2021 Men's Cross Country Roster
DeMassa, Brad
Brad DeMassa
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Ridgefield, Conn.
- High School:
- Ridgefield
- Major:
- Computer Science
Bio
2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 43rd overall at the Lehigh Invitational (19:17.7)... Fifth Lehigh runner and ninth overall at the Lafayette Dual (26:33.39)... Finished 197th at Paul Short (25:27.6)... Placed 87th with a time of 25:58.8 at the Princeton Invitational... Finished second for the Mountain Hawks and 23rd overall at the Patriot League Cross Country Championship (25:53.6)... Placed 86th out of 174 at the NCAA Regionals (32:58.7).
2020 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished fourth overall in the 5K in the Lehigh-Loyola dual meet (15:10)… Placed 15th overall and first Lehigh runner in the Patriot League Cross Country Championships (22:35.1).
2019 CROSS COUNTRY: Paced the Mountain Hawks in three races this season. Won the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (25:34.20)... First Lehigh finisher and 24th overall at the Iona Meet of Champions (25:48.50)... 76th overall and second Lehigh runner at the Paul Short Run (24:25.80)... Third Lehigh runner and 17th overall at the Patriot League Championships (26:12.60)... First Lehigh runner and 50th overall at the Mid-Atlantic Regional (31:38.60).
2018 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished first on the team and 63rd overall at the NCAA Regionals (32:47)… Finished ninth on the team and 42nd overall at the Patriot League Championship Meet (27:23.2)… Finished first overall in the 4K at the Bucknell Tune Up, earning a personal record (12:21.00)… Finished fourth on the team and 78th overall at the Princeton Invitational (25:25.8)… Finished first on the team and 68th overall at the Paul Short Run (25:26)… Finished fourth on the team and 115th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:53)… Finished ninth on the team and 26th overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual (27:01.1).
2017 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished fifth on the team (32:14.7) at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals, hosted by Lehigh…Placed 37th overall at the Patriot League Championships in 25:39.3…Finished 42nd overall out of 128 runners at the 5.2 mile Penn State National Open (26:23.4), earning Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors…Placed fifth on the team and 196th overall out of 359 at the Paul Short Run Gold Race (25:24.7)…Earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after placing third on the team, 64th overall and ninth among freshman at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:35.5)…Finished 12th overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (26:49.54)…Ran in his first collegiate race at the 6K Lehigh Invitational, placing 14th overall and sixth on the team in 19:06.47…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Competed as one of Ridgefield’s top seven runners at the Connecticut class and state open championships as a sophomore in 2014…Scored points to help Ridgefield finish third at the New England Championships in 2014…Second Team All-FCIAC as a junior and helped lead the team to the state class and state open meets…Won the first two meets during his senior season and placed eighth overall (5K-16:21) at the FCIAC meet to earn first team all-conference accolades…Earned all-state honors after finishing ninth overall (16:19) at the state open meet…Finished 33rd overall at New England’s, setting a personal-best 5K of 16:11…Finished 42nd overall and fourth from CT at the Fook Locker Northeast Regional (16:38)…On the track, qualified for the state open as a sophomore in the 3200m and finished in 9:41…As a junior, ran in the 3200m run at the New York Relays and the Louck’s Games in 2016…During the 2016-17 indoor season, placed fourth in the two mile at the North Shore Invite, finished eighth overall in the 3K at the Yale Track Classic (8:46)…Ran in the Emerging Elite section of the two-mile run at indoor nationals (9:34).
PERSONAL: Son of Heather and Douglas DeMassa…Has two sisters, Elizabeth and Isabella.
GETTING TO KNOW BRAD
Nickname: Brad
Why did you choose Lehigh?: I feel that it incorporated friendship and team spirit. I feel that it was the most well rounded option of both academics and athletics.
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? My favorite thing about Lehigh is the fact that, everyone is close and that the community is like a second family.
Thoughts on Lehigh Coaching Staff (Coach Etters): I feel that coach Etters is very kind and understanding on the needs of his athletes, and that he puts their best interests first I feel personally connected with him because we have gone through a similar experience. He and I have gone through a rise and a fall of a team. We both understand that a team is only as strong as its freshman class, and I am honored to be considered as part of the next chapter of the Lehigh team.
Major & Why: Engineering, because I have always had an interest in building and understanding the world around me from when I was very little.
Favorite Place on Campus: The Hawks Nest
Favorite Food: Cheeseburgers
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Musical Artist: Michael Jackson
Favorite Movie: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Favorite Website: Wikipedia
Favorite place to study: Friends place
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day: Play Monopoly
Hobbies: Bowling, tae kwon do, building lego sets
Most admired person and why: My parents, because they can somehow manage between my sports schedule, both of my sisters sports schedules, and two of them do things that should take a small army of people to accomplish.
