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14 2012 Stags Cross Country
Meet TheStags
2011: A consistent top-five finisher for the Stags ...
Opened the year by running a 17:34 at the Marist Mini
Meet ... Clocked a time of 27:18.16 at the Iona Meet of Champions ... Ran a
time of 27:26.10 at the Leeber Invitational to help Stags defend their team title
... Clocked a time of 27:26 at the Paul Short Invitational ... Ran a time of 27:01
at the O’Neil Invitational to help the Stags to a team title ... Posted a personal
best in the 8K at the MAAC Championships, stopping the clock in 26:13.0 to
place 18th overall ... Ran a time of
35:01.0 at the NCAA Regionals ...
Notched a time of 26:57 at the IC4A
Championships, helping Fairfield to
a third place finish.
2010: Had a solid rookie campaign
as a consistent middle finisher for
the Stags … Made collegiate debut
at the Marist Mini Meet with a time
of 17:04 … Had a time of 27:13 to
help the Stags to a team title at the
Fairfield Invitational … Ran a time of
26:55.13 at the Iona Meet of
Champions, the 13th fastest by a
Stag at Van Cortlandt Park … Ran a
time of 27:14.36, helping the Stags
to a team title at the Leeber
Invitational … Posted a time of
26:49 at the Paul Short Invitational
… Clocked a time of 26:27.6 at the
MAAC Championships, helping
Fairfield to a fourth place finish …
Ran a time of 34:12.3 at NCAA
Regionals … Finished the year as
Fairfield’s top-finisher (37th overall)
at the IC4A Championships, posting
a time of 26:45.6, the eighth fastest
by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park.
High School: Earned two varsity let-
ters for the Dons ... Helped team to
MIAA Championship as a senior ...
Earned Second Team All-Metro hon-
ors from the
Baltimore Sun
...
Earned an All-State honorable men-
tion from Running Maryland ...
Received team’s Most Improved
award as a junior and the team’s
Unsung Hero award as a senior.
Personal: Son of Paul and Catherine Lobo ... Has two brothers ... Eucharistic
Minister ... Volunteer at Prospect House ... Named to the Athletic Department’s
3.0 Club ... Major is marketing.
John
Lobo
Junior
Baltimore, Md.
Loyola Blakefield
8K PR:
26:13.0
10K PR: 34:14.8
2011: Consistently a top two finisher for the Stags …
Recorded three of the Stags’ all-time top-10 perform-
ances at Van Cortlandt Park ... Opened the season at the Marist Mini Meet,
clocking a 17:28 ... First Stag across the line at the Iona Meet of Champions,
finishing in 26:27.62 ... Posted a time of 26:39.71 at the Leeber Invitational to
help the Stags defend their team title ... Notched a time of 26:55 at the Paul
Short Invitational ... Cruised to a second place finish at the O’Neil Invitational,
finishing in 26:40 to help Fairfield to the team title ... Ran fastest 8K of the sea-
son at the MAAC Championships, finishing in 26:09.6, the second-fastest time
ever by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park ... Clocked a time of 34:03.7 at the NCAA
Regionals ... Closed out the year by running a 26:22 at the IC4A Championship
to place 12th overall as the top Stag.
2010: Had an outstanding freshman campaign, finishing as the top Stag in four
races and posting two top-20 Fairfield performances at Van Cortlandt Park …
In collegiate debut, was the Stags top finisher at the Marist Mini Meet, finish-
ing in 16:40 to place fifth overall … Placed third overall at the Fairfield
Invitational with a time of 26:26, to help Fairfield to a team title … Clocked a
time of 26:18.08 at the Iona Meet of Champions, the second-fastest time ever
by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park … Had a time of 27:10.51 to help the Stags to
a team title at the Leeber Invitational … Posted a time of 27:03 at the Paul
Short Invitational … Notched a time of 26:37 at the Connecticut College
Invitational … Finished 25th overall at the MAAC Championships with a time of
26:01.9 to help Fairfield to a fourth place finish … Top-finisher at the NCAA
Regionals, finishing in 33:19.5 … Finished the year with a time of 26:45.8 at
the IC4A Championships.
High School: A three-year letterwinner in cross country, helping Don Bosco Prep
to four-straight State Championships ... Two-time First Team All-County selec-
tion and three-time First Team All-League pick ... Team finished in fifth place at
the 2008 Nike Cross Nationals and tenth at the 2007 Nike Cross Nationals ...
A two-time letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track, helping team to con-
secutive State Championships ... A member of the 4xmile team that earned All-
American honors in 2010 ... Named team MVP in 2009 ... Served as team cap-
tain as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Howard and Diana Rosas ... Has two siblings ... Member of
Campus Ministry, serving as an Eucharistic minister ... An officer in SAAC ...
Volunteer at Prospect House ... Earned a spot in the Athletic Department’s 3.0
Club ... Major is biology.
Howie
Rosas
Junior
Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.
Don Bosco Prep
8K PR:
26:01.9
10K PR: 33:19.5
Team Captain