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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Luka Strickland

Elijah Bechdel

  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Beaver, Pa.
  • Prev School Eastern Michigan
  • High School Beaver Area
  • Events Distance

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

As a Sophomore (2025-26)

Cross Country

  • Finished eighth at the MEC Cross Country Championships

  • Set a personal record in the 8K (25:22.4) at Carnegie Mellon in a 13th-place finish

  • Set a personal record in the 6K (19:32.3) at West Liberty in a 13th-place finish

Indoor

  • Set a program record in the 5,000m (15:10.90) at Youngstown State in a ninth-place finish

  • Set a program record in the DMR (10:10.27) at Columbia in a second-place finish

  • Set the second-best time in the 3,000m in program history (8:38.51) at Youngstown State in a sixth-place finish

  • Set the fourth-best time in the mile in program history (4:21.07) at Youngstown State

Outdoor 

  • Set the second-best time in the 5,000m in program history (15:06.62) at UNC Charlotte in a seventh-place finish

  • Set the fourth-best 1,500m time in program history (3:55.88) at the MEC Outdoor Championships in a sixth-place finish

  • Finished sixth in the 5,000m at the MEC Outdoor Championships 

  • Finished first in the 5,000m at Shippensburg

As a Freshman (Eastern Michigan - 2024-25)

Cross Country

  • Competed in two meets

  • Set a personal record in the 5K (16:16.9) at Central Michigan

Indoor

  • Competed in two meets

  • Finished third in the 4x400m at Eastern Michigan

  • Finished sixth in the 4x400m at Michigan

Outdoor 

  • Did not compete

Personal

  • Son of Jen and Kevin

  • Brother of Micah

  • Competed at Beaver Area High School under Coach Steve Goldcamp

  • Named to the All-State Cross Country Team

  • Majoring in Business Management: Entrepreneurship with the goal of starting a business