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FALL 2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

R.J. Weiford

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Winfield, W. Va.
  • High School Winfield

Biography

Career Accolades

  • All-MEC First Team XC (2020-21)
  • MEC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (4/6/21)
  • Won 3000S in 9:31.91 at Mountaineer Classic (4/2/21)
 

2020-21 (Senior)
Season-Bests
  • 5000m (XC) – 15:06.3 // D&E Winter XC Invite (3/5/21)
  • 8000m (XC) – 26:52.0 // MEC XC Championships (3/20/21)
  • 800m (OTF) – 2:04.25 // Jasmine Claggett Invitational (4/10/21)
  • 1500m (OTF) – 4:07.59 // Jasmine Claggett Invitational (4/10/21)
  • 3000S (OTF) – 9:30.71 // MEC T&F Championships (5/3/21)
  • 5000m (OTF) – 14:54.35 // 2021 Golden Eagle Invitational (4/17/21)
 
Cross Country (2021)
  • All-MEC XC First Team for seventh-place finish at league championships
  • Opened season with impressive showing, finishing second at D&E Winter XC Invite (3/5/21)
 
Outdoor Track & Field (2021)
  • MEC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (4/6/21)
  • Began outdoor season with win in 3000s at Mountaineer Classic (4/2/21)
  • Performed well at league championships, finishing fourth in 3000S (9:30.71) and fifth in 5000m (15:18.94)
 
 

2019-20 (Senior)
Season Bests

  • Mile (ITF) – 4:51.49 // WVU Open (1/10/20)
  • 3000m (ITF) – 9:15.72 // VMI Indoor Classic (2/15/20)
  • 5000m (ITF) – 15:36.03 // VMI Winter Relays (2/8/20)
 
2019 (Cross Country)
  • Did not compete in a race
 
2019-20 (Indoor Track)
  • Finished second in 3000m (9:15.79) at Pioneer Open (1/18/20)
  • Took fourth in the mile (4:51.49) at WVU Open (1/10/20)
  • Was eighth in 5000m (15:36.03) at VMI Winter Relays (2/8/20)
  • Finished indoor season with 16:37.10 (15th-place) at 2020 MEC Indoor Championships (2/22/20)



2018-19 (Junior)

2018 (Cross Country)

  • Competed in six events on the season
  • Finished as the team’s top runner one time
  • Finished as a scoring runner for the team six times
  • Averaged a 2.50 finish among team runners
  • Had an overall best finish of third on the season
  • Averaged a finish among all competitors of 49.50
  • Ran a season best 8K time of 26:34.3 and averaged a time of 27:18.1 in 8K events for the season
 

2017-18 (Sophomore)

2017 (XC)
  • Competed in six events on the season
  • Raced to one overall victory on the season in the Route 33 Cup
  • Finished as the team’s top runner six times
  • Finished as a scoring runner for the team six times
  • Averaged a 1.00 finish among team runners
  • Averaged a finish among all competitors of 16.83
  • Ran a season best 8K time of 25:52.2 and averaged a time of 26:29.7 in 8K events for the season

2017-18 (Indoor T&F)
  • Set a school record in the 3000-meter event, finishing with a time of 8:55.87 at the Finn Pincus Invitational
  • Set a school record in the 5000-meter event, finishing with a time of 15:16.91 at the VMI Winter Relay
  • Ran a season best time of 4:31.08 in the Mile event at the Marietta Alumni Open

2018 (Outdoor T&F)
  • Set a school record in the 3000-meter Steeplechase event, finishing with a time of 9:44.01 at the Fred Hardy Invitational
  • Ran a season best time of 4:13.62 in the 1500-meter event at the Bobcat Classic
  • Ran a season best time of 15:16.79 in the 5000-meter event at the W&L Track & Field Carnival
  • Ran a season best time of 2:04.01 in the 800-meter event at the Bobcat Classic
 

2016-17 (Freshman)

2016 (Cross Country)
  • Competed in six events on the season
  • Finished as a scoring runner for the team six times
  • Had a best finish of fourth on the season among team runners
  • Averaged a 4.5 finish among team runners
  • Had an overall best finish of seventh on the season
  • Averaged a finish among all competitors of 45.83
  • Ran a season best 8K time of 26:28.7 and averaged a time of 27:23.7 in 8K events for the season

2016-17 (Indoor T&F)
  • Earned G-MAC All-Conference Team recognition in the Distance Medley Relay
  • Earned G-MAC All-Freshman Team recognition
  • Ran a season best time of 2:13.94 in the 800-meter event at the West Virginia University Open
  • Ran a season best time of 4:42.23 in the Mile event at the 2017 G-MAC Indoor Championships
  • Ran a season best time of 9:24.06 in the 3000-meter event at the Marietta First Glimpse Invitational

2017 (Outdoor T&F)
  • Established a school record in the 3000-meter Steeplechase event, finishing with a time of 10:16.31 at the Bobcat Classic
  • Ran a season best time of 4:10.61 in the 1500-meter event at the Washington & Lee Carnival
  • Ran a season best time of 2:14.21 in the 800-meter event at the Jasmine Claggett Memorial
 

Prep: Four-time letter winner in Cross Country and Track under head coach Shawn Anderson ... First-team All-State Cross Country runner ... Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and the Spanish Honorary Society ... 

Personal: Son of Bob and Missy ... Brother to Tyler ... Majoring in Exercise Science ...
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    6'1" 155 lbs