I chose Union because of its excellent academics combined with my ability to compete in track and field at a collegiate level. The small size and beautiful campus drew me in and I am proud to be a part of the Dutchmen community.
Honors and Awards:
- USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region - 200 Meters (2024)
- USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region - 200 Meters (2023-24, 2024-25)
- All-Liberty League First Team - 60 Meters (2023-24)
- All-Liberty League First Team - 200 Meters (2023-24)
- All-Liberty League Second Team - 60 Meters (2024-25)
- All-Liberty League Second Team - 100 Meters (2022, 2024)
- All-Liberty League Second Team - 200 Meters (2022)
- All-Liberty League Honorable Mention - 200 Meters (2024)
- All-Liberty League Honorable Mention - 4x100 Meter Relay (2024, 2025)
- Liberty League Track Performer of the Week (3/31/25)
- Liberty League Rookie of the Week (12/6/21, 5/2/22)
- CSC Academic All-District Team (2025)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023-24)
- Liberty League All-Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
- William B. Jaffe '26 Athletic Award (2024-25)
- Freshman Athletic Prize (2021-22)
At Union: A Dean's List student and member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honor Society ... Treasurer of the Class of 2025 ... member of the Student Investment Club and the club golf team.
2025 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets … led Union in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes … posted the best 100 time of his career with a mark of 10.80 seconds and also won the 200 in 21.70 seconds at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational (3/29) … broke his own program record in the 200 with a time of 21.58 seconds at the Trinity Invitational (4/19) … earned All-Liberty League honorable mention with the 4x100 relay at the Liberty League Championships (5/2).
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2024-25 Indoor: Appeared in eight meets … led Union in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes … broke his own school record and qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60 with an All-League second-team time of 6.91 seconds at the Liberty League Championships (2/28) … broke the school record again in the 200 with a time of 21.89 seconds at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic (2/1) … won the 200 three times at Middlebury (1/11), Utica (2/8) and Nazareth (2/15).
2024 Outdoor: Appeared in seven meets this spring…competed in the 100m, 200m, 4x100 and 4x400…broke the Union 200 record three times, with his best time of 21.63 seconds coming at the AARTFC Regionals (5/16)...helped set program’s 4x100 relay record twice, with 41.94 second time setting the benchmark at Regionals, finishing fifth…set a new personal best in the 100, timing 10.82 seconds in the prelim at Liberty League Championships before setting a new wind adjusted best 10.84-second time in the final, finishing second…finished third in the 200 at Liberty Leagues and 5th at Regionals.
2023-24 Indoor: Appeared in six meets this season…competed in the 60m, 200m, and 4x200 and 4x400 relays…broke his own program record and won a conference title in the 60 with a time of 6.97 seconds at the Liberty League Championships (2/24)…also was the conference champion in the 200 ..set another program record in the 200 with a 22.01-second time at the Fastrack National Invite (2/9)…was a part of thw team that set a season-best in the 4x200 with a 1:33.01 time at Suffolk Relays (12/2).
2023 Outdoor: Appeared in all six meets this season for Union…Competed in the 100m and 200m…Ran a season best 11.21 in the 100m at the RPI Under the Lights Invite (4/14)…He also clocked a season best 22.43 in the 200m at the RPI Capital District Classic (4/28).
2022-23 Indoor: Appeared in all nine meets this season as a sophomore…Competed in the 60m dash, 200m dash, and the 400m…Ran a season best 7.04 in the 60m dash at the Liberty League Championships (2/24-25)…Ran a season best 22.29 at the David Hemery Boston University Valentin Invitational (2/11)…Ahern’s best finish of the season was a first place finish in the 400m at the Middlebury Winter Classic… Qualified for the AARTFC in the 60m dahs and the 200m dash.
2021-22 Outdoor: Appeared in all six of the meets this season…Ran in five different events this season including two relays…Ran a season best 10.91 in the 100m at Liberty Leagues (5/7) and finished in second place overall…placed second in the 200m at the Liberty League Championship (5/7)…Seasons best 22.27 200m dash at the RPI Capital District Classic (4/30) and won the event…51.52 was the his top 400m time this season at the Middlebury College Invite (4/23)...qualified for the AARTFC (5/18-19) in the 100m dash (11.23) and 200m dash (22.77).
2021-22 Indoor: Appeared in four of 10 meets in the indoor season…ran in four different events in the season…His best time of the season was a 6.98 60m sprint and he finished in second place at the Springfield College Season Opener (12/4)…ran a season best 22.29 in the 200m dash at the Indoor Liberty league Championship (2/25)
High School: A 2021 graduate of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School.