Vassar College Athletics

PERSONAL BESTS: (Bashant's Full Finish History)
6k XC: 20:54.4 at the 2017 Ron Stonitsch Invitational
8k XC: 26:57.6 at 2017 NCAA Atlantic Regionals
800m: 2:05.5 at 2017 TCNJ Invitational
1500m: 4:16.8 at 2017 Matthew Vassar Twilight Meet
5000m: 16:56.6 at 2017 Ramapo College Invitational

2019 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2018 Liberty League All-Academic Team

2019:

Event	Team Finish	Individual Finish
VC Season Opener (4k)	1st/4	11th – 13:45.7
Ron Stonitsch Invitational (6k)	2nd/6	28th – 20:52.5
Fred Pavlich Invitational	2nd/20	32nd – 28:21.3
Paul Short Invitational	3rd/35	97th – 27:10.8
Connecticut College Invite	20th/29	20th – 27:32.0
Liberty League Championship	5th/9	58th – 28:18.7
ECAC Championships	6th/18	---
NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship	15th/41	151st – 27:54.2

2018:

Event	Team Finish	Individual Finish
VC Season Opener (4k)	1st/4	---
Ron Stonitsch Invitational (6k)	1st/6	---
Bill Fritz Invitational	4th/23	---
Saratoga Invitational	6th/14	212nd – 30:24.4
Rowan Interregional Border Battle	16th/42	109th – 29:09.3
Liberty League Championship	10th/11	89th – 29:03.2
ECAC Championships	1st/11	11th – 31:21.1
NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship	39th/56	---

2017-18:
XC: Competed in seven events in his first collegiate cross-country season...had a strong start to the season with a 13:22.0 4th place finish for VC at the Vassar Season Starter, helping the team to a 2nd place finish overall...ran a personal best 6k time of 20:54.4 at the Ron Stonitsch Invitational, finishing 11th for VC...finished 4th for VC at Liberty League Championships with a time of 27:59.8, helping the team to a 5th place overall finish...posted a personal best 8k time of 26:57.6 at NCAA Atlantic Regionals, finishing 7th for VC. 


2016-17:
Track: Competed in ten events this season…started off the season finishing twenty-third in the 5000m event with a personal collegiate best time of 16:56.63 at the Ramapo College Track & Field Invitational…finished twenty-fifth in the 800m event with a personal collegiate best time of 2:05.46 at the 2017 TCNJ Invitational…finished fifteenth in the 1500m event with a time of 4:20.43 at the Liberty League Championships…finished seventeenth in the 1500m event with a time of 4:21.99 at the 2017 Yale Springtime Invitational…ended the season strong finishing thirteenth at the Matthew Vassar Twilight meet in the 1500m event with a personal best collegiate time of 4:16.84.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Bashant was a 11-time letter winner for the Scotties of Ballston Spa High School, competing in cross country, indoor and outdoor track...won three letters in cross country, serving as captain junior and senior year...was voted Suburban Council All-Star as a junior and senior...voted as team MVP in 2014 and 2015 in cross country, earning MVP as a junior in indoor track and as a senior in outdoor...ran personal best times of 2:00.65 in the 800 meters, while posting a 4.26:42 in the 1600 meters...National Honor Society member. 

PERSONAL: Parents Richard Bashant and Andrea Manion...has three siblings, Caleb (18), Ruby (14) and Silas (13)...History major...Research assistant with history professor Miriam Cohen.