Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Graduate transfer from Columbia who enrolled in graduate school at Villanova to pursue an MBA in the Villanova School of Business ... Top individual events on the track were the 3000 meters indoors and the 3000 meter steeplechase outdoors ... Competed in both events at the BIG EAST Championships in 2019 and scored in the 3K indoors with an eighth place finish.
 

BIG EAST RESULTS

2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date	Event	Time	Place
May 10	3000 Meter Steeplechase	9:39.85	11th
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date	Event	Time	Place
February 23	3000 Meters	8:23.59	8th

 

2018: Main Line Invitational (9/14): Posted a time of 21:10.9 over four miles in the season opener at Haverford.

2017: Columbia: Was a scoring runner for the Lions in three of his five starts during the year, including at both the Ivy League meet and the NCAA Northeast Regional; Iona Meet of Champions (9/15): Came in 14th overall at the first meet of the season and recorded a time of 26:24.6 over 8000 meters; Sam Bell Invitational (9/30): Finished fourth on the team and 17th overall at the Indiana meet ... Covered the 8000 meter course in 25:09.0; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/13): Posted a time of 26:34.2 in an elite field of teams at the Wisconsin meet; Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (10/27): Was the fifth scoring runner for Columbia at the conference meet ... Posted a time of 25:41.8 over five miles on the Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx, finishing 23rd overall; NCAA Northeast Regional (11/10): Finished 46th overall and third on the team with a time of 33:14.6 over 10000 meters at the NCAA regional meet.

2016: Columbia: Raced four times during the season and was in the team's lineup at the Ivy League meet; Wolfie Invitational (9/10): Finished 17th at the Stony Brook meet and produced a time of 27:14.1 over 8000 meters; Paul Short Run (10/1): Came in 105th place overall in the gold race and had a time of 24:51.4 over 8000 meters at Lehigh; Princeton Invitational (10/15): Finished as the third scoring runner for the Lions and came in 11th place overall at the meet ... His time of 24:34.7 was a personal best for an 8000 meter cross country course; Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (10/29): Finished 33rd overall and was seventh in the Columbia lineup with a time of 24:36.5.

2015: Raced three times during his rookie cross country season; Metropolitan Championships (10/9): Led the team with a 10th place finish and a time of 27 minutes flat over five miles in his collegiate debut; Leopard Invitational (10/17): Came in ninth overall and fifth in the team lineup with a time of 25:55.2 over 8000 meters at Lafayette; IC4A Championship (11/21): Posted a time of 26:04.8 to come in 22nd overall.

2019: Ran exclusively in the 3000 meters at four meets during the indoor season ... Scored a team point at the BIG EAST Championships; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Recorded an eighth place finish with a time of 8:26.73 in the first indoor meet of the season; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Recorded a time of 8:27.92 at the meet; David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/9): Tallied a season-best time of 8:21.39 in Boston; BIG EAST Championships (2/23): Recorded a time of 8:23.59 and finished eighth in the 3000 meters at the conference meet ... Scored a team point with his eighth place finish and contributed to the Wildcats winning their fifth BIG EAST team title in the last six seasons.

2018: Columbia: Competed in four races during the season and ran both the Mile and the 3000 meters; Gotham Cup (1/20): Tallied a first place finish in the Mile in his first indoor race of the year ... Posted a time of 4:15.73; Columbia Challenge (1/27): Recorded a time of 8:19.62 in the 3000 meters and finished 34th in the seeded section of the event; David Hemery Invite (2/10): Recorded a personal best time in the 3000 meters and crossed the finish line in 8:17.47 to place 24th in the race; Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (2/24): Came in 16th in the 3000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 8:34.78.

2016: Columbia: Ran three races in the 3000 meters and one in the Mile; Dartmouth-Yale Columbia (1/23): Came in third in the 3000 meters in 8:38.81 in the meet held at Dartmouth; Ramapo College Indoor Select (1/30): Runner-up in the Mile with a then-personal best time of 4:20.13; Armory Track Invitational (2/6): Came in sixth in the college section of the 3000 meters with a time of 8:29.98; FastTrack National Invitational (2/12): Runner-up in the college section of the 3000 meters with a season-best time of 8:25.31.

2019: Penn Challenge (3/23): Competed in a 2000 meter steeplechase race at the outdoor season opener and came in fifth with a time of 6:16.84; BIG EAST Championships (5/10): Came in 11th in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:39.85.

2018: Columbia: Raced four times during the season, competing primarily in the 5000 meters; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Registered a time of 14:44.91 in the 5000 meters in his first race of the outdoor season; Ocean State Invitational (4/13): Ran the Mile at the Providence meet and finished 21st with a time of 4:15.57; Virginia Challenge (4/21): Registered a season-best time of 14:37.05 in the 5000 meters; Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (5/6): Came in 16th in the 5000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 14:46.49.

2017: Columbia: Ran two races during the outdoor campaign and competed in the 5000 meters at the Penn Relays; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21): Posted a time of 3:57.96 in the elite section of the 1500 meters; Penn Relays (4/27): Raced in the 5000 meters on 'distance night' at the Penn Relays and recorded a time of 14:52.24.

2016: Columbia: Competed at six meets during the season and ran in both the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters; Stony Brook Quad Meet (3/24): Finished seventh in the 1500 meters season opener and recorded a time of 4:09.12; Colonial Relays (4/1): Ran in the seeded section of the 5000 meters and tallied a time of 14:53.29; Ocean State Invitational (4/15): Came in eighth in the 5000 meters in a time of 14:39.07; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Ran a personal best time of 3:53.97 in the elite section of the 1500 meters; Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (5/8): Finished 14th in the 5000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 14:54.37; IC4A Championship (5/13): Set a then-personal best time of 14:38.95 in the 5000 meters and finished in 13th place overall.

Columbia: Four-year member of the Lions cross country and track & field teams ... Top individual events on the track were the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Competed at a total of five Ivy League Heptagonal Championships meets spanning the cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons ... Named to the Dean's List academically for the 2017-18 school year.

Freehold High School: Earned a total of 12 varsity letters during his scholastic career, including four each in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... His personal best times in high school included 4:13.35 in the Mile and 9:06.70 in the two-mile. 

Personal: Born 10/10/95 in Manhasset, N.Y. ... Younger of two sons of John and Pam Tarpey ... Has an older brother, Jack, who was a four-year member of the cross country and track & field teams at DeSales ... Graduated from Columbia in the spring of 2018 and enrolled at Villanova to pursue an MBA in the Villanova School of Business.