John Pickhaver Hometown: Drexel Hill, Pa. High School: St. Joseph's Prep Position: Cross Country/Distance Experience: Jr./So.

On Pickhaver: Has developed into a strong distance runner over the past two years and will be expected to continue making strides this season ... Capable of helping the team in meets and will look to become a scorer at the BIG EAST Championships.

2012 Indoor: Finished 10th in the college section of the 5000 meters at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational with a time of 14:50.03 and came in 12th at the Great Dane Classic (15:16.33).

2011 Cross Country: Competed at the BIG EAST Championships and came in 67th out of 123 runners with a time of 25:23.9 ... Opened the season at the Main Line Invitational and came in 11th out of 85 runners with a four-mile time of 20:02.20 ... Placed 64th overall and was fifth on the team at the Paul Short Run, covering the 8K course in a career-best time of 25:19 ... Finished 34th in the "B" race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (25:53).

2011 Outdoor: Ran the 10000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships and came in 12th with a time of 31:29.57 while running the event for the first time ... Set a personal best time in the 5000 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational, where he came in 13th in his section with a mark of 14:47.07 ... Was also 13th in his section of the 5000 meters at the Colonial Relays with a time of 14:50.04 ... Came in 28th in the 1500 meters at the Big Five Invite to open the season, where he registered a time of 4:07.96 ... Established a personal best in the 1500 meters with a mark of 4:01.11 at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet.

2011 Indoor: Ran two races each in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Placed third in the 5000 meters with a then career-best time of 14:52.42 at the Albany Great Dane Invitational ... Also came in 17th in the college section of the race at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (15:14.40) ... Placed seventh in the 3000 meters (8:55.07) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational and eighth in a personal best time of 8:39.64 at the NYRR I meet.

2010 Cross Country: Ran in three races during the season and was part of the team's lineup at the Notre Dame Invitational, where he came in 97th with an 8K time of 25:34 ... Was the seventh Villanova finisher in that race ... Came in 10th at the Main Line Invitational and fourth at the Haverford Invitational with nearly identical four-mile times ... Had a time of 20:21.35 in his first race and 20:21.13 in his second race.

2010 Outdoor: Redshirted ... Notched a season-best time of 4:06.92 in the 1500 meters as an unattached entry at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet.

2010 Indoor: Redshirted.

2009 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Finished 22nd in the Main Line Invitational and 10th in the JV Meet at Haverford as an unattached runner ... The better of his two times on the four-mile course was 20:52.39 in his first race ... Registered an 8K time of 25:24 in the open race at the Paul Short Run and placed 11th overall.

St. Joseph's Prep: Philadelphia Catholic League champion in the outdoor 3200 meters as a senior, as well as the individual cross country champion.

Personal: Son of John (deceased) and Nancy ... Has three sisters, Caitlin, Julie and Kelly ... Julie and Kelly are both Villanova graduates ... Majoring in Political Science.

PERSONAL BESTS

1500 Meters                 4:01.11           2011 Swarthmore Last Chance Meet
3000 Meters                 8:39.64           2011 NYRR I
5000 Meters                 14:46.07          2011 Larry Ellis Invitational
8000 Meters (XC)            25:19             2011 Paul Short Run
10000 Meters                31:29.57          2011 BIG EAST Championships

CAREER AWARDS

BIG EAST Academic All-Star                    2009-10, 2010-11