TFRRS bio
Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2023 and 2025
Top Time
8K - 26:14.2 at Dutchmen Invitational, 2025
Career Highlights
2025
• Muhlenberg’s top runner before suffering injury
• Was the top Mule finisher in the first three meets of the season
• Came back to run in NCAA Metro Regional
• Finished in sixth place - second among Division III runners - at Lebanon Valley
• Lowered previous best time by more than a minute, from 27:15.5 to 26:14.2
2024
• Missed cross country season while studying abroad
2023
• Ran in the Mules’ top seven in every race
• Was Muhlenberg’s second finisher at the Border Battle and NCAA Metro Regional
• Improved 6K time at Lehigh Invitational by 22 seconds
• Cut 30 seconds off top 8K time of 2022
2022
• Ran in the first four races of the season
• Was the Mules' No. 3 runner in each of the first three meets
Personal
• Earned a total of seven letters in cross country and track at Roxbury High School
• Team captain in both sports
• Ran distances from 800 to 3200 meters in track
• Parents are James and Jennifer Hajel
• Older brother Nathan runs at Moravian University
• Born March 27, 2004
• A double major in mathematics and economics
