Men's Alumni Report: Matt Pereira Leads Harvard Into NCAAs

Tony Jones
Former Lake Zurich great Matt Pereira is coming into his own at Harvard University

Harvard SID press release:

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Harvard men's and women's cross country teams have qualified for the NCAA National Championships next weekend in Terre Haute, Indiana after winning the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. on the campus of Buffalo University. The performance marks the first regional championship for both the men and women, as well as the first time that both Crimson teams will compete at nationals in the same year.
The men were ranked fourth and also were victorious over a pair of ranked opponents, No. 18 Syracuse and No. 8 Iona.

Junior Matt Pereira placed 20th (10k- 29:20.6) to earn All-Region honors.

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Nov 11, 2019 - Nov 17, 2019-

Men's Events

8000 Meter Run

Caleb Ferguson (Calvin College) / 24:23.60 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Robert St. Clair (Case Western Reserve University) / 24:31.60 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Jack Whetstone (Emory University) / 24:49.30 / NCAA D3 South/Southeast Regional
Matt Osmulski (North Central College) / 24:50.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Gabriel Pommier (North Central College) / 24:54.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Nick Licari (North Central College) / 24:58.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Marcos Garcia (Benedictine University) / 24:59.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Alex Makrounis (North Central College) / 25:03.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Zachary Chapman (North Central College) / 25:10.20 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Alec Beutel (North Central College) / 25:11.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Keanan Ginell (Denison University) / 25:16.50 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Sam Craig (University of Chicago) / 25:21.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Miles Christensen (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College) / 25:23.40 / NCAA D3 West Regional
Logan Singer (Case Western Reserve University) / 25:23.90 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Campbell Koch (North Central College) / 25:24.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Patrick Norrick (Washington University in Saint Louis) / 25:27.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Michael Larkin (Wheaton College) / 25:30.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Ryan Kredell (Haverford College) / 25:31.70 / NCAA D3 Mideast Regional
Braxton Schuldt (Amherst College) / 25:33.70 / NCAA D3 New England Regional
Josh Derrick (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) / 25:36.70 / NCAA D3 New England Regional
Jack Sebok (Washington University in Saint Louis) / 25:37.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Thomas Mcnamara (Concordia University Chicago) / 25:44.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Daniel Rosen (Pomona-Pitzer) / 25:53.10 / NCAA D3 West Regional
Simon Ricci (California Institute of Technology) / 25:54.40 / NCAA D3 West Regional
Griff Morrill (Monmouth College) / 25:57.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Christopher Collet (Wartburg College) / 26:04.90 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Jonah Jones (Wheaton College) / 26:06.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jose Alvarado (Aurora University) / 26:07.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Austin Kinne (Washington & Lee University) / 26:09.20 / NCAA D3 South/Southeast Regional
Josh Teets (Augustana College) / 26:11.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Sean Lonergan (Saint Olaf College) / 26:13.70 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Patrick Wolak (Loras College) / 26:15.00 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Chris Brenk (Saint Olaf College) / 26:16.70 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Brandon Estrada (Aurora University) / 26:19.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Kevin Riley (Wheaton College) / 26:19.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Dylan Goodyear (Greenville College) / 26:20.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Charlie Nevins (University of Chicago) / 26:21.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Simon Peterson (Wheaton College) / 26:24.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Tate Henrikson (Augustana College) / 26:25.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Austin Bridgman (Millikin University) / 26:27.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Mitch Bradford (UW-Oshkosh) / 26:28.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Steven Raybould (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 26:31.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Dane Alexander (Millikin University) / 26:31.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Karsten Zielinski (Augustana College) / 26:33.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Joseph Gasick (St. Norbert College) / 26:41.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jack Litowitz (Middlebury College) / 26:45.60 / NCAA D3 New England Regional
Matt Wagner (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 26:49.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Riley Dulin (Monmouth College) / 26:53.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jaeden Danko (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 26:54.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Tyler Madoche (Carroll University) / 26:56.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Mitchell Smith (Wheaton College) / 26:58.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Austin Bicknell (Millikin University) / 26:59.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Ben Kuxmann (Millikin University) / 27:00.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Logan Hayes (Loras College) / 27:03.90 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Lars Hay (UW-Platteville) / 27:04.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Paul Neubauer (Kenyon College) / 27:05.50 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Nick Harvey (Augustana College) / 27:07.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Kort Mcclellan (Millikin University) / 27:10.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Louis Ketchman (Illinois Tech) / 27:11.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Collin Kessinger (Greenville College) / 27:13.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Cristian Sanchez (Elmhurst College) / 27:14.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Max Crowninshield (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 27:16.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Ellison Smith (Benedictine University) / 27:18.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Taijhan Nelson (Millikin University) / 27:18.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Tanner Heiple (Monmouth College) / 27:18.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Christian Reyes (Lake Forest College) / 27:20.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Matthew Contreras (Augustana College) / 27:22.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Andrew Dobrescu (Trinity Christian College) / 27:23.70 / NCCAA National Championship
