Jake Velazquez

Personal Bests
1500m: 4:12.56
MILE: 4:16.33
3000m: 8:26.21
2 MILE: 9:51.53
5000m: 14:59.83
7.5K (XC): 23:24.1
8K (XC): 24:29.3
10K (XC): 31:51.8
5 MILE (XC): 24:12.4

Keene: Great Glen Invitational two-time boys champion...Three-time boys champion Wachusett Invitational, Three-time CVC champion...Holds three course records...Won MVP award in cross-country...Won NH Runner of the Year Award...Gatorade Player of the Year Award Recipient...Won the Division 1 boys cross country state championships...First place in the NH Meet of Champs...Finished in seventh at the New England cross-country Championships...Two-time All-state NH team award winner...Set a personal best in the 5k-15:12...Great Glen Invitational boys champion...Wachusett Invite champ...CVC champion...Won MVP award for cross-country/track and field...Finished third in the Division 1 boys cross country state championships...Recorded a third place finish at the NH Meet of Champs...Eighth place at the New England Championships...Wachusett Invitational individual champion...CVC champion...Londonderry Invite 3,200m winner...Named fastest freshman in the state in cross-country...Keene High School Outstanding Freshman award...Finished 27th at the NH Meet of Champs...Eighth place in the Division 1 boys cross-country state championships....Scholar athlete throughout high school...Keene High School Nostalgia recipient...Winner of the NHAA Scholar athlete award.

Personal: Son of Zeke Velazquez of and Nora Traviss of Keene, N.H. ...Enjoys writing music, video games, anime, and being a youth running coach...Lists JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and One Punch Man as his favorite TV shows...The Boston Bruins are his favorite sports team...Hicham El Guerrouj, Eliud Kipchoge, and Steve Prefontaine are his favorite athletes.

Why UMass Lowell: It was the best fit for me overall in terms of athletic and academic offers. UMass Lowell is one of the very few schools in New England to have an SRT major, which is what I intended to study originally before switching to Composition for New Media. Plus I loved the team!

Monday, May 11

Wednesday, March 25

Sunday, February 22

2025-26 Track and Field Season Recap Graphic

2025-26 Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field: Season In Review

Tuesday, July 21

River Hawks Reveal Full 2026 Cross Country Schedule

Thursday, June 25

Photo of Jan Wouter van den Akker running

Van Den Akker Finishes 35th in 10K at NCAA East First Round

Wednesday, May 27

Graphic Stedfast River Hawk of the Week Graphic

Graham Stedfast Earns River Hawk of the Week Honors

Tuesday, May 19

2023-24 Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Roster

Roster

Adnan Abdirahman

Jeandre Abel

Dean Allen

Jeffrey Allen

Tyler Andersen-Parrado

Ben Ayotte

Andrew Benassi

Will Benoit

Baijeon Bookal

Carson Bottomley

Hatim Boukhtam

Timothy Brigham

Daniel Burns

Luis Cadime

Ian Camerato

Zach Cardoso

Frederick Coleman

Jake Connolly

Daniel Cuddy

Joseph Curran

Ryan D'Agostino

Jonathan D'Ambrosio

Maxwell Davis

Nate DeAngelo

Samuel Denis

Bradley Diaz

Brett Earle

Willem Eisl

Shane Exilhomme

Tristan Fabre

Henry Farrington

Nathanael Fondakowski

Matthew Gard

Peter Gardikas

Timothy Glowik

Basit Iddriss

Evan Imasogie

Tanner Jellison

Thomas Jordan

Adam Katerji

Aras Kaya

Kuzey Kaya

Mukanya Kazadi

Daniel Kennedy

Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger

James Kotowski

Zachary Lalonde

Eythan Luxene

Alejandro Lynch

Michael Makiej

Nicholas Marcotte

Hunter Marino

Hunter Marion

Ethan Mashtare

Pedro Mayol

David McKinnon

Gabriel Merrow

Declan Mulligan

Derek Munroe

Paul Neilan

Tristan O'Riorden

Evans Oduro

Nidlaire Olivier

Seyha Rath

Brandon Riley

Sean Riley

Joshua Rivers

Michael Roberto

Dennis Satchek

Tim Smith

Michael Soucy

Graham Stedfast

Luke Stelmach

Jonathan Stock

Tyler Sullivan

Ryan Taylor

Mamadu Tchamo

Keegan Tierney