Aidan Budge

Aidan Budge
Aidan Budge
  • Hometown:
    Newton, CT
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Newtown
Bio

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFFRS)

2024 Cross Country: All-Northeast Conference...Placed 6th at the NEC Championships (26:10.0)...Ran 8k in 25:06.8 at the Ted Owen Invitational to place 4th...Placed 6th at Ken O'Brien Minuteman Invitational with time of 18:37.2

2024 Outdoor: First Team All-Northeast Conference (4x800m)...Placed 3rd at NEC Championships in 800m (1:53.69) and set collegiate-best in 5000 (14:50.39) to place 6th...Ran collegiate-best in 800m (1:52.27) at Blue Devil Invite, 1500m (3:57.77) at UMass Flagship Opener.

2024 Indoor: First Team All-Northeast Conference (DMR) and Second Team All-Northeast Conference (800m)...Ran on gold-winning DMR (10:05.67) and placed 2nd in 800 (1:53.41) at NEC Championships...Set collegiate-best in Mile (4:22.57) at UMass Flagship Invitational.

2023 Cross Country: Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year...All-Northeast Conference...Placed fourth at NEC Championships (25:32.80)...Ran collegiate-best in 10K (31:16.0) at NCAA Regional...NEC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 13, Oct. 4)

2023 Outdoor: First Team All Northeast Conference... NEC Rookie of the Week (5/3)... Competed in the 800m race at the Raleigh Relays meet, finishing in 1:54.00... Notched a personal best time in the 1,500m race at the AIC Yellowjacket Invitational, crossing the finish line in 4:06.40 to place second... Ran a collegiate best time of 1:52.92 in the 800m run at the Blue Devil Invitational, finishing second... Was a part of CCSU’s first place finishing 4x800m relay at the 2023 NEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also competed in the 800m race, coming in at 1:55.48 to take sixth place... Finished out the season competing in the 800m race at the 2023 Yale Last Chance Meet, crossing the finish line in 1:53.20 to place tenth.

2022-23 Indoor: Named NEC Rookie of the Week on 2/14... Placed fourth in the 800m race with a time of 1:54.73 at the NEC Indoor Track and Field Championships and was a part of the third-place finishing distance medley relay (10:21.42)...Ran the 800m race in 1:53.50 at the Last Chance National Qualifier at BU... Notched personal best time in the 800 at the 2023 Indoor IC4A/ECAC Championships with a time of 1:53.44.

Before Central: Competed for Coach Straight and Coach Osborne at Newtown High School. 2022 All-SWC Cross Country. 2021 All-SWC Cross Country. 2020 All-SWC Indoor Track and Fiel. Indoor 4x800 school record holder. 2022 SWC Outdoor 800m winner.

News mentions
The CCSU men's cross country team made it back-to-back NEC Championships with a dominating performance on Friday at Stanley Quarter Park. (Photo: Steve McLaughlin)
Jake Ireland was named NEC Male Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Wednesday, for the second consecutive race. (Photo: Mike Orazzi for SMPhoto)
Ireland Tabbed NEC Cross Country Male Athlete Of The Week

Budge, Sullivan and Rodriquez named NEC Prime Performers

The Central Connecticut men's cross country team placed second at the 20th Annual Ted Owen Invitational on Saturday. (Photo: Matt Peronace)
Men's Cross Country Finishes Runner-Up At Ted Owen Invite

Blue Devils place three in the fop five individuals

Aidan Budge (front) was named NEC Athlete of the Week on Thursday.
Budge Tabbed NEC Athlete Of The Week

Finished sixth in season-opening race

Aidan Budge (front) was named NEC Athlete of the Week on Thursday.
Men's Cross Country Finishes Runner-Up At UMass Invite

Five Blue Devils placed in the top-14