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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

James Ptack

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Green Brook, N.J.
  • High School Immaculata

Biography

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2025 Indoor

  • Ran in five meets this season
  • Achieved a personal record in each of the first three meets of the season
  • 2nd in the 1k with a time of 2:24.9 at the Quaker Invite
  • Placed 13th in the mile at the A-10 Championships, finishing in 4:18.44
2024 Indoor & Outdoor

  • Finished 15th at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge in the mile race with personal best of 4:07.84
  • Placed 3rd in the mile race at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 4:08.72
  • Finished 5th at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the 1500m run with a time of 3:50.10
  • Ran a personal best of 3:45.76 in the 1500 run at the West Point Twilight 2024
2023 Outdoor
  • Third in the 3k at the Penn Challenge, running a 8:29.96
  • First in the Larry Ellis Invitational 5k event, crossing the line in 14:21.38
2022 Outdoor
  • Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team (1500m)
  • Atlantic 10 4x800 Gold Medalist 
  • Opened the season at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a season-best time of 3:51.25 in the 1500m. 
  • Member of the 4x800 relay team that claimed gold at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships with a time of 7:40.96
  • Placed top-10 in the 1500m earning ninth overall with a time of 3:57.73 at the A-10 Outdoor Championships
2022 Indoor 
  • Atlantic 10 DMR Silver Medalist
  • Kicked off the season with a career-best mark of 1:57.36 in the 800m for a 15th-place finish at the Penn 10-Team Select
  • Notched his best mile time at the BU Valentine Invite clocking in at 4:09.25
  • Finished just shy of top-five in the mile at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships claiming sixth with a time of 4:14.28
  • Recorded a ninth-place finish and career-best time of 8:0.56 in the 3K at the IC4A/ECAC Championships
Background
  • Ran track and cross country at Immaculata High School in Somerville, New Jersey
  • Set school records in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m, DMR, SMR and 4x800m
  • Won the 800m, 1600m and 3200m indoor state group titles in 2020
  • Won the 800m, 1600m and 3200m outdoor state group titles in 2021
  • Finished in fourth place at New Jersey Meet of Champions in the 3200m
  • National qualifier for indoor and outdoor in 2021
  • Named First Team All-Group for outdoor track in 2021.
  • Son of Brad and Susan Ptack
  • Earned 12 varsity letters in high school

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior