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# Athlete of the Week: Nashua North's Eric Muite
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/athlete-of-the-week-nashua-norths-eric-muite/
- Published: 2010-12-16T23:04:14.000Z
- Updated: 2010-12-16T23:04:14.000Z
- Description: Eric Muite saw a few familiar faces at the Harvard (University) Open Track Meet on Saturday. Something was different about all of those competitors from seasons past. All of them were wearing different uniforms, showing off which college track team they were representing.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division I, Winter Sports, Athlete of the Week, boys track, Nashua North, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Eric Muite saw a few familiar faces at the Harvard (University) Open Track Meet on Saturday.

Something was different about all of those competitors from seasons past. All of them were wearing different uniforms, showing off which college track team they were representing.

Muite, a senior and a hurdler for the Nashua High School North boys track team, really was in a class by himself.

Despite having only practiced for a week and running against a field of college athletes – and running at a college-level hurdle height – Muite held his own, finishing fifth overall in the 60-meter high hurdles in 8.55 seconds. For his efforts, Muite was selected as NH-HighSchoolSports.com’s Athlete of the Week.

“It was exciting, knowing that I worked hard,” Muite said. “I put in as much work as I could in the summer. It showed when I ran on Saturday.”

While North coach Nate Burns has seen Muite do some impressive things over his high school career, he was a little surprised by the senior’s performance.

“I was real impressed with what he did,” Burns said. “He really only hurdled twice last week. We knew that Saturday wasn’t going to be that important, but it would be a good place for him to come out and see where he was at. To make the finals and then finish fifth is incredible. The hurdles are 42 inches (in college), and for him, he’s not the tallest hurdler out there.”

Even though he’s on the shorter side for a hurdle, Muite has been able to take advantage of his talents from his first day to reach the top, as he won both the Class L indoor (55) and outdoor (110) individual hurdle titles last season.

“He’s the only kid who I’ve ever coached who has come out on the first day of practice as a freshman being able to three-step between the hurdles,” Burns said. “He’s always been a pretty confident hurdler. It’s one of those things where he has progressed everyday and gotten better. It’s paid off.”

Muite’s confidence is easy to see in the calm way he approaches and goes over the hurdles, whether it’s in a meet or just when he’s practicing. That poise helped going into the Harvard Meet.

“I wasn’t nervous because I knew that my focus was to improve myself and not worry about how the other players were performing,” he said. “I saw myself as facing the older kids, so it means the better I do, the more advantage I have over the other kids in the future. It was kind of intimidating looking at the taller, bigger guys, but I knew I could do what I had to do.”

Last February, Muite ran in the Boston University Valentine Invitational, also against college athletes, and he hopes to be able do the same this season. While he also played football for the Titans in the fall, track is what he wants to continue doing after high school and Muite is hopeful that last week’s results opened a few eyes.

“I think it will open some doors,” he said. “They (colleges) are looking at talent and experience. I work hard and coaches like that. Every year, I’ve dropped a second on my time.”

Muite and the rest of the Titans will get their first taste of high school competition at noon on Saturday, when they head to Dartmouth College.