2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2022-23:
- Competed at eight events during indoor season, including taking part in the shot put at Liberty League Indoor Championships.
BEFORE RIT:
- Team captain at West Seneca West Senior High School in 2021-22.
- Two-time team MVP.
- Fifth in Section VI in shot put in 2022.
- Sixth in Section VI weight throw in 2022.
PERSONAL:
- Full name: Edmund Mason Bedient
- Son of Sara and Ed.
- Born in Buffalo, N.Y.
- Started competing in seventh grade as a way to get better at football, ended up loving it.
- Best advice: "Get up." His coach would tell him and his teammates this so much that it became their catchphrase and was on their jerseys.
- Best favorite athletic-related moment: Setting a personal best and and finishing fifth at team championships his junior year after having a "terrible" two weeks of practice.
- Hobbies: Watching sports, especially football, soccer, baseball, and F1.
- Has volunteered for his local elementary school PTA, church events, and the West Seneca Rotary.
- Favorite pro team: New York Yankees.
- Favorite athletes: Olympian Ryan Crouser and F1 driver Max Verstappen.
Historical Player Information
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2022-23First Year
Throws
5'11"
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2024-25Junior
Throws
6'0"