2006: Season-best time of 28:31 at Capital Athletic Conference championships … clocking is seventh-best all-time in program history … competed in all nine meets … consistently one of Hood’s top five runners.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year member of the cross country and outdoor track and field teams at Spring-Ford High School … Also competed with the winter track club for two years ... Member of the league championship 4x800-meter relay team as a junior … Captained the cross country and track teams as a senior.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communications … Son of David and Rose Ames … Blair Ames was born Mar. 31, 1988, in Phoenixville, Pa.