Hokie Club2020 indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters ... Was named the Southeast region 's Men's Track Athlete of the Year ... Won a gold medal in the 3,000- (7:59.09) and 5,000-meter race (13:58.28) at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Was also named the men's track MVP … Was part of the DMR team that came in third at the JDL DMR Invitational with a time of 9:40.07 ...Set a new school record with his time of 13:36.36 in the 5,000 to place second at the Iowa State Classic ... Set a personal best time of 7:53.72 in the 3,000 to finish second at the Camel City Invitational ... Clocked a time of 4:05.68 in the mile to finish third at the Hokie Invitational ... Took second in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:05.24.
2019 outdoor: Earned second-team All-America honors in the 5,000-meter race at the NCAA Championships … Ran the event in a time of 14:13.91 to finish 12th overall … Advanced to the NCAA meet after running the seventh-fastest time at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (14:03.75) … Finished fourth in the 5,000 at the Duke Invitational, running the distance in a personal-best time of 13:51.29 … Came in sixth in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 3:44.94.
2019 indoor: Won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 7:59.60 … Added a silver medal in the 5,000 at the league meet, finishing the race in a time of 14:04.65 … Was part of the DMR team that came in sixth at the JDL DMR Invitational with a time of 9:37.98 — the 10th-fastest time in school history … Was 11th in the 5,000 at the Iowa State Classic, running the distance in a personal-best time of 13:52.32 … Finished seventh in the elite 3,000 at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 7:59.90 … Came in 10th in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 2:28.26 … Was third in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational in a time of 4:07.56.
2018 outdoor: Competed in the 10,000- and 5,000-meter races at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, recording times of 30:30.62 and 14:21.59 ... Won a gold medal in the 10,000 with a time of 29:58.61 at the ACC Outdoor Championships for the second year in a row, earning first-team All-ACC honors ... Also placed fifth in the 5,000 at ACCs with a time of 14:04.62, earning second-team All-ACC honors ... Tallied a personal-best time of 3:47.00 in the 1,500 to place eighth and was a part of the distance medley relay team (9:40.86) that finished fourth at the National Relay Championships … Finished second in the 5,000 with a personal-best time of 13:53.35 at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a time of 3:52.94 seconds in the 1,500 and was part of the distance medley relay team (9:56.59) that placed first at the Tennessee Relays … Ran a time of 29:40.44 to place in the 10,000 at the Raleigh Relays.
2018 indoor: Placed third in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters at the ACC Championships, running personal-best times of 8:04.63 and 13:55.40 respectively … Won the 5,000 with a time of 14:15.60 at the Music City Challenge … Tallied a time of 8:13.05 in the 3,000 to finish 11th at the Camel City Invitational … Ran a time of 4:09.92 in the mile to finish ninth at the Liberty Kickoff … Placed sixth at the Keydet Invitational with a 4:12.31 mile.
2017 outdoor: Came in ninth in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships (14:38.44), earning second-team All-America honors for the first time in his career ... Qualified for his first-ever NCAA Championship appearance in the 5,000 with a time of 14:18.58 set at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Ran the 10,000 for the first time in his career at the ACC Championships, capturing gold with a time of 29:21.49 to earn first-team All-ACC honors ... Also competed in the 5,000 at the league championships, placing fourth with a time of 14:04.26 to earn second-team all-league honors ... Placed first in the 5,000 at the Hokie Twilight meet, finishing in 14:29.55 ... Participated in the Men's 4xMile Championship of America Invitational at the Penn Relays, earning a fourth-place finish with a school-record time of 16:28.70 ... Placed fourth in the 5,000 at the Virginia Challenge, running the event in 13 minutes, 53.92 seconds - a lifetime-best mark ... Earned a top-12 finish in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays, finishing in 3:51.79 ... Also was a member of the winning distance medley relay team at that same meet, crossing the line in 9 minutes, 46.15 seconds ... Won the 1,500 at High Point's VertKlasse Meeting with a time of 3:50.99 to start the season.
2017 indoor: Competed in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter races at the ACC Championships, earning two top-10 finishes and recording personal-best marks in both events … Was awarded second-team All-ACC honors with his sixth-place finish in the 3,000 at the conference meet … Won the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge, recording a personal-best mark of 4:07.11 … Finished second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:17.65 at the Music City Challenge ... Ran a time of 8:10.26 in the 3,00-meter race at the Camel City Invitational ... Came in third in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:08.66.
2016 outdoor: Came in fifth in the 5,000 at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships with a time of 15:31.22 … Claimed 16th in the 5,000 at the NCAA East Regional in a time of 14:20.38 … Finished third in the 1,500 at the Hokie Twilight Qualifier with a time of 3:54.11 … Recorded a time of 14:16.02 in the 5,000 at the Payton Jordan Invitational to finish seventh in his section … Ran the 5,000 at the Bison Outdoor Classic in a time of 14:04.32 to finish second in the event.
2016 indoor: Redshirted.
High school: Six-time state champion ... Named the Class 4A Athlete of the Year by the Virginia High School League following his senior season ... Won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter events at the indoor and outdoor 2015 Virginia 4A state championship meets ... In cross country, qualified for the 2014 Foot Locker South Regional, running a personal best 14:59 at the meet ... Qualified for the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego and ran the course in 16:13, finishing 30th ... Won the 2014 Virginia 4A State Cross Country Meet, as well as the 3,200 at the 2014 4A state outdoor track meet ... Owns personal-best times of 4:10 in the 1,600 and 9:10 in the 3,200.
Personal: Born Feb. 18, 1997 … Son of Paul and Martha Seufer … Has two older brothers … Graduated in May 2019 with a degree in finance.
Seufer's Track and Field Career Bests
IndoorOutdoor
Mile - 4:05.24, VT Invitational (2020)
1,000m — 2:28.26, Hokie Invitational (2019)
3,000m — 7:53.72, Camel City Invitational (2020)
5,000m — 13:36.36, Iowa State Classic (2020)
1,500m — 3:44.94, Tennessee Relays (2019)
5,000m — 13:51.29, Duke Invitational (2019)
10,000m — 29:21.49, ACC Championships (2017)