UMass Lowell Athletics

Personal Bests
1,000M:           2:33;61
1,500M:           4:01.60
Mile:                4:16.23
3,000M:           8:33.77
3000 Steeple: 9:08.27
5K XC:            15:15.9
10K XC:          35:09.1
8K XC:            25:17.3
4.97 Mile XC:  25:37.3
5 Mile XC:       27:12.3

2017-18           
 
Cross Country
Ran a 25:48.1 in the 4.97M at the AEC Pre-Conference Meet, placing 13^th… Set a personal best time in the 4.97M of 25:37.3, finishing in 15^th at the America East Conference CC Run Championship…

Indoor Track       
Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that placed 7^th at the Dartmouth Relays with a time of 8:28.62… Placed 3^rd in the mile at the Crimson Elite with a time of 4:29.51…

Outdoor Track       
Placed 7^th in the 3,000 meter steeple at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a time of 9:41.41… Came in 9^th at the George Davis Invitational with a 1,500 meter time of 4:12.46… At the America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships he ran a 9:32.80 in the 3,000 meter steeple, finishing 13^th…
                                        
2016-17

Indoor Track       
Finished in 4^th at the Beantown Challenge in the mile with a time of 4:20.35… Set a personal best 1,000 meter time of 2:33.61 at the Boston University Multi-Team Meet, finishing 4^th… Ran a 8:42.33 in the 3,000 meter at the America East Indoor Track & Field Championships…

Outdoor Track       
His 9:37.08 time in the 3,000 meter steeple earned him 2^nd place at the Ocean State Invitational…
                                        
2015-16           
 
Cross Country
At the 2015 Dartmouth XC Invitational in the 8K he finished with a time of 25:59.6, earning 25^th... In the 8K at the NEICAAA XC Championship he finished with a time of 25:36.9... He finished in 16^th at the 2015 America East XC Championships with a time of 25:51.1 in the 8K...

Indoor Track       
Velasquez finished the 3,000M at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational with a personal best time of 4:16.23... His 4x800 meter relay team earned 7^th place at the 2016 America East Indoor Championships with a time of 7:56.15... He had another personal best at the all important 48th NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships where he finished the mile with a time of 4:16.23, earning 16^th...

Outdoor Track       
He finished in 3^rd place with a time of 4:24.14 at the UMass Lowell Invitational in the mile... He set a personal record with a 9:39.58 finish at the 3,000 steeple at the 2016 Colonial Relays... He had yet another personal best at the 2016 Dartmouth Outdoor Invitational, this time in the 1,500M with a time of 4:01.60, finishing in 9^th place...
                                        
2014-15           
 
Cross Country    
In his first event, the 5M at the Pre-Conference Meet, he finished with a time of 27:12.2… He had the same time of 27:12.2 in the Maine & UMass-Lowell Dual Meet in the 5M and finished in sixth place…In the 8K at the 2014 America East XC Championships he finished with a time of 25:36.8…
 
Indoor Track       
He finished his first indoor event, the 3,000 at the 2015 Dartmouth Relays - College/Open, with a time of 8:54.64… At the Tufts Invite #1 he finished the 4x8 in third place with a time of 8:20.41… Also at the Tufts Invite #1 he had a personal best in the 1,000 with a time of 2:36.51 good enough for seventh place… At the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational in the mile he finished with a time of 4:16.29…
 
Outdoor Track    
Velasquez finished in second place at the 2015 Jim Sheehan Invitational in the 3,000 steeple with a time of 10:10.81… He followed that up with first place finish at the Brown Invitational in the 3,000 steeple with a time of 10:01.85… He had a good time of 1,500 of 4:17.72 at the George Davis Invitational… In the 3,000 steeple at the 2015 America East Outdoor Championships he earned eighth place with a time of 9:48.15…
 
Capital Prep Magnet School: 4:14 mile… State Open Third 600m… All-Conference… All-State… All-New England… Second Place 1600m Middletown Invitational… Fifth Place 3200m CIAC State Open Championship… First Place 3200m Greater Hartford Invitational… First Place 3200m Irv Black Invitational… Third Place 1600m CIAC Class-S… Second Place 1000m CIAC Class-S Championship… Sixth Place in the state 3000m New Balance Indoor Emerging Athletes… Second Place 1000m Constitution State Conference… First Place 1600m Constitution State Conference… First Place 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m at the Constitution State Conference… CSC Champion First Place… CT State Open Eleventh Place… 4:43 in the mile…
 
Personal: Son of David Channer and Lisette Velasquez of New Britain, CT… Is nicknamed Daddy… Enjoying sleeping, drawing and video games… His favorite TV show is The Boondocks… Doesn’t really have a favorite sports team but because he’s from New England he supports the Patriots… Some of his influences include Gerry Lindgren and Donn Cabral… Calls running a 4:18 in his sophomore year of high school his greatest sports moment… Chose UMass Lowell because he received a full scholarship… Hopes to have a rich and fulfilling life… Majoring in Liberal Arts…