On the National Stage... || 2017 Cross Country || Advanced to the NCAA Championships with a ninth-place finish (30:43.5) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional...Finished 159th overall (31:13.86) at the NCAA Championships || 2016 Cross Country || Finished 27th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships running 31:24 on the 10K course || 2016 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meter run || 2015 Cross Country || Took 26th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships with his time of 31:36.4.
At the Big Ten Championships... || 2018 Outdoor || Finished sixth in the 1,500-meter run with his time of 3:52.16 || 2018 Indoor || Finished fourth in the mile (4:14.82) and a member of the seventh-place distance medley relay (9:51.56) || 2017 Cross Country || Placed 12th with a time of 24:27.7 || 2016 Cross Country || Placed 28th at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (25:19.2) || 2016 Outdoor || Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 1,500-meters, clocking 3:46.96 || 2016 Indoor || Finished eighth in the mile with a time of 4:10.95 || 2015 Cross Country || Finished 31st in a time of 24:14.0.
On the Course... || 2017 || Competed in seven meets…Top finisher for the Nittany Lions in five team meets || 2016 || Opened the year with a second-place finish at the Dolan Duals (18:11.63)...Placed 82nd at the Spiked Shoe invitational (28:48.4)...Placed 41st at the Roy Griak Invitational (25:52.5)...Placed 12th at the Penn State National Open (25:14.60) || 2015 || Competed in four meets during the regular season...Opened the season with a third-place finish at the Dolan Duals meet (17:53.64)...Finished 12th at the Spiked Shoe Invitational (26:00)...Crossed the line in 75th-place at the Greater Louisville Classic (25:05.31)...Finished the Wisconsin Adidas Invite 179th (24:14.1).
Around the Track... || 2018 Outdoor || Competed in five meets || 2018 Indoor || Competed in six meets...Tallied a personal-best time of 8:05.03 in the 3,000-meter run at the Penn State National...Ran a sub-4 minute mile at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup with his personal-best time of 3:59.51…His time of 3:59.51 ranks fourth in school history || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in five meets for the Blue & White...Won the 800-meters at the Jim Thorpe Invite in a personal best 1:51.89 || 2017 Indoor || Competed in four meets...Posted five top-10 finishes...Recorded a season-best time of 1:52.89 (800-meters), 4:07.49 (mile) and 8:10.54 (3,000-meters) || 2016 Outdoor || Began the season with a sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meters at the Pepsi Invite hosted by the University of Oregon, running a time of 3:47.70...Ran a season-best time of 3:45.25 in the 1,500-meters...Ran a season-best time of 14:10.66 in the 5,000-meters at the Penn Relays || 2016 Indoor || Opened the season with a sixth-place finish in the mile running 4:11.70...Recorded a season-best time of 8:08.94, best time in the NCAA when it was recorded at the FastrackNational Invite in Staten Island, New York....Took third-place in the 1,500-meters at the Penn State National with a time of 3:48.15.
Before Penn State… || High School PRs || Mile: 4:13.91, 3,200: 8:56.00, cross country (5K): 14:55 || High School || Two-time first team all-state in cross country...Second team all-state in track and cross country...Three-time PIAA District Eleven champion in cross country...Five-time PIAA District Eleven champion in track...Finished first at the 2014 Paul Short Run...Placed second in 2013 PIAA Cross Country Championship meet...Finished second in the 3,200-meter run at the 2015 PIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with the No. 1 time in region history (8:56.00)...Owns four school records...Twelve-time letterwinner in cross country and track...Three-time team captain in cross country...Team captain in track...Three-time league MVP...Three-time Express Times and Morning Call Cross Country Athlete of the Year...2015 Lehighvalleylive Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year...Coordinated Health Athlete of the Week || National Level Competition || Placed 12th in the Emerging Elite mile at the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals meet || Personal || Son of Carla and Scott Abert...Born on May 20, 1997...Agribusiness management major.