2024 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Nicholas Ligday

  • Position Distance
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Highschool Hanover

Biography

Ligday at TFRRS

2024
Indoor
  • Did not compete
Outdoor
  • Named to the 2023-24 SoCon Honor Roll for averaging at least a 3.0 GPA for the academic year
  • Opened the season with a 1500m time of 4:40 at the Fred Hardy Invite
  • Logged a 1500m time of 4:37 at the George Mason Invite Apr. 6
2023
Indoor
  • Ran a new 3000m PR time of 8:56.17 for 15th place at the SoCon Indoor Championships 
  • Logged a new 1000m PR time of 2:41.21 for fifth place at the VMI Winter Relays 
  • Finished the mile run in 22nd place with a new PR time of 4:33.82 at the VMI Winter Classic 
  • Helped DMR squad to fifth place in 11:15 at the VMI Invitational 
  • Opened season in eighth place in the mile in 4:45 at the VMI Team Challenge Dec.3
Outdoor
  • Finished 13th overall in the steeplechase in 10:19.44 at the SoCon Outdoor Championships
  • Opened the season with a 5000m PR time of 15:59.39 for 11th place at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invite
  • Logged a steeple PR time of 10:06.50 for 20th place at the VertKlasse Meeting
  • Earned an 800m PR time of 2:10 at the App State Open, where he also ran a 1500m PR time of 4:18

High School
  • Three-year letterman in cross country and track and field at Hanover HS in Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Three-time regional qualifier and one-time state qualifier in cross country
  • Three-time regional qualifier and two-time state qualifier in outdoor track as a distance runner
  • Regional and state qualifier as a distance runner in indoor track
  • Four-year member and team captain of the swimming team; four-time regional qualifier and one-time state qualifier
Personal
  • Father, Francis, competed in track and field at VMI
  • Plans to major in electrical and computer engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Distance
  • 2024Sophomore

    Distance