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Virtual Senior Days: Haverford College Men's Indoor Track & Field Class of 2021

Virtual Senior Days: Haverford College Men's Indoor Track & Field Class of 2021

With the 2020-21 winter sports unable to hold traditional Senior Days on campus, the Haverford College Athletic Department is recognizing these seniors in a virtual ceremony. Today, we celebrate the Haverford College men's indoor track & field seniors.


Men's Indoor Track & Field Class of 2021

  • Team posted back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Centennial Conference indoor championships (2017-18, 2018-19)
  • The program continued its string of dominance in the indoor distance medley relay event, earning its 19th gold medal in 27 attempts in 2020
  • The Fords placed 17 student-athletes on the Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll last season, the third-most in the conference. 
  • Team captured 11 Centennial Conference individual indoor championships in this class' four years on campus

Nathan Akerhielm • Middle Distance • Mathematics Major, English and Spanish Minor • Greenville, S.C.

  • Team captain 
  • Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20) 
  • Indoor career bests:
  • Mile: 4:49.47 (2020 Keogh Invitational)

Abe Doroshow • Distance • Chemistry Major • Washington, D.C.

  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018-19) 
  • Also serves as a co-head of the Humtones A capella group on campus 

Jack Fanikos • Distance • Classical Languages Major • Andover, Mass. 

  • Joined the Fords during his junior season as a transfer student from University of Chicago 
  • Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)
  • Indoor career bests: 
  • Mile: 4:57.12 (2020 Keogh Invitational)
  • 3,000m: 9:50.14 (2020 Haverford Quad Meet)
  • 5,000m: 17:06.07 (2020 Seamus McElligott Invitational)

Jack Hunter • Distance • Physics Major • San Francisco, Calif. 

  • Indoor career bests:
  • Mile: 4:32.15 (2018 Centennial Conference Championships), 
  • 3,000m: 9:03.98 (2019 McElligott Invitational)
  • 5,000m: 15:18 (2020 NYC Gotham Cup)

Jacob Landsberg • Middle Distance • Physics Major, History and Statistics Minor • Claremont, Calif. 

  • Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll in each season of eligbility (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • Indoor career bests:
  • Mile: 4:46.11 (2019 Keogh Invitational)

Andrew Lummus • Jumps • History Major • Downingtown, Pa.

  • Team captain
  • Indoor career bests:
  • High Jump: 1.70m (2020 Keogh Invitational)
  • Triple Jump: 12.83m (2020 Centennial Conference Championships)
  • Long Jump: 5.37m (2020 NYC Gotham Cup)

Simon Perales • Sprints/Middle Distance •  Physics Major • Oberlin, Ohio 

  • Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2020 - 4x400 Relay)
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll in each season of eligbility (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • Captured a 2019 Oberlin Crimson & Gold January Kickoff event title in the 800 meters 
  • Indoor career bests:
  • Mile: 4:26.78 (2020 Keogh Invitational)
  • 800m: 2:02.55 (2020 Seamus McElligott Invitational)
  • 3000m: 8:51.05 (2020 NYC DIII Invitational) 

Gene Perry • Sprints/Middle Distance • Psychology Major, Economics Minor • Stratford, Conn. 

  • First-team All-Centennial Conference (2018 4x400 meter relay)
  • Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference (2018 400m)
  • 2020 Keogh Invitational event title (400m)
  • Ninth-fastest 400 meter mark in Haverford indoor track history (50.67)
  • Indoor career bests:
  • 200m: 23.76 (2020 NYC DIII Invitational)
  • 400m: 50.67 (2018 NYU Invitational)
  • 800m: 2:05.35 (2018 Tufts Cupid Challenge)