Randy Almarales (Elmhurst College) / 27:25.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Ernest Bogart (Concordia University Chicago) / 27:27.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Nick Valle (Aurora University) / 27:33.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jeremy Glickman (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 27:36.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Israel Ramos (Earlham College) / 27:36.70 / NCAA D3 Great Lakes Regional
Eric Schmitt (Carthage College) / 27:38.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Rice Dillon (Lake Forest College) / 27:39.20 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jeremy Lodewyck (Elmhurst College) / 27:42.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jarod Baker (UW-Platteville) / 27:47.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jackson Mainellis (Augustana College) / 27:48.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Trevor Tomich (Carthage College) / 27:53.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Tommy Doyle (Illinois Tech) / 27:54.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Eduardo Fulgencio (Illinois College) / 28:03.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Noah Dir (Greenville College) / 28:04.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Michael Gille (Augustana College) / 28:06.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Brian Kuehl (UW-Whitewater) / 28:08.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Justin Corrigan (Carthage College) / 28:12.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Mike Bersell (Monmouth College) / 28:13.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Finnegan Engel (Benedictine University) / 28:30.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Anthony Avalos (Elmhurst College) / 28:32.20 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Grant Seniker (Illinois College) / 28:33.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Alex Urbina (Monmouth College) / 28:34.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Andrew Matuszewski (Elmhurst College) / 28:39.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jacob Hernandez (Aurora University) / 28:43.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Cormac Dietz (Aurora University) / 28:44.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
George Willer Ii (Elmhurst College) / 28:45.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jackson Pierce (Greenville College) / 28:46.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Kaleb Carlson (Greenville College) / 28:51.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Ryan Mathes (Trinity Christian College) / 28:52.90 / NCCAA National Championship
Steven Melin (Illinois College) / 28:55.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Zach Schneider (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 29:05.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Fernando Gonzalez (Dominican University) / 29:06.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Mikos Jimenez (Aurora University) / 29:22.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Chase Manke (Trinity International University) / 29:28.30 / NCCAA National Championship
Sezar Carrillo (Coe College) / 29:32.00 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Declan O'reilly (Grinnell College) / 29:37.00 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Justin Chu (Trinity International University) / 29:39.80 / NCCAA National Championship
Jacob Fedderke (Illinois College) / 29:44.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Fernando Viveros (Aurora University) / 29:47.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Brian Santos (Elmhurst College) / 29:55.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jd Barrett (Illinois Wesleyan University) / 30:01.40 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Tyler Byars (Hannibal-LaGrange University) / 30:04.40 / NCCAA National Championship
Gavin Conway (Monmouth College) / 30:04.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Antoine Callebaut (Rockford University) / 30:06.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Brendan Conroy (Illinois Tech) / 30:26.60 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Chris Mwaura (Principia College) / 30:27.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Nathan Krygsheld (Trinity Christian College) / 30:40.30 / NCCAA National Championship
Mohammed Saleem (Illinois Tech) / 30:52.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Alexander Baker (Knox College) / 30:53.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Luis Aguilar (Dominican University) / 30:57.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Parker Perrine (Illinois College) / 31:06.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Liam Mcarthur (Greenville College) / 31:12.10 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Chris Digioia (Benedictine University) / 31:20.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Nathaniel Johnson (Trinity International University) / 31:28.40 / NCCAA National Championship
Julian Lazcon (Trinity International University) / 31:29.80 / NCCAA National Championship
John Kennedy (Trinity Christian College) / 31:34.10 / NCCAA National Championship
Lucas Brown (Illinois College) / 31:58.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Juan Carlos Jimenez (Knox College) / 32:10.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jared Backstrom (Trinity International University) / 32:16.60 / NCCAA National Championship
Anthony Canton (Illinois College) / 32:21.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Connor Nelson (UW-Superior ) / 32:30.50 / NCAA D3 Central Regional
Harsheath Chauhan (Knox College) / 32:38.80 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Alexis Salgado (Dominican University) / 33:10.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Juan Villagomez (Judson University) / 33:37.00 / NCCAA National Championship
Brandon Johnson (Lake Forest College) / 33:42.00 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Matthew Williams (Dominican University) / 33:44.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Chuy Jandete (Principia College) / 34:03.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Chris Barajas (Knox College) / 35:03.30 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Zac Maher (Trinity Christian College) / 35:06.10 / NCCAA National Championship
Gustav Viise (Dominican University) / 35:17.70 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Blake Geisler (Knox College) / 36:08.50 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Gadiel Hernandez (Dominican University) / 36:13.90 / NCAA D3 Midwest Regional
Jackson Tutt (Trinity International University) / 40:42.70 / NCCAA National Championship

