Felician University

Robert Joseph Albano... has been team's frontrunner since arriving on campus.

2011: Third-Team Capital One Academic All-American... All-Region.... CACC Runner of the Year... All-CACC... First-Team Capital One Academic All-District... Academic All-CACC... finished sixth at NCAA D-II East Regional with a 10K school record 31:52, and joined James Vander Wiele as the first two Golden Falcons to ever make an NCAA All-Region team... won the CACC Championship race with 26:35 for 5 miles... led Felician to second consecutive team conference crown... also won two invitationals in regular season... captured third consecutive Philly Metro Invitational 9/24 with 26:50 for 5 miles... set school 8K record of 24:59 in winning the Highlander Challenge 10/9... won or shared CACC Runner of the Week Award six times.

2010: Capital One Second Team Academic All District honoree... Academic All-CACC... earned all-CACC honors with a third-place finish in the league meet... ran team’s two fastest times of season, including a 25:59 at the CTCs 10/16... won second consecutive Philly Metro Invitational 9/25... three-time CACC Runner of the Week... 67th place at NCAA Regional.

2009: Established the three fastest 8,000-meter times in program history... set school record of 25:54 at NYIT 9/19... won Philly Metro Invitational 9/26... named CACC Runner of the Week four times and league Rookie of the Week on five occasions... fell ill during postseason, missing all-CACC honors by one spot with a 16th place finish at the conference championship meet.

Prior to Felician: Three-time state sectional champion for coach Rick Mullins at Pequannock Township... first-team all state Group II, first-team all-Morris County, and three-time first-team all-Northern Hills Conference... in track, also won three state sectional championships and is the school-record holder in the 3,200 meters.

Personal: Son of Lou and Marianne Albano... majoring in elementary education with 3.69 GPA... born 11/7/90 in Wayne, N.J.