Cross country and track standout shines on and off the course
Aksel Laudon (ENG’22, CAMED’26) was named Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2023, and he finished first in the open 5K at the 2022 Battle in Beantown, with a time of 15:32.
Meanwhile, Laudon made the dean’s list all eight semesters of his undergraduate career, and was co-valedictorian of the Boston University College of Engineering Class of 2022. He’s worked on research including appendicitis diagnostic coding and investigating proteinuric kidney disease by studying patterns of protein expression in genetically modified mouse kidneys.
Now in his final season of collegiate cross-country competition, Laudon is pursuing an MD at BU’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
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Photo by Matt Woolverton