2021-2022 Men's Track and Field Roster
Seth Slavin
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Brodheadsville, Pa.
- High School:
- Pleasant Valley
- Major:
- Electrical Engineering
TRACK PERSONAL RECORDS
2022 OUTDOORS: Finished second in the 5000m at the Navy Spring Invitational with a time of 14:52.79... Won the 5000m at the Lafayette Dual with a PR of 14:51.43... Slavin finished 23rd in the 10,000m with a new PR of 30:24.38 at the Bison Outdoor Classic... At the Carol and John Covert, he finished fourth in the 15000m with a PR of 4:01.71... Recorded a sixth-place finish in the 10,000m (30:36.52) and 23rd place finish in the 5000m (15:10.48)... Finished eighth in the 10,000m at the IC4A Championship (31:25.39). Named CoSIDA Academic All-District... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 INDOORS: Won the 5000m with a time of 15:18.71 at the Angry Birds Invitational... Finished second in the 3000m with a time of 8:38.60 at the Lafayette Dual... Slavin recorded a fifth-place finish in the 5000m at the Rutgers Open with a time of 14:57.73... At the Patriot League Championships, he finished 14th in the 5000m (15:01.11) and 23rd in the 3000m (8:46.49).
2020 INDOORS: Finished 14th in the 5000m (15:08.86) and 16th in the 3000m (8:43.46) at the Patriot League Championships… Set a personal record in the mile and finished first at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational (4:19.48)… Set a personal record and finished first in the 3000m at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (8:30.27)… Won the 5000m at the Angry Birds Challenge (15:11.36).
2019 OUTDOORS: Scored in the Patriot League Championships with an eighth place finish in the 10K (31:24.69)… also competed in 5K at PLC meet… set PR of 30:58.49 with 10th place finish in 10K at IC4A Championships… Finished 19th overall in the 5K at the Larry Ellis Invitational (14:57.08)… Finished 62nd overall in the 5K at the Bison Outdoor Classic (14:59.64)… Finished second overall in the 3000m steeplechase at the Lehigh versus Lafayette Dual Meet (9:36.51)… Finished first overall in the 3000m steeplechase at the Fred Hardy Invitational (9:37.05)… Finished 40th overall in the 1500m at the Penn Challenge, earning a personal record (4:09.43)… Google Cloud Academic All-District honoree… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019 INDOORS: Finished 11th overall in the 5K (15:19.11) and 12th overall in the 3K, earning a personal record (8:42.42) at the Patriot League Championship… Finished fourth overall in the 5K at the Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (14:56.16)… Finished second overall in the 3K at the Lehigh versus Lafayette Meet (8:47.43)… Finished sixth overall in the 3K at the Angry Birds Challenge (8:49.21)… Finished first overall in the 4x800m at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals (8:15.95).
2018 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 136th overall at the NCAA Regionals in the 10K, earning a personal record (34:24.2)… Finished 11th on the team and 46th overall at the Patriot League Championship Meet (27:27.8)… Finished second on the team and sixth overall at the Bucknell Tune Up in the 4K, earning a personal record (12:28.00)… Finished ninth on the team and 135th overall at the Princeton Invitational (26:03.7)… Finished second on the team and 80th overall at the Paul Short Run Gold Race, earning a personal record in the 8K (25:31)… Finished third on the team and 98th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:45)… Finished seventh on the team and seventh overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (27:00.42)… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, earning a 4.0 GPA in the fall 2018 semester.
2018 OUTDOORS: Ran the 5,000m (15:49.55) and the 3,000m steeplechase (9:27.39) at the Patriot League Championships…Won the 3,000m steeplechase (season best 9:32.72) at the Lehigh Games…Ran a season best 5,000m (15.19.50) at the Larry Ellis Invitational…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2018 INDOORS: Competed in the 3,000m (8:46.00) and the 5,000m (15:12.95) at the Patriot League Championships…Finished seventh in the 3,000m (season best 8:45.09) at the Wagner Invite…Competed in the 5,000m (season best 15:06.25) at the Dr. Sander Invitational Armory Challenge.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 44th overall at the Patriot League Championships in 25:53.8…Led the Mountain Hawks with a 92nd place finish at the Princeton Invitational (25:31.6)…Ran in the Gold Race at the 44th annual Paul Short Run (25:46.3)…Competed at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (26:09.6)…Placed fourth overall and fourth on the team at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (26:14.50)…Made his collegiate debut by finishing 13th overall, fifth on the team at the 6K Lehigh Invitational (19:05.69)…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Cross Country: Four-time Pennsylvania state qualifier…2016 Pennsylvania state medalist (16th); co-holds the school record for highest state finish in school history…School record holder for fastest cross country time (15:45)…2016 District 11 champion…Two time conference champion, three-time district medalist…Footlocker Northeast Regional freshman/sophomore 2014 race champion, 2015 Footlocker Northeast Regional medalist (23rd)…Two-time Times News Male Cross Country Runner of the Year…Coordinated Health Athlete of the Year…Served as team captain for two years.
