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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Tom Mooney
Tom Mooney
Scott Huck/Atlantic 10
Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun
AJ Schraffenberger

Owen Pukys

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ohio
  • Highschool Louisville

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
5K 14:58.3 8/29/2025
8K 23:51.4 10/4/2025
10K 32:01.3 11/10/2023
800 2:08.07 4/1/2023
1,500 3:56.21 3/22/2024
3,000 8:44.04 3/22/2024
5,000 14:23.16 3/29/2024
10,000 30:58.60 4/6/2024

2025-2026 Senior
Cross Country
  • Named ColledgeAdvantage Student-Athlete of the Week on Nov. 5.
  • Finished third at the Atlantic 10 Championships in a time of 23:58.9 and was named all-conference first team for his performance.
  • Finished seventh at the Bradley Pink Classic in the 8K (24:10.4) 
  • Broke the school record in the 8k with a personal best 23:51.4 and finished seventh at the Louisville Classic
  • Picked up his first collegiate win at the George Dales Invite hosted by Western Michigan University and ran a personal best in the 8k (24:30.8)
  • PR in the 5k (14:58.3) and finished ninth in the RedHawk Rumble hosted by Miami University
2024-2025 Junior
Cross Country
  • Did not compete because of injury
2023-2024 Sophomore
Outdoor / Indoor Track
  • R.U.D.Y.S. "Rising Star" Award Winner
  • Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Posted a PR in the 10,000m (30:58.60) at the Lee University Fast Break Invitational 
  • Ran a personal best in the 5,000m (15:23.16) at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State
  • Recorded a PR in both the 1,500m (3:56.21) and 3,000m (8:44.04) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
  • Recorded the 2nd fastest time in program history in the 5000m (14:34.91) at the Meyo Invitational
Cross Country
  • PR in the 10k at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships (32:01.3)
  • Ran a personal best 25:02.7 at the Atlantic 10 Championships to finish 41st 
  • Finished 22nd at the Mike Baumer Invitational with a time of 15:11.5
  • Finished 22nd at the John McNichols Invitational with a time of 25:13.4
2022-2023 Freshman
Outdoor Track
  • Ran a PR in the 800m (2:08.07) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invite hosted by the University of Cincinnati 
  • Finished 9th in the 5,000m (15:07.25) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
Indoor Track
  • Recorded first collegiate win in the 5,000m (15:07.25) at the Marshall Invitational
Cross Country
  • Finished 55th at the BGSU Falcon Collegiate Invitational (27:00.0)
Personal
  • Majoring in Computer Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior