Max Beck - Men's Cross Country - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Max Beck Season 2022-23

Class Senior
Hometown Tenafly, N.J.
High School Tenafly
Major Biochemistry • Chemical Biology
Bio

Career Results

Career Honors

  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)
  • 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2023 Dr. Jerry Reves Highest GPA Award at the Golden Dores
  • 2023 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient

As a Senior (2022-23)

  • 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2023 Dr. Jerry Reves Highest GPA Award at the Golden Dores
  • 2023 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
  • 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country

  • Competed (28:14.1) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 28)
  • Recorded a personal best (28:11.6) at the 8k Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct. 15)
  • Finished 97th overall (27:21.8) at the 5M Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 30)

Track & Field

  • Finished 15th in the 3,000 meters (8:55.01) at the outdoor Music City Challenge (Apr. 28-29)
  • Finished sixth in the 3,000 meters (9:01.38) at the Indiana Invitational (Apr. 21-22)
  • Finished 28th in the 1,500 meters (4:09.26) at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 7-8)

As a Junior (2021-22)

  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished 111th overall (30:10) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 29)
  • Finished 165th overall (31:31.1) at the 8k UAB Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)

As a Sophomore (2020-21)

  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Competed in two meets
  • Finished 10th of Vanderbilt athletes and 91st overall (29:12.23) at 8k UAB Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Finished 40th overall (28:50.5) at 8k Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)

As a Freshman (2019-20)

  • Did not compete; joined team as a sophomore

The Beck File

  • Four-year letterwinner at Tenafly under head coach Dave Burns
  • 2018 all-county honorable mention
  • 2018 all-league first team
  • Sixth in the 1,600 meters at 2019 state sectionals
  • Qualified for 2019 NJSIAA State Group Championship in the 1,600 meters
  • Cross country team finished second at 2018 state sectionals
  • Cross country team qualified for 2018 NJSIAA State Group Championship
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Son of Sharon and David Beck
  • Has a younger sister, Gabrielle
  • Hiked Mt. Kilauea with family in 2015