Indoor Track: Two-time state medalist in the 3000m (2016: 6th, 8:48; 2017: 5th, 8:44)…School record holder in the 1600m, 1 mile, 3000m, 3200m, and 2 mile.
Outdoor Track: Two-time district champion (2015: 4x800m; 2017: 3200m run)…Two-time district runner up (2016: 3200m, 2017: 4x800m)…Four time conference champion (2014: 3200m; 2015: 4x800m; 2017: 4x800m, 3200m)…School record holder in the 1600m (4:23) and 3200m (9:16)…Four-time state qualifier (2015: 4x800m; 2016: 3200m; 2017: 4x800m, 3200m)…2017 Penn Relays qualifier (3000m)…Served as team captain for two years.
High School Academic Accomplishments: Salutatorian at Pleasant Valley High School…Received academic awards for the highest grades in AP English Language, AP English Literature, Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB/BC, Computer Aided Drawing, Principal’s Award for Outstanding Studiousness, Principal’s Award for Outstanding Athleticism, Sons of the American Revolution Good Citizenship bronze medal winner, National Honor Society scholarship national semifinalist (1 of 21 for PA and 1 of 375 in the nation), AMC (American Mathematics Competition) two time school champion, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Scholar with Honor.
High School Extracurricular Accomplishments: National Honor Society, German National Honor Society, History National Honor Society, National Mathematics Honor Society…Nominated to the conference’s SACC (Student Athlete Character Council)…Co-founded the Math Club and Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) and served as Vice President of both…Two-year president of the science club, four-time regional science Olympiad medalist (4th: optics, 3rd: it's about time, 2nd: electric vehicle, 1st: electrical vehicle)…PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science) state qualifier for original research in Fibonacci - related sequences…Also volunteered at West End Regional Park Trail Maintenance, math tutoring, PVYA youth track mentor, PVYA REC camp mentor, the Special Olympics and started a volunteering project with his cross country team building up a local park.
PERSONAL: Son of Tracey and Thomas Slavin.
GETTING TO KNOW SETH
Why did you chose Lehigh?: Because it's the best school on Earth! Also has awesome engineering, amazing coaches, unparalleled brothers in the team, a sense of a true experience of life, and some of the most helpful people ever.
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh: Energetic people
Thoughts on Lehigh coaching staff: When looking for schools that I felt comfortable at the coach was always so important. Coach Etters showed so much enthusiasm and liked how I wanted to use running to develop as a person and that is extremely important to me. Could not ask for a better guy to spend the next four years with.
Major and Why: Electrical engineering because I love robotics and think it is going to certainly be the future. I will be minoring in computer science to be able to work on artificial intelligence programs to one day take over the world with a robotic army.
Favorite place on campus: Engineering design building because of all of the 3D printers in there
Favorite food: Mom’s lasagna
Favorite color: Green
Favorite Movie: Spaceballs
Favorite TV show: The Big Bang Theory
Favorite Website: www.sparkfun.com
Favorite Sports Broadcaster: Samantha Ponder (Battlebots, yes it is a sport)
Favorite place to study: In my room on my whiteboards
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day: Math or arduino prototyping
Hobbies: 3D printing, arduino building, balsa wood tower building, hiking, working out, kayaking, thinking about life
Most admired person and why: High school cross country coach because he is the kindest person in the world and is still able to be an extremely fierce competitor with awesome character
Biggest Sport Accomplishment: Penn Relays qualification
Magazine cover I'd like to be on: Fibonacci Quarterly
Place I’d like to visit: Mars
Talent I’d most like to have: Either the ability to learn anything in a day or to kick in the last 200 meters
Dream job: NASA engineer working on AI robots to explore outer space
One unique thing no one knows about me: I got a concussion freshman year from running into a dumpster lid
If I didn't run cross country I would play: Competitive Battlebots
If I had $1 billion, I would: Make a startup company to invest in space exploration for the sake of the journey over the monetary desires of those currently in action.
