2014: ECC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 20) ... Placed 63rd at the Fordham Fiasco on Sept. 6 with a time of 30:53.59 ... Finished 40th at the LIU Post Invitational (Sept. 13), posting a time of 27:49.75 ... Clocked a PR of 27:47.82 and finished a season-best 29th at the Highlander Challenge on Oct. 4...Crossed the line 38th (28:48.5) at the ECC Championships (Nov. 8)...Ran a 35:40.2 race at the NCAA DII East Region Championships.

Prior to LIU Post: Ran cross country for the Wildcats ... also ran track and wrestled at Walt Whitman ... ran a personal-best 4:37 mile in his senior season ... also set personal-bests in the 2-mile run (10:19) and 800-meters (2:08) ... three-time league champion and part of the 2012 Suffolk County champion cross country team.

Personal:  Middle child of Brian Smith and Phyllis Gioe ... enjoys running, listening to music and going to concerts ... plans to be an engineer or teacher of mathematics of science ... engineering major.