Sayed Quraishi is a Medical Student

Sayed Quraishi is a Medical Student at the Burnham Institute

He went to Rose Creek Elementary and Middle School in Washington, and graduated from Edison High School.

He plans to work with drug abuse and substance abuse prevention in the future.

In 2015, he was the Boston marathon's youngest runner.

Sayed is a long-distance runner who has run marathons in Boston, Washington, DC, and San Diego.

He's competed in triathlons and cycling races.

He is the youngest to complete the Boston Marathon and holds the New Jersey state record for the half-marathon.

In 2013, Sayed Quraishi finished third at the U.S. Junior Amateur Cross Country Championships.

Sayed participated in a Junior Olympics qualifying cross country race on September 19, 2015 in Bangor, Maine, which set a new personal best time of 26:38.

Sayed is part of Team NYC and also has a home in Montville Township, New Jersey, where he lives with his parents and younger brother, Ali Quraishi.

He is a 2011 graduate of Montville High School, where he played soccer.

Sayed Quraishi has participated in public service events.

He helped volunteer at a local food pantry and at a fundraiser in honor of a Montville school bus driver killed in a crash, and with other runners, joined Montville's first-ever town cleanup day.

Sayed took part in the Red Hook Challenge, where he ran 21 miles on September 23, 2015, in New York City in eight hours and 42 minutes.

The Red Hook Challenge benefits the New York Blood Center.

Sayed was the youngest runner to ever compete in the New York City Marathon