The Irish are currently ranked fifth in the men's regional rankings and third in the women's.
AS A JUNIOR (Cross Country): Continued stellar career as a junior, earning all-conference and all-region accolades while competing in five meets during the cross country season ... earned all-BIG EAST honors after finishing 12th out of 123 runners at the 8K BIG EAST Championships (23:55.4) ... turned in solid performance at the Great Lakes Regional meet, finishing 17th out of 211 runners on the 10K course (30:41.3) ... finished first on the team at the NCAA National Championships, placing 105th out of 255 runners on the 10K course (30:49.7) ... opened year at the Notre Dame Invitational, crossing the finish line 73rd out of 205 runners in the 8K blue race (25:11) ... placed 76th out of 270 runners at the 8K Wisconsin Invitational (24:41.0) in the last tune-up before the conference meet.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in six cross country meets during the season ... placed eighth at the National Catholic Championships (25:00) ... finished 16th in the Great Lakes Regional 10K event (30.42:01) ... also competed at the NCAA Championships ... participated in 13 meets during the track and field season, earning All-American status in the 4,000m distance medley relay and winning four BIG EAST titles ... finished ninth in the 1,500m at the NCAA Championships (3:45.53), missing All-America honors by one place ... finished third at the NCAA East Regionals (3:46.75) to qualify for nationals ... won a pair of BIG EAST Outdoor titles, winning the 1,500m in 3:46.38 and helping the 4x800m relay team to victory in 7:24.91 ... ... ran a leg on the 4,000m distance medley relay team that placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships (9:30.16, ND record), earning All-America honors ... won two more BIG EAST titles at the indoor championships, claiming the mile title (4:08.01) and the 4x800m relay (7:25.31) ... ran a leg of the 4x1,600m relay team that placed second at the outdoor Drake Relays (16:38.99) ... placed second at the outdoor Mt. SAC Relays in the 1,500m (3:41.11) ... won the 800m run at the outdoor Texas Roadhouse Border Battle (1:50.45) ... claimed second at the outdoor Stanford Invitational in the 1,500m (3:44.09) ... won the mile at the indoor Meyo Invitational (3:59.62) ... claimed victory in the 800m run at the indoor Indiana University Relays (1:49.15) ... opened season with victory in the 1,000m run at the indoor Notre Dame Invitational (2:22.53) ... earned a monogram in both sports.
AS A FRESHMAN: First-place finish and personal best in the 800 at the Border Battle ... finished in 1:51 ... started the season at the Blue and Gold Invitational in the 1,000 (2:28.36) ... placed second overall in the 800 ... finished 1:53.46 in the 800 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener ... Ran the 1,600 at the Notre Dame Invitational in 4:11.16 ... 4:08.02 in the 1,600 at the Meyo Invitational ... competed in the 1,600 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships and finished in 4:12.98 ... ran the 1,500 in 3:47.85 at the Stanford Invitational ... second-place overall finish in the 1,500 (3:45.73) at the Mount SAC Relays ... placed second in the 4x1,600 relay (16:25.57) at the Drake Relays ... ran the 1,500 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in 3:57.79 ... raced at the NCAA Regionals in the 1,500 (3:51.89).
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Cross country and track standout at Lakeshore Catholic (Ontario, Canada) ... four-year track team captain ... conference and regional champion as a junior and senior ... state champion during senior year ... earned all-conference, all-city, all-state and all-Canadian honors as a senior ... set the Penn Relays high school 1,600 record (4:08) ... holds six different city records ... Canadian junior indoor 1,000 record holder (2:25.7) ... represented Canada at the 2009 Pan Am Junior Games in Trinidad ... national high school indoor 1,600 champion ... Canadian junior 1,500 champion ... OFSAA 1,500 champion ... born May 19, 1991, in Port Colborne, Ontario ... son of Wayne and Tereza Rae ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a major in political science.
