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Virginia Commonwealth University

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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Thomas Hess

  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown West Milton, Pa.
  • Highschool Lewisburg Area

Biography

Personal Best/Records:

6k: 19:09.5 (Spider Alumni Open, 8/30/2025)

8k: 27:33.8 (Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships, 11/2/2024)

2024: Redshirt Freshman

  • Set a personal-best 27:33.8 8k time at the Atlantic 10 Championships

  • Finished 35th in the Elon XC Invitational with a time of 28:03.9

  • Set a time of 28:05.4 in his first collegiate race at the Pirate Cross Country Invitational

2023: Freshman

  • Did not Compete

Prior to VCU:

  • Attended Lewisburg Area High School in Lewisburg, Pa.

Personal:
  • Brother, Jonathan, also member of VCU Track & Field and Cross Country
  • Brother, Jacob, member of Liberty Track & Field and Cross Country
  • Father, Ron, coached him in high school
  • Both parents were member of Track & Field teams at Bucknell

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Redshirt Freshman

  • 2025Redshirt Sophomore