VMI Athletics

Hartnel Paultre at DirectAthletics

2014-15: Served as team captain of the cross country squad...ran in all but one race...finished 26th at the SoCon meet where he posted a 25:39 PR...was sixth overall at George Mason...closed out his career with an eighth-place finish in the 10K at the SoCon Outdoor Meet...was also 23rd in the 5K at that event...finished 21st in the 5K at the Mason Spring Invite after running a seasonal best 15:36.50...limited to four meets indoors...ran a indoor season best 5K at the Hokie Invite. 

2013-14: Did not compete during cross country or indoor track seasons due to injury...returned at the Fred Hardy Invite outdoors and finished ninth in the 5K...was 10th in the 10K and 12th in the 5K at the Big South Outdoor Championships...10K time of 31:33.44 was a personal best...closed out his year with a seasonal best 5K of 15:20.90 at the Liberty Twilight, finishing third. 

2012-13: Competed in five of VMI's six XC races...posted an 8K PR at the Blue Ridge Open (25:50)...recorded a pair of top seven finishes at VMI's two early season events, finishing seventh in the 5K VMI Invite and sixth at the full-length JMU Open...was 38th at the Big South Championships despite fighting illness...was VMI's #3 runner at the NCAA Regional meet...outdoors, scored at a conference championship for the first time, finishing seventh in the 10K with a 50-second PR (31:44.54)...was also 13th in the 5K at that event...set a new personal best in the 5K indoors, 15:05.59 at the conference indoor meet (11th place)...also ran the 3K (10th) and the mile (14th) at that meet...third in the 5K at the Wake Forest Invite. 

2011-12: Finished 14th in the 10K at the Big South Outdoor meet...recorded a personal best 5K (15:26) at the Duke Invitational...competed in the 1,500 at the Radford Invitational, posting a PR of 4:10...placed 23rd in the 5K at the Big South Indoor Championships...was in VMI's top handful of runner throughout the cross country season...posted an 8K PR of 26:07 to finish 33rd at the Big South Championships...was 45th at the Queens Invite...finished fifth at the Furman Invitational (26:52)...was third at the W&L Invite in the first full-length meet of his collegiate career.

High School/Personal: 1600m: 4:26...3200m: 9:48...5000m: 16:04.

Personal Bests:

1,500: 4:10.88
3K: 8:41.48 (indoor)
5K: 15:05.59 (2013 BSC Indoor Championships)
10K: 31:44.54 (2013 BSC Outdoor Championships)
8K XC: 25:50 (2012 Blue Ridge Open)
10K XC: 32:36 (2012 NCAA SE Regionals)