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2007 Men's Cross Country Roster

Cortez Adams

Cortez Adams

  • Position:
    Distance Runner
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Capital Heights, MD
  • High School:
    Suitland

Summary

Biography

2006-07: NEC Track Athlete of the Week (4/10)... Registered season-best times in the 400m (47.63) at the outdoor NEC Championships, in the 500m (1:04.17) at the indoor Metropolitan Championships, and in the 800m (1:55.34) at the outdoor Monmouth Season Opener... Indoor-best clips of 48.54 at the NYU Fastrack Invite in the 400m and 1:57.19 at the NYC New Balance Gotham Cup in the 800m... Crossed the line in 1:04.37 in the 500m of the indoor NEC Championships... Earned indoor IC4A All-Eastern acclaim after his second-place showing in the 500m (1:02.27)... Ran a 48.02 in the 400m at the outdoor IC4A Championships... Won the 1,000m at indoor Fordham Invite (2:43.2), the 600m at the indoor Patch Meet (1:22), and the 400m at the outdoor Duke Invitational (47.76)... Set a meet record in the 400m at the outdoor Wagner Invitational (47.99)... Second place in the 800m at the indoor Fordham Classic (1:59.45), in the 500m at the indoor NEC Championships (1:04.37), in the 400m at the outdoor MET Championships (48.05) and in the 400m at the outdoor NEC Championships (47.63)... Third place in the 800m at the outdoor Monmouth Season Opener (1:55.34)... Fourth place in the 400m at the outdoor Charlotte 49ers Classic (48.53)... Cross Country: Placed 34th in lone action of the season at the NJIT Dual (31:21.7)... 2005-06: Competed at the Fordham Invitational in the 800m, finishing in 1:58.33... At the Great Dane Classic, he ran a 1:05.03 in the 500m... Ran a season and team-best mark of 1:56.01 placing 3rd at the METS Ran at the Duke Invitational, placing 6th in the 400m with a time of 48.81... Competed in the 800m at the 49ers Classic, running a time of 1:57.35... Clocked in at 1:56.3 at the NEC Outdoor Championships in the 800m and was part of the men’s 4x400 relay placing 2nd with a time of 3:11.81... At IC4A’s, ran the 400m in 48.36... Cross Country: Recorded his top time of 34:22 at the NEC Championships, good for 74th... 2004-05: Placed eighth out of 27 at the NEC Conference Championships in the 400-meters... Came in 18th out of 80 competitors at the Charlotte 49ers Classic... Placed third out of 28 competitors in the 400m at Monmouth Outdoor Season Opener... Captured first in the 400m at the Quad Meet... Cross Country: Competed in one race, the Monmouth Season Opener, finishing the course in 26:53... Suitland: Named 2003 Most Improved... All-Met Selection in the 4x400 junior and senior years... 2004 All-American 4x400 relay team... Career best in the 400m is 48.6... Career best in the 500m is 1:06 and in the 800m is 1:57... Competed in the 2004 Junior Olympics, earning fourth place with the 4x400 relay team (3:13.0)... Personal: Born to Vagas Goss and Danetta Adams on Jan. 24, 1986... Played for the football team for two years... Cousin, Drew Carter, plays for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers... Has one brother, Steven, and one sister, Nia.... Majoring in management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2006Junior

    Distance Runner
    6'2"
  • 2007Senior

    Distance Runner
    6'2"
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