Biggest sports accomplishment: Qualifying for New Balance Indoor Nationals
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Time Magazine
Place I'd Like To Visit: Key West, FL
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: Sing and dance
Dream Job: Working for Apple
One unique thing no one knows about me: That I have a black belt in Neuron DO.
If I Didn't Run Cross Country, I Would Play: Bowling
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Invest $500 Million into track and running programs, give $250 Million to my immediate family, and donate $250 Million to charity.
2020 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished fourth overall in the 5K in the Lehigh-Loyola dual meet (15:10)… Placed 15th overall and first Lehigh runner in the Patriot League Cross Country Championships (22:35.1).
2019 CROSS COUNTRY: Paced the Mountain Hawks in three races this season. Won the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (25:34.20)... First Lehigh finisher and 24th overall at the Iona Meet of Champions (25:48.50)... 76th overall and second Lehigh runner at the Paul Short Run (24:25.80)... Third Lehigh runner and 17th overall at the Patriot League Championships (26:12.60)... First Lehigh runner and 50th overall at the Mid-Atlantic Regional (31:38.60).
2018 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished first on the team and 63rd overall at the NCAA Regionals (32:47)… Finished ninth on the team and 42nd overall at the Patriot League Championship Meet (27:23.2)… Finished first overall in the 4K at the Bucknell Tune Up, earning a personal record (12:21.00)… Finished fourth on the team and 78th overall at the Princeton Invitational (25:25.8)… Finished first on the team and 68th overall at the Paul Short Run (25:26)… Finished fourth on the team and 115th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:53)… Finished ninth on the team and 26th overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual (27:01.1).
2017 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished fifth on the team (32:14.7) at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals, hosted by Lehigh…Placed 37th overall at the Patriot League Championships in 25:39.3…Finished 42nd overall out of 128 runners at the 5.2 mile Penn State National Open (26:23.4), earning Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors…Placed fifth on the team and 196th overall out of 359 at the Paul Short Run Gold Race (25:24.7)…Earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after placing third on the team, 64th overall and ninth among freshman at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:35.5)…Finished 12th overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (26:49.54)…Ran in his first collegiate race at the 6K Lehigh Invitational, placing 14th overall and sixth on the team in 19:06.47…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Competed as one of Ridgefield’s top seven runners at the Connecticut class and state open championships as a sophomore in 2014…Scored points to help Ridgefield finish third at the New England Championships in 2014…Second Team All-FCIAC as a junior and helped lead the team to the state class and state open meets…Won the first two meets during his senior season and placed eighth overall (5K-16:21) at the FCIAC meet to earn first team all-conference accolades…Earned all-state honors after finishing ninth overall (16:19) at the state open meet…Finished 33rd overall at New England’s, setting a personal-best 5K of 16:11…Finished 42nd overall and fourth from CT at the Fook Locker Northeast Regional (16:38)…On the track, qualified for the state open as a sophomore in the 3200m and finished in 9:41…As a junior, ran in the 3200m run at the New York Relays and the Louck’s Games in 2016…During the 2016-17 indoor season, placed fourth in the two mile at the North Shore Invite, finished eighth overall in the 3K at the Yale Track Classic (8:46)…Ran in the Emerging Elite section of the two-mile run at indoor nationals (9:34).
PERSONAL: Son of Heather and Douglas DeMassa…Has two sisters, Elizabeth and Isabella.
GETTING TO KNOW BRAD
Nickname: Brad
Why did you choose Lehigh?: I feel that it incorporated friendship and team spirit. I feel that it was the most well rounded option of both academics and athletics.
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? My favorite thing about Lehigh is the fact that, everyone is close and that the community is like a second family.
Thoughts on Lehigh Coaching Staff (Coach Etters): I feel that coach Etters is very kind and understanding on the needs of his athletes, and that he puts their best interests first I feel personally connected with him because we have gone through a similar experience. He and I have gone through a rise and a fall of a team. We both understand that a team is only as strong as its freshman class, and I am honored to be considered as part of the next chapter of the Lehigh team.
Major & Why: Engineering, because I have always had an interest in building and understanding the world around me from when I was very little.
Favorite Place on Campus: The Hawks Nest
Favorite Food: Cheeseburgers
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Musical Artist: Michael Jackson
Favorite Movie: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Favorite Website: Wikipedia
Favorite place to study: Friends place
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day: Play Monopoly
Hobbies: Bowling, tae kwon do, building lego sets
Most admired person and why: My parents, because they can somehow manage between my sports schedule, both of my sisters sports schedules, and two of them do things that should take a small army of people to accomplish.
Biggest sports accomplishment: Qualifying for New Balance Indoor Nationals
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Time Magazine
Place I'd Like To Visit: Key West, FL
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: Sing and dance
Dream Job: Working for Apple
One unique thing no one knows about me: That I have a black belt in Neuron DO.
If I Didn't Run Cross Country, I Would Play: Bowling
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Invest $500 Million into track and running programs, give $250 Million to my immediate family, and donate $250 Million to charity.
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