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Binghamton University Athletics

2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Louie Grego
Louie Grego
Louie Grego
Kathleen Helman
Kathleen Helman
Ed Moran
Ed Moran
Kathleen Helman
Brian Fluharty
Brian Fluharty

Mitch Halpern

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Clifton Park, N.Y.
  • Highschool Shenendehowa

Biography

Senior Season (2019-20) --- Outdoor Season Cancelled Due to COVID-19
  • Competed in five cross country meets
  • Placed seventh overall at the Albany Invitational on Oct. 18
  • Finished fourth in the mile at the Cornell Upstate Challenge on Jan. 25
  • Member of the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.5 GPA or higher)
  • Member of the Fall 2019 AD Honor Roll (3.3 GPA or higher)

Junior Season (2018-19)
  • Competed in all five cross country races
  • Named to the America East All-Academic Team
  • Placed 21st overall at the America East Championships on Oct. 27
  • Finished 98th overall at the season-ending NCAA Northeast Regional Meet on Nov. 9
  • Was eighth at the season-opening pre-conference meet on Sept. 8
  • Finished 34th out of 362 runners in the Lehigh Paul Short Bronze Race on Sept. 29
  • Was third in the mile at the Upstate Indoor Challenge (Jan. 19)
  • Took fifth in the 3,000 at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 25-26)
  • Finished third in the 1,500 at the Bucknell Team Challenge (April 21)
  • Named an America East Presidential Scholar Athlete
  • Member of the both the Fall and Spring America East Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.5 GPA or higher
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring A.D. Honor Roll with a 3.3 GPA or higher

Sophomore Season (2017-18)
  • Competed in four cross country meets
  • Finished 25th overall at the season-opening America East Pre-Conference Meet on Sept. 2
  • Part of the winning DMR team at the America East Indoor Championships
  • Member of the both the Fall and Spring America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA or higher)
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll (3.3 GPA or higher)
  • Inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society in May 2018

Freshman Season (2016-17):
  • A redshirt season in cross country
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring A.D. Honor Roll with at least a 3.3 GPA
  • Placed seventh in the 800 at the New York Upstate Indoor Challenge
  • Was eighth in the mile at the Sykes & Sabock Indoor Challenge
  • Member of the Spring America East Commissioner's Honor Roll with at least a 3.5 GPA

Before Binghamton
  • A two-time Suburban Council Cross Country All-Star
  • The Indoor Track Sectional Champion in the 1,000 and 1,600

Personal
  • Parents are Michael and Tammy Halpern
  • Majored in management information systems with a minor in Spanish and went on to earn his MBA

Top Times:
1,000: 2:29.82
Mile: 4:16.27
3,000: 8:31.69

Honors
AE XC All-Academic (1): 2018

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017Redshirt Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2018Redshirt Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2019Redshirt Junior

    5'8"
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