University of Massachusets Athletics
2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster
Erik Unger
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Selwyn, Ontario
- High School:
- Adam Scott
2025-26
Outdoor: Finished eighth in the 10k with a personal-best time of 31:46.54 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Placed 29th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.11 and 17th in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 3:59.50 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)... Placed 26th in the mile with a time of 4:18.85 at the Friar Invitational (4/10)... Secured 15th in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:04.68 at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11).
Indoor: Placed 27th in the 3k with a time of 8:46.75 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (2/7-8)... Finished 13th in the mile with a time of 4:24.79 and 14th in the 3k with a finish of 9:15.75 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14)... Placed ninth in the 3k with a time of 8:37.28 at the NEICAAA Indoor Championship (3/6-7).
Cross Country: Opened season with a third-place finish in the 6k with a time of 18:41.0 at the Ken O’Brien Invitational (8/30)... Finished fifth in the 4.95 mile run with a time of 24:54.4 at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational (9/20).
2024-25
Outdoor: Earned third place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.02 and second in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 3:53.34 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Ran a personal-best time of 14:42.23 in the 5k at the Providence College Friar Invitational (4/11) for 22nd place... Secured second place in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:50.73 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27)... Placed 23rd in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:01.70 and ninth in the 4x800 meter relay (Kirn, Unger, Medeiros, Calitri) with a time of 7:42.51 at the A-10 Outdoor Championships (5/3-4)... Took fourth in the 5k with a finish of 14:44.03 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships (5/10).
Indoor: Placed 24th in the 1k with a finish of 2:37.07 and 10th in the mile with a time of 4:17.80 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/12)... Placed 15th in the 3k with a time of 8:30.47 at the Battle in Beantown (1/18)... Finished 36th in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.86 and 31st in the mile with a time of 4:22.73 at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24-25)... Placed 92nd in the 3k at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1) with a finish of 8:24.55... Earned silver in the 3k with a personal-best time of 8:15.97 at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (3/7-8).
Cross Country: Competed in seven meets, scoring in two … Took 91st overall (31:52.2) at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/15) … Earned 19th overall (24:36.5) at the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships (11/2) … Claimed 84th overall (24:11.5) at the Princeton Cross Country Fall Classic (10/18) … Placed third overall and second for the Minutemen (24:36.4) at the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup (10/11) Was the No. 5 runner for UMass and 124th overall (24:54.9) at the Paul Short Run (10/5) … Earned 15th overall (26:05) at the Ted Owen Invitational (9/21) … Claimed 17th overall (19:20.22) at the Ken O’Brien Minutemen Invitational (8/31).
2023-2024
Cross Country: Competed in six meets, scoring in five … Took 99th out of 259 competitors, completing the 10K course in 31:21.0 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/10) … Was the No. 2 Minuteman across the finish line coming in 15th with a time of personal best time of 24:37.09 (8K) at the Atlantic 10 Championships (10/28) to earn All-Conference recognition … Was also named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team … Claimed UMass' No. 4 scoring spot in 69th (25:04.7, 8K) at the IC4A Championships (10/13) … Was the squad's No. 2 scorer, taking 67th with a time of 24:51.2 (8K) at the Paul Short Run (9/30) … Scored for the first time as the fourth runner for UMass and placed 10th overall (15:23.9) at the Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (9/9).
Indoor: Competed in 2 meets for the Minutemen.
Outdoor: Placed 5th in the 800 meter run with a personal record time of 1:56.07 minutes at the Black & Gold Invitational (3/29-30)... Placed 5th in the 4x400 meter relay (Calitri, Kirn, Mullahy, Unger) with a time of 3:31.68 minutes at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)... Set a new personal record in the 1500 meter run of 4:00.09 at the A10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/4-5).
Before UMass: Graduated from Adam Scott CVI in Peterborough, Ontario in 2023 … PRs entering UMass: 800m (1:53.15), 1500m (3:52.99), mile (4:14.28), 3K (8:23.71) … Earned varsity letters in cross country in 2020, 2022 and 2023 and in track and field in 2022 and 2023 … Also earned three varsity letters in cross country skiing (2020, 2022, 2023).
Personal: Born Erik Lucas Michael Unger … Son of Teija and Michael … Father, Michael, was an alpine skier for University of Toronto … Earned honors with distinction all four years at Adam Scott and Top Mark in physics in 2022.