2022 OUTDOORS: Finished second in the 5000m at the Navy Spring Invitational with a time of 14:52.79... Won the 5000m at the Lafayette Dual with a PR of 14:51.43... Slavin finished 23rd in the 10,000m with a new PR of 30:24.38 at the Bison Outdoor Classic... At the Carol and John Covert, he finished fourth in the 15000m with a PR of 4:01.71... Recorded a sixth-place finish in the 10,000m (30:36.52) and 23rd place finish in the 5000m (15:10.48)... Finished eighth in the 10,000m at the IC4A Championship (31:25.39). Named CoSIDA Academic All-District... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 INDOORS: Won the 5000m with a time of 15:18.71 at the Angry Birds Invitational... Finished second in the 3000m with a time of 8:38.60 at the Lafayette Dual... Slavin recorded a fifth-place finish in the 5000m at the Rutgers Open with a time of 14:57.73... At the Patriot League Championships, he finished 14th in the 5000m (15:01.11) and 23rd in the 3000m (8:46.49).
2020 INDOORS: Finished 14th in the 5000m (15:08.86) and 16th in the 3000m (8:43.46) at the Patriot League Championships… Set a personal record in the mile and finished first at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational (4:19.48)… Set a personal record and finished first in the 3000m at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (8:30.27)… Won the 5000m at the Angry Birds Challenge (15:11.36).
2019 OUTDOORS: Scored in the Patriot League Championships with an eighth place finish in the 10K (31:24.69)… also competed in 5K at PLC meet… set PR of 30:58.49 with 10th place finish in 10K at IC4A Championships… Finished 19th overall in the 5K at the Larry Ellis Invitational (14:57.08)… Finished 62nd overall in the 5K at the Bison Outdoor Classic (14:59.64)… Finished second overall in the 3000m steeplechase at the Lehigh versus Lafayette Dual Meet (9:36.51)… Finished first overall in the 3000m steeplechase at the Fred Hardy Invitational (9:37.05)… Finished 40th overall in the 1500m at the Penn Challenge, earning a personal record (4:09.43)… Google Cloud Academic All-District honoree… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019 INDOORS: Finished 11th overall in the 5K (15:19.11) and 12th overall in the 3K, earning a personal record (8:42.42) at the Patriot League Championship… Finished fourth overall in the 5K at the Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (14:56.16)… Finished second overall in the 3K at the Lehigh versus Lafayette Meet (8:47.43)… Finished sixth overall in the 3K at the Angry Birds Challenge (8:49.21)… Finished first overall in the 4x800m at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals (8:15.95).
2018 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 136th overall at the NCAA Regionals in the 10K, earning a personal record (34:24.2)… Finished 11th on the team and 46th overall at the Patriot League Championship Meet (27:27.8)… Finished second on the team and sixth overall at the Bucknell Tune Up in the 4K, earning a personal record (12:28.00)… Finished ninth on the team and 135th overall at the Princeton Invitational (26:03.7)… Finished second on the team and 80th overall at the Paul Short Run Gold Race, earning a personal record in the 8K (25:31)… Finished third on the team and 98th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:45)… Finished seventh on the team and seventh overall at the Lehigh-Lafayette Dual Meet (27:00.42)… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, earning a 4.0 GPA in the fall 2018 semester.
2018 OUTDOORS: Ran the 5,000m (15:49.55) and the 3,000m steeplechase (9:27.39) at the Patriot League Championships…Won the 3,000m steeplechase (season best 9:32.72) at the Lehigh Games…Ran a season best 5,000m (15.19.50) at the Larry Ellis Invitational…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2018 INDOORS: Competed in the 3,000m (8:46.00) and the 5,000m (15:12.95) at the Patriot League Championships…Finished seventh in the 3,000m (season best 8:45.09) at the Wagner Invite…Competed in the 5,000m (season best 15:06.25) at the Dr. Sander Invitational Armory Challenge.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 44th overall at the Patriot League Championships in 25:53.8…Led the Mountain Hawks with a 92nd place finish at the Princeton Invitational (25:31.6)…Ran in the Gold Race at the 44th annual Paul Short Run (25:46.3)…Competed at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (26:09.6)…Placed fourth overall and fourth on the team at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (26:14.50)…Made his collegiate debut by finishing 13th overall, fifth on the team at the 6K Lehigh Invitational (19:05.69)…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Cross Country: Four-time Pennsylvania state qualifier…2016 Pennsylvania state medalist (16th); co-holds the school record for highest state finish in school history…School record holder for fastest cross country time (15:45)…2016 District 11 champion…Two time conference champion, three-time district medalist…Footlocker Northeast Regional freshman/sophomore 2014 race champion, 2015 Footlocker Northeast Regional medalist (23rd)…Two-time Times News Male Cross Country Runner of the Year…Coordinated Health Athlete of the Year…Served as team captain for two years.
