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2026 Men's Cross Country Roster

Eli Schreiber

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Johnsonburg, Pa.
  • High School Johnsonburg

Biography

Career Highlights
• 1x All-PSAC (XC)
• 6x PSAC Championship Qualifier (T&F)

Personal: Son of Gina and Richard Schreiber ... Majoring in health and physical education. 

2026 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets in the 5,000-meters and 10,000-meters … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, placing 10th in the 5,000-meters (15:37.34) and 14th in the 10,000-meters (32:21.40) … Ran the 5,000-meters at the Dillard Twilight Meet in a season-best time of 14:59.50 to finish 32nd out of 123 entries … Best 10,000-meter run was 31:49.84 as part of a 10th-place finish at the Bison Classic … Also completed the 1,500-meters in a personal-best time of 4:09.12 at the Dave Labor Invitational.

2026 (Indoor): Competed at five meets in the 3,000-meters and 5,000-meters … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, placing eighth in the 5,000-meters (15:27.78) and ninth in the 3,000-meters (8:40.02) … Top 3,000-meter time of indoor season came at the PSAC Championships … Ran the 5,000-meters at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational in a season-best 15:20.26 … Also took part in the 3,000-meters at the Ashland Invite (8:41.63 / 12th), the YSU Invite (8:47.38 / sixth) and the YSU Last Chance Meet (8:48.55 / eighth).

2025 (XC): Competed at all six meets … Was one of SRU’s top five finishers on five occasions … Earned All-PSAC honors by taking 30th at the conference championships after clocking a season-best 8,000-meter course time of 26:12.9 … Opened year by running the 6,000-meter course at the Doug Watts Open in 19:47.2 to place seventh … Was The Rock’s top finisher at the Allegheny Classic as part of a 14th-place showing in 27:52.7 on the 8,000-meter course … Ended year by running the 10,000-meter course at the Atlantic Region Championships in 33:14.8 to place 71st in the 158-competitor field.

2025 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets primarily in the steeplechase … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing 18th in 10:14.46 … Season-best steeplechase time of 10:00.76 came as part of third-place finish at the John Papa Invitational … Took seventh at the Weaver Invite following a time of 10:02.63 … Also took part in the 5,000-meters on three occasions with top time of 15:32.80 coming in season-opener at the Pushkin Invitational, leading to a 10th-place showing ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2025 (Indoor): Competed at five meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 5,000-meters, placing 18th with a time of 15:58.31 … Season-best 5,000-meter time of 15:22.42 came as part of a sixth-place finish at the Jud Logan Light Giver Invitational … Opened season by running the 3,000-meters at the Ashland Invitational, finishing 19th in a 53-man field with a time of 8:50.05 … Ran a leg on The Rock’s distance medley relay team that earned a win at the Wuske Invite (10:50.95).  

2024 (XC): Competed in six events ... Tied for second on SRU in team top five's with four ... Ran a season-best 26:53.5 for 8k at the Fighting Scots Invite for 11th ... Earned 54th at the PSAC Championships (8k) in 27:17.5 ... Placed 68th at the Atlantic Region Championships in 32:37.4 for 10k ... Opened the season at the Doug Watts Open with fourth in 19:56.4 for 6k ... Took 24th at the YSU NCAA Collegiate Inagural Alumni XC Meet in 27:25.2 for 8k ... Placed 150th at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (8k) in 26:53.9 ... Earned All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

High School: Lettered four times in cross country and track & field and twice in wrestling at Johnsonburg Area High School ... District 9 champion in XC his senior year after running 16:58 for 5K ... placed 15th at the PIAA state XC championships in 2023 ... District 9 runner-up at 3,200 meters on the track his senior year ... 12th at the PIAA state championships in the 3,200 at the 2024 outdoor meet ... two-time state qualifier in XC ... member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with high honors.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

  • 2025Sophomore

  • 2026Junior