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2026 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jakub Nowicki

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Poznan, Poland

Biography

Personal Bests

  • 400m (Outdoor) – 51.91 (SLU Speed & Power Festival, Mar 28, 2025)

  • 400m (Indoor) – 52.00 (Indiana Invitational, Jan 19, 2024)

  • 600m (Indoor) – 1:23.49 (Indiana Invitational, Jan 19, 2024)

  • 800m (Indoor) – 1:55.75 (Music City Challenge, Feb 14, 2025)

  • 800m (Outdoor) – 1:55.29 (SLU Billiken Invitational, March 28, 2026)

  • 1500m (Outdoor) – 4:06.83 (Gibson Invitational, Apr 17, 2025)

  • Mile (Indoor) – 4:27.94 (Scott Fangman Invitational, Dec 6, 2024)

  • 6K (XC) – 20:51.9 (Stegemoller Twilight, August 29, 2025)

  • 8K (XC) – 27:29.8 (Angel Mounds Invitational, Oct 18, 2024)


2025-26 Season

Cross Country

  • Stegemoller Twilight (Aug 29, 2025)

    • 6K: 20:51.9, 53rd place

Indoor Track & Field

  • Indoor Music City Challenge (Feb 13-14, 2026)

    • 800m: 1:58.63, 47th place

    • Mile: 4:33.97, 71st place

  • Billy Hayes Invitational (Apr 11, 2026)

    • 1500m: 4:17.98, 35th place

Outdoor Track & Field

  • SLU Speed & Power Festival (Mar 27, 2026)

    • 1500m: 4:30.64, 37th place

  • SLU Billiken Invitational (Mar 28, 2026)

    • 800m: 1:55.29, 18th place


2024–25 Season (Sophomore Year)
 Cross Country

  • Angel Mounds Invitational (Oct 18, 2024): Ran 27:29.8 in the 8K, placing 139th

  • MVC Cross Country Championships (Nov 1, 2024): Ran 28:35.7 in the 8K, placing 87th

 Indoor Track & Field

  • Scott Fangman Invitational (Dec 6, 2024): Ran the Mile in 4:27.94, placing 2nd

  • UAB Vulcan Invitational (Feb 7, 2025): Ran the 800m in 1:55.85, placing 7th

  • Music City Challenge (Feb 14, 2025): Ran the 800m in 1:55.75, placing 29th

  • MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship (Mar 2–3, 2025): Ran the 800m in 1:58.10, placing 15th in preliminaries

 Outdoor Track & Field

  • SLU Speed & Power Festival (Mar 28, 2025): Ran the 400m in 51.91, placing 10th

  • SLU Billiken Invite (Mar 29, 2025): Ran the 4x400m relay in 3:36.08, placing 8th

  • Gibson Invitational (Apr 17–19, 2025): Ran the 4x400m relay in 3:31.42, placing 12th


 2023–24 Season (Freshman Year)
 Cross Country

  • John McNichols Invitational (Sep 16, 2023): Ran 29:04.2 in the 8K, placing 200th

  • Angel Mounds Invitational (Oct 13, 2023): Ran 29:46.4 in the 8K, placing 133rd

 Indoor Track & Field

  • Indiana Invitational (Jan 19, 2024): Ran the 400m in 52.00, placing 11th; ran the 600m in 1:23.49, placing 9th

  • PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (Feb 2, 2024): Ran the 800m in 1:56.69, placing 18th

 Outdoor Track & Field

  • Gibson Invitational (Apr 18–20, 2024): Ran the 800m in 1:57.95, placing 19th

  • Jim Vargo Invitational (Apr 5, 2024): Ran the 800m in 1:57.10, placing 21st; ran the 4x400m relay in 3:30.51, placing 5th

  • Billy Hayes Invitational (May 3, 2024): Ran the 4x400m relay in 3:23.07, placing 3rd

  • MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship (May 10–12, 2024): Ran the 800m in 1:57.96, placing 20th in preliminaries



PREP

  • One of Poland’s top middle distance runners

  • A two-time competitor in the Poland Outdoor Championships in the 800-Meters

  • Also finished eighth in the 800-Meters at the 2023 Poland Indoor Track & Field Championships

  • Has personal-best marks of 51.39 (400-Meters), 1:54.85 (800-Meters) and 2:30.79 (1,000-Meters) in the middle distances

  • Won the Regional Championship in the 400-Meters in Outdoor Track & Field in 2022, while also finishing second in the 800-Meters

  • Finished second in the 800-Meters at the 2021 Regional Championships, while placing third in the 400-Meters

  • Owns a pair of third-place finishes in the Regional Cross Country Championships

  • Competes for the Energetyk Poznan running club and head coach Jan Grenda

 
PERSONAL

  • Son of Marcin and Anna Nowicki

  • Has a younger brother, Tymon

  • Enjoys playing video games and sports

  • Plans to major in Computer Science at UE

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Sophomore

  • 2025Junior

  • 2026Senior

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