Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2009-10: CROSS COUNTRY – Earned All-American status with a 20th place finish at the NAIA National Championships in a time of 25:43.00…2009 All-Conference performer for ERAU…ran in all nine meets for Embry-Riddle…never finished lower than third on the team or 20th overall…best time came at the Charles Bowles Invite (10/3/09) in 24:44.50…finished second on the team twice, including the Asics Invitational (10/10/09) where he ran a 26:54.50, and a 25:48.90 mark at the Southeastern Classic (10/24/09).
 
2008-09:  OUTDOOR – Placed second in the 5K run at the Spike’s Classic (Mar. 21) with a time of 15:23.86 and fifth in the 1500m run with a time of 4:38.32…raced at the 2009 Sun Conference Championship (Apr. 19) and placed fourth in both the 1500m and 5K with times of 4:06.84 and 16:17.57, respectively. INDOOR – Garnered All-American honors as a member of the distance medley relay team in a sixth place finish at the NAIA National Championships after setting a school record in the relay’s preliminaries in a time of 10:11.59…competed in the 5K at the Winter Sun (Jan. 17) and placed third with a time of 16:01.30…took first in the 3000m at the ERAU Challenge (Jan.31) with a time of 9:08.50…set a new school record time in the 3000m with a time of 8:53.38 in an eighth place finish at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 13-14)…placed first in the one mile run at the ERAU Last Chance (Feb. 21) with a time of 4:24.79. CROSS-COUNTRY – Competed in six events for ERAU…finished in the top-five among Eagle runners at every race…was the No. 4 Eagle finisher at the Walt Disney Classic (Oct. 11), Hatter Invitational (Oct. 17) and Great Lakes Challenge (Oct. 25)…helped Embry-Riddle capture the team title at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 8), where he finished second overall with a time of 25:41…ran a career-best 25:38 at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 21) to become the third-fastest runner in Embry-Riddle history.
 
2007-08: OUTDOOR TRACK- Finished first in the 5K run in 15:46.09 at the Spikes Classic (Mar. 15)…placed second in the 1500m run and third in the 5K run at the FSC Championships (Apr. 21). INDOOR TRACK- Set the school record for the 3K in 8:56  at Blue Gold Invite (Feb. 2). CROSS COUNTRY – Named to the All-Region, All-FSC, and Academic All-FSC teams…ran in eight events and scored in seven…was ERAU’s No.2 runner in two races including the Florida Tech Invitational (Sept. 8) where he completed the course in 26:20 and earned third place overall…garnered the third slot for ERAU and fifth place overall at the FSC/Region XIV Championships (Nov. 3) with a time of 26:55.72…was the fifth Eagle to cross the finish line in two races, including a seventh-overall finish at the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 20).
 
Prep: A 2007 graduate of Northeast High School...named the cross country team’s MVP and served as team captain in 2006...placed third at the state high school meet...recipient of the West Florida Y Runners Club Scholarship...placed seventh at the FACA All-Stars cross country meet, and was named first team All-County...placed fifth at the state meet in the 3200m run...served as the track team’s captain, named team MVP and was a first team All-County selection...competed in the state swim meet four consecutive years in multiple events…placed eighth, 10th, ninth and third in four consecutive years in the 100m breast stroke...served as the swim team’s captain for two seasons...earned MVP honors in 2005 and 2006...first-team All-County and an Academic All-American as a junior and senior.
 
Personal: Born in Melbourne, Fla. on Feb. 5, 1989…son of Valarie and Michael Snyder....pursuing a degree in Software Engineering.