Michael Harden

Position:
Jumps/Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Reading, Mass.
High School:
Reading

2025-26
Outdoor: Placed 17th in the 400-meter run with a time of 52.86 at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/17-18)... Secured a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.23 and long jump with a leap of 6.71 meters at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Championship Invite (4/25)... Placed 11th in the long jump with a leap of 6.42 meters and 10th in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.24 at the Jay Carisella and Joe Donahue Coaches Invite (5/2)... Finished seventh in the long jump at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship (5/8-9) with a jump of 6.62 meters... Finished ninth in the long jump with a leap of 6.80 meters at the MAC Outdoor Championship (5/14-16).
Indoor: Earned a third-place finish in the 4x400 yard relay (Sten, Harden, Wolinski, Mulligan) with a time of 3:20.94 at the Harvard Classic (12/6)... Placed 40th in the 300-meter run with a time of 36.56 at the Beantown Challenge (1/17)... Finished 16th in the 400 meter run with a finish of 49.90 and seventh in the 4x400 meter relay (Gaskins, Lewis, Harden, Kirn) with a time of 3:19.39 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White meet (1/24)... Placed 15th in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.16 and seventh in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Lewis, Harden, Gaskins) with a finish of 3:15.64 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championship (2/7-8)... Earned fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Sanchez, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:12.37 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/13-14) breaking the men’s indoor program record... Placed fourth in the 400-meter run with a finish of 50.01 at the Saucony Battle for Boston (2/22)... Scored in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Harden, Sanchez, Gaskins) with a time of 3:21.09 to earn third place and 11th in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.32 at the MAC Indoor Championship (2/27-28).

2024-25
Outdoor: Earned a pair of second place finishes in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.02 and the 4x400 meter relay (Gaskins, Medeiros, Harden, Calitri) with a finish of 3:29.02 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Placed third in the 400-meter run with a performance of 49.03 and first in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Scalia, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:15.70 at the UMass Lafreniere Commonwealth Invite (4/12)... Placed 23rd in the 400-meter run with a time of 48.12 and 11th in the 4x400 meter relay (Lewis, Sten, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:12.58 at the Georgia Tech Invite (4/18-19)... Earned first place in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Scalia, Clark, Harden) with a finish of 3:15.51 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27)... Scored in the 400-meter run with a time of 48.44 securing fifth place and the 4x400 meter relay (Harden, Scalia, Sten, Gaskins) with a time of 3:13.47 to earn seventh place at the A-10 Outdoor Championship (5/3-4)... Placed ninth in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.09 and second in the 4x400 meter relay (Harden, Sten, Sanders, Gaskins) with a time of 3:14.99 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship (5/10)... Earned first in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Wolinski, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:10.46 at the UMass Last Chance Final Qualifier (5/15).

2023-24
Indoor: Placed 4th in the long jump with a leap of 7.01 meters and placed 6th in the 60 meter dash setting a new personal record of 7.00 seconds at the UCONN Husky Challenge (12/7-8)... Placed 4th in the 4x400 meter relay (Mattews, McKay, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:20.69 minutes and placed 7th in the long jump with a leap of 6.95 meters at the UMass Amherst Flagship Indoor Invitational (1/14)... Earned 3rd place in the long jump with a leap of 7.04 meters and placed 8th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.06 seconds at the Boston University Battle in Beantown (1/20)... Placed 8th in the long jump with a leap of 7.06 meters at the Crimson Elite (2/2)... Placed 5th in the 4x400 meter relay (Lewis, McKay, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:17.77 at the A10 Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/23-24)... Earned 3rd place in the 4x400 meter relay (Mattews, Lewis, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:16.88 minutes at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/1-2).
Outdoor: Earned 1st place in the 4x100 meter relay (Clark, Rodia, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 41.24 seconds and earned his name in the record book as 5th all-time, also earned 2nd place in the 4x400 meter relay (Harden, Gaskins, Truncer, Mattews) with a time of 3:26.91 minutes at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)...Placed 6th in the long jump with a leap of 6.53 meters at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (4/26-27).

2022-23
Indoor: Competed in the long jump and 200-meter dash at the A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-26) … Took fourth place in the 200-meter dash in 23.08 seconds and sixth place in the long jump with a 20’8.75” at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/11) … Competed in the long jump and 200-meter dash at the New England Championship (2/2-3) … Leapt 21’0.5” to 11th place in the long jump at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27) … Claimed sixth place in the long jump with a mark of 21’0.5” at the Battle of Beantown (1/21) … Took sixth place as a member of the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:26.14 at the Beacon Invitational (12/10)