Nicholas Minikel

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Milltown, N.J.
High School:
East Brunswick High School

**2020, 2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2021: Ran in all nine meets his junior season... Finished amongst the top-five Pirates in seven meets... Placed sixth on the Pirates with a time of 27:21.92 at the Salisbury Fall Classic (9/4)... Took eighth overall and fifth on the team with a time of 27:39.4 as the Pirates captured first at the Bill Fritz Invitational (9/11)... Finished 27th overall and sixth on the team at the Embry-Riddle Fall Classic (9/25) with a time of 28:38.50... Placed fifth on the Pirates and 20th overall in the Highlander XC Challenge (10/2) with a time of 26:45.16 as the Pirates took first in the meet... Placed 25th overall and fifth on the Pirates with a time of 28:48.2 at the Metropolitan Championships (10/8)... Took fourth amongst Pirates with a time of 28:21.18 at the Leopard Invitational (10/16)... Was the fourth Pirate to cross the finish line at the BIG EAST Championships (10/29) with a time of 28:01.9... Placed third on The Hall with a time of 34:45.6 at the NCAA Regionals (11/12)... Finished fourth amongst Hall finishers with a time of 27:47 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/20).

2020-21: Placed third amongst Pirates at the 2020 BIG EAST Championships in the spring of 2021 and finished with a time of 27:45.4.

2019: Ran in all eight meets as a freshman... Placed 13th in the 23rd Annual Salisbury University Fall classic (8/31) with a time of 27:16.20... Finished 23rd overall and fourth on the team with a time of 28:18.82 in the Wolfie Invitational (9/7)... Helped lead the Pirates to victory in the NYIT Invitational (9/14) with a 12th place finish and a time of 23:58.49... Had his highest team-finish of the season when he placed third for the Pirates in the Henry Mercer Invitational (9/21) with a time of 28:53.49... Picked up his fifth top-five team finish of the year with a time of 27:03.69 in the NJIT Invitational (10/5)... Competed at Fordham University's Metropolitan championship (10/11) with a time of 28:32.60... Finished the BIG EAST Championships (11/2) with a time of 29:46.3... Placed fifth for the Pirates with a time of 27:35 in the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/23)... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School/Personal: Ran Cross Country and Track for three years at East Brunswick High School...Named All-Conference in 2019...Plans to major in Business...Son of Peggy and Stephen...Born Jan. 18, 2001.