Declan Harkness

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Stewartsville, N.J.
High School:
Phillipburg High School

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

2021: Ran in all nine meets his junior season... Picked up three top-10 overall finishes and finished amongst the top-five Pirates in every meet... Placed 23rd overall and fourth on the Pirates with a time of 26:32.80 at the Salisbury Fall Classic (9/4)... Took second overall and second on the team with a time of 27:02.2 as the Pirates captured first at the Bill Fritz Invitational (9/11)... Finished 12th overall and second on the team at the Embry-Riddle Fall Classic (9/25) with a time of 27:32.63... Placed third on the Pirates and fourth overall in the Highlander XC Challenge (10/2) with a time of 25:31.83 as the Pirates took first in the meet... Placed 21st overall and fourth on the Pirates with a time of 28:24.2 at the Metropolitan Championships (10/8)... Led the Pirates with a time of 26:25.66 and placed seventh overall at the Leopard Invitational (10/16)... Was the second Pirate to cross the finish line at the BIG EAST Championships (10/29) with a time of 27:26.7... Placed second on The Hall with a time of 33:42.2 at the NCAA Regionals (11/12)... Finished third among Hall finishers with a time of 27:26 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/20).

2020-21: Led the Pirates at the 2020 BIG EAST Championships in the spring of 2021 and finished with a time of 26:19.2.

2019: Ran in all eight meets for the Pirates during his freshman season... Placed 17th (seventh on team) at the 23rd Annual Salisbury University Fall classic (8/31) with a time of 27:24.03... Finished fifth on the team at the Wolfie Invitational (9/7) with a time of 28:20.45... Took 20th (seventh on team) with a time of 24:25.70 in the NYIT Invitational (9/14)... Placed fourth on the team with a time of 28:54.78 in the Henry Mercer Invitational (9/21)... Finished 32nd (fourth on the team) in the NJT Highlander XC Challenge (10/5)... Placed 28th in the men's 5 mile race at Fordham University's Metropolitan Championship (10/11) with a time of 27:43.90... Paced the Pirates in the BIG EAST Championships (11/2) with a time of 28:20.2... Finished second on the team and 11th overall at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/23) with a time of 27:16... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School/Personal: Declan William Harkness...Four year letter winner in Cross Country, Winter Track and Track and Field at Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, N.J...Mom, Christine, ran Cross Country at IUP...Plans to major in Diplomacy...Has a sister, Kira...Son of Christine and Keith...Born Dec. 17, 2000.