Selvin Backert
Selvin Backert
Height: 6-1
Weight: 155
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Lexington, Mass.
High School: Lexington
Major: Regional & Globalization

Also a member of Suffolk's men's indoor and outdoor track & field teams

CAREER HIGH
5K: 17:48.1, at Suffolk Short Course Classic, Sept. 3, 2021
8K: 27:22.4, at Bowdoin Invitational, Sept. 24, 2022
5 Mile: 27:16.3, at UMass Dartmouth Invitational, Sept. 17, 2022

JUNIOR 2022
Participated in all seven events ... Put together a 17:57.9 5k at the season-opening Suffolk Short Course Classic (Sept. 2) ... Compiled a 27:16.3 5-mile time at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 17) ... Finished 31st in the 8k at the Bowdoin Invitational with a time of 27:22.4 (Sept. 24) ... Crossed the 8k tape in 29:30.2 at the Suffolk Invite, good for 79th (Oct. 15) ... Helped Suffolk claim the Battle for Boston Common with a 14th place performance thanks to an 8k time of 29:30.2 (Oct. 15) ... Came through the 8k chute at the CCC Championships in 28:06.9 to claim 25th (Oct. 29) ... Placed 74th at NCAA DIII East Regionals with an 8k performance of 28:14.7 (Nov. 12). 

SOPHOMORE 2021
Clocked a 17:49 5K at the Short Course Invite at Franklin Park (Sept. 3) … Ran the 5-mile in 28:08.00 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 18) … Ran the 8k at the Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational in 30:59.3 (Oct. 2) … Finished fifth at the Battle for Boston Common with an 8k time of 28:56 (Oct. 16) … Notched a 28:56.0 8k to at the Suffolk Invite (Oct. 16) … Posted a 28:08 8k at the CCC Championship (Oct. 30) … Logged a 29:16.2 8k at the NCAA D3 East Regional Championship (Nov. 13).

FRESHMAN 2020
Season cancelled due to COVID-19.

ACADEMICS
Two-time CCC Fall All-Academic honoree (2021, 2022) ... Six-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Sprign 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

BEFORE SUFFOLK • LEXINGTON
Attended Lexington.