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2023 UMBC Men's Cross Country Roster

Xander Barton

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 155
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Ellicott City, Md.
  • Highschool Mount Hebron

Biography

2022
  • Knocked 43 seconds off of his time at Navy in the meet at Lehigh (Paul Short)
BACKGROUND
  • Placed eighth in the 3A division of Maryland Cross County Championships in 2021, helping the Vikings to a state title
  • Earned Howard County First Team honors from the Baltimore Sun and honorable mention from The Washington Post in the wake of his outstanding senior campaign
  • Capped a brilliant career by capturing bronze in the 3200 meters at the Maryland Outdoor Track & Field State Championships; named to All-County First Team in outdoor track 
  • Considering a major in bioinformatics & computational biology
  • Selected UMBC “because it had both the academic program that I was looking for and a great opportunity to continue to run competitively
  • A four-year honor roll student at Mount Hebron
  • An avid reader, who enjoys the music of Smash Into Pieces
  • Son of Amy and Jeff Barton

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    6'4" 155 lbs
  • 2023Sophomore

    6'4" 155 lbs
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.