10,000 Meter Run

Matt Pereira (Harvard University) / 29:20.60 / NCAA D1 Northeast Regional
Brett Davidson (Boston University) / 29:45.20 / NCAA D1 Northeast Regional
Dylan Jacobs (University of Notre Dame) / 30:20.50 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Clayton Mendez (Stanford University) / 30:35.50 / NCAA D1 West Regional
Jack Aho (University of Michigan) / 30:45.50 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Kevin Salvano (University of Notre Dame) / 30:55.70 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Nick Laning (Vanderbilt University) / 30:58.60 / NCAA D1 South Regional
Danny Kilrea (University of Notre Dame) / 31:02.50 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Luke Beattie (Utah State University) / 31:05.60 / NCAA D1 Mountain Regional
Samuel Rivera (Duke University) / 31:12.00 / NCAA D1 Southeast Regional Championship
Irwin Loud (University of Illinois) / 31:17.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ben Flowers (Wichita State University) / 31:18.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Matt Mcbrien (Georgia Tech) / 31:19.00 / NCAA D1 South Regional
Reese Jordan (Indiana University) / 31:23.30 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Graham Brown (University of Arkansas) / 31:23.40 / NCAA D1 South Central Regional
Jake Hoffert (Bradley University) / 31:31.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Zach Dale (University of Illinois) / 31:45.10 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Noah Healy (University of Iowa) / 31:51.40 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Matthew Begeman (Colorado State University) / 32:02.00 / NCAA D1 Mountain Regional
Matthew Richtman (Bradley University) / 32:02.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Luke Hoffert (Bradley University) / 32:03.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ryan Hodge (Baylor University) / 32:05.80 / NCAA D1 South Central Regional
Alex Ratkovich (Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis) / 32:08.40 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Franky Romano (Eastern Illinois University) / 32:09.60 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Jack Lalonde (University of Illinois) / 32:13.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Wal Khat (University of Northern Iowa (UNI)) / 32:14.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ben Potrykus (Bradley University) / 32:17.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Owen Habeger (Arkansas State University) / 32:22.00 / NCAA D1 South Central Regional
Jaime Marcos (Eastern Illinois University) / 32:23.20 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Carlos Cabrera (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 32:31.10 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Kyle Friedler (Loyola Marymount University) / 32:33.90 / NCAA D1 West Regional
Alex Tam (Miami University) / 32:34.90 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Logan Hall (University of Illinois) / 32:38.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Henry Harper (DePaul University) / 32:39.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Jack Roberts (University of Illinois) / 32:43.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Charles Harders (Miami University) / 32:46.90 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Lenny Baumann (University of Tennessee at Martin) / 32:47.90 / NCAA D1 South Regional
Landon Skelly (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) / 32:48.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Brandon Nelson (University of Nebraska) / 32:49.10 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Jake Gillum (Illinois State University) / 32:49.40 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Sean Macgregor (University of Dayton) / 32:52.40 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Adam Swanson (Eastern Illinois University) / 32:54.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Colin Yandel (University of Illinois) / 32:57.50 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Nick Oakley (Eastern Illinois University) / 32:59.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Tyler Lay (Eastern Illinois University) / 33:00.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Karson LeComte (University of Nebraska) / 33:02.40 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Austin Ohm (Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis) / 33:10.10 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Noah Deck (DePaul University) / 33:12.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Andrew Pilat (Eastern Illinois University) / 33:15.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Roland Prenzler (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) / 33:17.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Kevin White (Loyola (Chicago) University) / 33:22.60 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Brandon Christopher (University of Dayton) / 33:25.90 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
David Thompson (Eastern Illinois University) / 33:26.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Jacob Dewitt (Southern Illinois University) / 33:31.50 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Austin Woodard (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) / 33:32.20 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Tyler Polak (Illinois State University) / 33:32.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Michael Widmann (University of Missouri) / 33:38.20 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Michael Madiol (University of Illinois) / 33:40.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Sam McCool (University of Northern Iowa (UNI)) / 33:44.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Lance Mueller (St. Louis University) / 33:47.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Lucas Capistrant (Illinois State University) / 33:47.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Max Lehnhardt (Miami University) / 33:50.60 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Ryan Taylor (DePaul University) / 33:55.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Riley Wells (Illinois State University) / 33:56.90 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ben Wagoner (Bradley University) / 33:57.40 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Evan Peirce (College of Charleston) / 34:04.30 / NCAA D1 Southeast Regional Championship
Nate Izewski (Valparaiso University) / 34:12.40 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Jack Franklin (Bradley University) / 34:13.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ryan Bonfiglio (DePaul University) / 34:28.80 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Alex Ortiz (St. Louis University) / 34:31.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Shane Knanishu (DePaul University) / 34:31.60 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Alex Bashqawi (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 34:36.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Chris Durr (Southeast Missouri State University) / 34:37.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Mark Lemke (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 34:45.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Dominic Bruce (DePaul University) / 34:46.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Jesus Nava (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 34:54.50 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Nick Monkemeyer (Creighton University) / 34:55.20 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Victor Fortin (Valparaiso University) / 34:56.60 / NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional
Martin Skucas (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 35:03.30 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Michael Church (Southern Illinois University) / 35:04.00 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Joseph Stone (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) / 36:05.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Dathan Maton (University of Illinois-Chicago) / 36:24.50 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Ross Smetzer (Western Illinois University) / 36:26.70 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
Kameron Morgan (Western Illinois University) / 36:33.40 / NCAA D1 Midwest Regional
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