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University of Rhode Island

2014 Men's Cross Country

James Bloom

  • Weight 144
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Weston, Conn.
  • High School Weston

Biography

2014 (GRAD): Finished 95th, to lead all Rams, at the New England Championship meet on Oct. 11, (25:43.75)... 

2013 (SENIOR): Finished 44th in the A-10 Championship (25:12.8)... Finished 24th in the Brown University Rothenberg Invitational (26:36.8)... Finished 118th at the New England Championship (26:17)... Finished 106th in the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (26:50.0)... Finished 15th in the Ted Owen Invitational (26:41)... Finished in 14th place at the Bryant Invitational 5k (16:19.8).

2012 (JUNIOR): Finished in 28:16 at the Atlantic 10 Championship on Oct. 27… Raced in the Rothenberg Run on Oct. 19 completing the course in 28:01… Finished with a time of 25:45 at the New England Championship on Oct. 7.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Attended Weston H.S… Member of the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams… Captain for the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams  2009-2010... Holds the Weston H.S. records for 4x800, 4x400, 800m, and 3200m distances...Was the Class M 1600m individual champion, a member of the Class SS Connecticut State Champion Team twice and earned All-State honors in cross country.

PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1992… Son of Charles Bloom and Mona Wisoff… Has one sister, Amanda who graduated from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University in 2011… Enjoys film and music… Lists favorite athletes as Nick Symmonds, Usain Bolt, and Thomas Fownes… Follows the Denver Broncos… Majoring in Biology, with plans to attend medical school... Chose URI over Oregon, LSU, and Texas... Serves as the Vice President of URI SAAC.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Junior

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  • 2013Senior

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  • 2014Graduate Student

    144 lbs