2010: Ran in nine races for the Monks as a first-year runner…paced the Royal Blue in all nine meets…narrowly missed collecting All-GNAC honors with a 12th-place finish – and 29:07 time - in the conference meet on October 30th…was the only SJC runner to participate in the ECAC and NCAA Regional Championships…placed 138th out of 300 runners with a season-best 28:56 effort in the ECAC Championship…finished 184th out of 333 runners in the NCAA Regional with a 29:23 performance.

High School: Ran cross country at Cheverus for three years...two-year team captain and two-time team MVP...also named as the team's rookie of the year...member of two State of Maine Runner-Up squads...Stags finished runners-up in Western Maine three times during his career...placed ninth in the Western Maine meet as a senior.

Personal: Full name Eric M. Friend...born on April 27, 1989 in Lewiston, Maine...son of Angela Bisson...majoring in Business Management.