The most decorated and successful Tri-Valley male runner, Van Furman’s resume speaks for itself. Van holds a New York State Cross Country Federation title and two State Cross Country Championships (2023 and 2024). He’s a state outdoor 3200m champion and holds the #1 time in the USA for the 3000m steeplechase this past outdoor season. Van’s list of records is truly staggering: he owns a meet record at the prestigious Loucks meet, the OCIAA Cross Country record in Warwick with a time of 14:59, the school records for the 3200m indoors and outdoors, the 5000m outdoors, the 3000m steeplechase, and no doubt, more records will fall before he graduates.
On November 23rd, Van Furman was the first Tri-Valley athlete to ever punch a ticket to the Nike Cross National Championships in Portland, Oregon. Van finished 4th in the largest, most competitive Federations race ever. Van was named to the NXR 1st Team and ran a time of 16:04.
Van then competed at the Foot Locker Regional meet in Boston, MA on November 30th – racing to try to qualify for the prestigious Footlocker Nationals in San Diego. He finished 6th with a time of 15:29.
Van then went on to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon this past weekend and finished 48th out of 199 runners with a time of 16:11. Van was the first New York boy to cross the line, and the fifth out of the entire Northeast.
Van Furman is one of the only eight runners in the US who has qualified and will be competing at both national competitions. In Boston, he punched his ticket to the prestigious Foot Locker Championships in San Diego this Saturday, December 14th. Footlocker is the most historic and prestigious cross country championship in the United States and only the top 40 of the best runners in the country qualify for this race. Tune in to the live broadcast on Saturday at 12:45pm EST: https://footlockercrosscountry.runnerspace.com/
Van has committed to Georgetown University. We are incredibly proud of him and hope he continues to find more appreciation and value for all of the great ways running can change his life.