Indoor Track: Two-time state medalist in the 3000m (2016: 6th, 8:48; 2017: 5th, 8:44)…School record holder in the 1600m, 1 mile, 3000m, 3200m, and 2 mile.
Outdoor Track: Two-time district champion (2015: 4x800m; 2017: 3200m run)…Two-time district runner up (2016: 3200m, 2017: 4x800m)…Four time conference champion (2014: 3200m; 2015: 4x800m; 2017: 4x800m, 3200m)…School record holder in the 1600m (4:23) and 3200m (9:16)…Four-time state qualifier (2015: 4x800m; 2016: 3200m; 2017: 4x800m, 3200m)…2017 Penn Relays qualifier (3000m)…Served as team captain for two years.
High School Academic Accomplishments: Salutatorian at Pleasant Valley High School…Received academic awards for the highest grades in AP English Language, AP English Literature, Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB/BC, Computer Aided Drawing, Principal’s Award for Outstanding Studiousness, Principal’s Award for Outstanding Athleticism, Sons of the American Revolution Good Citizenship bronze medal winner, National Honor Society scholarship national semifinalist (1 of 21 for PA and 1 of 375 in the nation), AMC (American Mathematics Competition) two time school champion, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Scholar with Honor.
High School Extracurricular Accomplishments: National Honor Society, German National Honor Society, History National Honor Society, National Mathematics Honor Society…Nominated to the conference’s SACC (Student Athlete Character Council)…Co-founded the Math Club and Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) and served as Vice President of both…Two-year president of the science club, four-time regional science Olympiad medalist (4th: optics, 3rd: it's about time, 2nd: electric vehicle, 1st: electrical vehicle)…PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science) state qualifier for original research in Fibonacci - related sequences…Also volunteered at West End Regional Park Trail Maintenance, math tutoring, PVYA youth track mentor, PVYA REC camp mentor, the Special Olympics and started a volunteering project with his cross country team building up a local park.
PERSONAL: Son of Tracey and Thomas Slavin.
GETTING TO KNOW SETH
Why did you chose Lehigh?: Because it's the best school on Earth! Also has awesome engineering, amazing coaches, unparalleled brothers in the team, a sense of a true experience of life, and some of the most helpful people ever.
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh: Energetic people
Thoughts on Lehigh coaching staff: When looking for schools that I felt comfortable at the coach was always so important. Coach Etters showed so much enthusiasm and liked how I wanted to use running to develop as a person and that is extremely important to me. Could not ask for a better guy to spend the next four years with.
Major and Why: Electrical engineering because I love robotics and think it is going to certainly be the future. I will be minoring in computer science to be able to work on artificial intelligence programs to one day take over the world with a robotic army.
Favorite place on campus: Engineering design building because of all of the 3D printers in there
Favorite food: Mom’s lasagna
Favorite color: Green
Favorite Movie: Spaceballs
Favorite TV show: The Big Bang Theory
Favorite Website: www.sparkfun.com
Favorite Sports Broadcaster: Samantha Ponder (Battlebots, yes it is a sport)
Favorite place to study: In my room on my whiteboards
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day: Math or arduino prototyping
Hobbies: 3D printing, arduino building, balsa wood tower building, hiking, working out, kayaking, thinking about life
Most admired person and why: High school cross country coach because he is the kindest person in the world and is still able to be an extremely fierce competitor with awesome character
Biggest Sport Accomplishment: Penn Relays qualification
Magazine cover I'd like to be on: Fibonacci Quarterly
Place I’d like to visit: Mars
Talent I’d most like to have: Either the ability to learn anything in a day or to kick in the last 200 meters
Dream job: NASA engineer working on AI robots to explore outer space
One unique thing no one knows about me: I got a concussion freshman year from running into a dumpster lid
If I didn't run cross country I would play: Competitive Battlebots
If I had $1 billion, I would: Make a startup company to invest in space exploration for the sake of the journey over the monetary desires of those currently in action.
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