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Senior

    Middle Distance