New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2019: Recorded times in seven meets...top finisher for NJIT in five of those seven events...took third overall at the Highlander XC Challenge on Oct. 5 (25:17.8)...logged three other top 20 performances (9th at Metropolitan Championships on Oct. 11 - 26:35.9; 13th at Fordham Fiasco on Sept. 7 - 27:21.35; 20th at Lehigh Season Opener on Aug. 30 - 19:43.09)...NJIT Outstanding Performer for XC.

2018: Competed in all seven meets for the Highlanders… ranked in the top two for the Highlanders six times…placed fourth overall at Highlander XC Challenge… posted a season best 8K time of 26:13 at the Highlander XC Challenge

2017: Competed in eight out of nine meets for the Highlanders. … ranked in the top three finishers for the Highlanders in five of the meets he competed in. … placed third overall at the Highlander XC Challenge. … posted a season-best 8k time of 26:44.5 at the ASUN Championships. … ran a 34:31.6 10k at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. … at the ECAC/IC4A Championships ran a season-best five mile coming in at 27:29.1 which ranks him in the top 10 of NJIT runners all-time at Van Cortlandt Park.

2016: The freshman competed in seven out of the Highlanders eight meets. ... at the Princeton XC Invitational led the Highlanders with a season-best time of 26:39.6 in the men's 8k. ... second-best Highlander finisher at the 2016 ASUN Championships coming in 32nd with a time of 26:57.47 in the 8k. ... ran a 34:42 10k at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals.

Prior to NJIT: Attended South Brunswick High School and competed in track and field. … 2016 GMC champion in the 1600m with a time of 4:29.18. … cross country second team all-state

Personal: Ryan J. Budhu. … son of Richard and Laurie Budhu. … computer science major.