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University of Rhode Island

2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Rock Fortna

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Doylestown, Pa.
  • High School Central Bucks West

Biography

2018 (Senior)

  • Finished 106th (28:00.1) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 121st (27:08.4) at the New England Championship.
  • Finished 43rd (28:02.7) at the CCSU Ted Owen Invite.

2018 (Junior)

  • Finished 105th (27:12.0) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 11th (26:15.5) at the Brown Invite.
  • Finished 110th (27:05.2) at the New England Championship.
  • Finished 58th (27:12.5) at the Paddy Doyle Invite.

2017 (Sophomore)

  • Finished 54th at the New England Championship (26:26.0), earning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors.
  • Finished 94th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:59.0), earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors.
  • Finished 8th at the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Invitational (26:11.3).

High School

  • Attended Central Bucks West High School.
  • Four-year member of the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams.
  • Captained all three teams his sophomore, junior and senior year.
  • 2014, 2015 All-League Cross Country selection.
  • Led Central Bucks to two consecutive cross country league championships in 2014 and 2015.
  • Helped Central Bucks finish 3rd at the 2015 Pennsylvania State Cross Country Championship.

Personal

  • Son of Mark and Aileen.
  • Has a younger brother, Teagan.
  • Enjoys dogs and playing sports.
  • Favorite athlete is Evan Jager.
  • Favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles.
  • Chose URI over Duke, Penn State, South Carolina and Pittsburgh.
  • Majoring in Biomedical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior