2009: Ran a season-best time of 25:53 at
the New England Championship ... placed 10th at the Blue Devil
Invitational with a time of 27:06.00 ... finished 11th with a time
of 25:53.78 at the Murray Keatinge Invitational ... finished with a
time of 34:05 at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... placed 141st at
the IC4A Championship (28:50.9) ... placed 35th at the National
Catholic Championship in a time of 26:40.5.
2008: Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor
Roll ... earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors (Oct. 14)
for his performance at the New England Championship (placing 146th
in a time of 26:44) ... led the Crusaders with a 55th place finish
at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (26:18) and a 80th place finish
at the IC4A Championship (27:13) ... finished 24th at the Blue
Devil Invitational (29:10) ... ran a time of 26:59.02 at the Murray
Keatinge Invitational ... finished 78th overall at the Patriot
League Championship (27:48) ... ran at the NCAA Northeast Regional
(36:00).
Before Holy Cross: Three-year varsity member of
the cross country and track teams at Fordham Prep under head coach
George Febles … team won the 2008 New York CHSAA
Intersectional Indoor City Championship and the 2008 New York CHSAA
Sectional Cross Country Championship … served as team
captain as a senior ... named varsity cross country MVP in 2007
… won the Most Improved Award in 2005 … honored with
the Joe Fox Award in 2008 … set the school record in the
3,000-meter steeplechase (10:21).
Personal: Son of David and Jeanne Altenau …
father was on the cross country and track teams at Manhattan
… has one brother (Joseph), who ran cross country and track
at George Washington ... majoring in Sociology ... also a member of
the Holy Cross track and field team.
