2023 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2022-23 (Senior)
- Completed in six cross country meets and was among the team’s top three five times
- Led the squad at Alabama-Huntsville finishing 25th overall in season-best 8K of 24:09.8
- All-G-MAC Second Team performer by placing 13th in 25:17.9
- Came across the line 11th overall at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational in 25:35.4
- Placed 52nd of 196 competitors at the Division II Midwest Regional in 32:27.5 for the 10K
- Set indoor track PR’s in the mile (4:15.71), 3K (8:32.78), and 5K (14:35.99)
- Placed seventh at the G-MAC Outdoor Championship in both the 5K (14:53.31) and 10K (30:12.89)
- Holds the Nos. 2, 7, 10 fastest 10K times in school history
- Clocked in a 5K PR of 14:40.47 at the University of Virginia Challenge
- CSC Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-District® Team
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2021-22 (Junior)
- Participated in six cross country meets finishing among the team’s top three each time and was No. 1 three times
- All-G-MAC Men’s Cross Country Second Team placing 14th overall in 25:12.2
- Placed 19th out of 337 competitors at the Queens Challenge in a career-best 8K of 23:59.1
- Finished 10th overall in the All-Ohio Championship in 25:27.1
- Came in 19th in the Division II Midwest Regional with a 10K mark of 31:05.0
- Team’s No. 2 finisher in the NCAA Division II Championship in 33:05.9
- NCCAA Indoor 5,000 meter champion in 14:59.42
- Posted a career-best 5K time of 14:38.12 at Grand Valley State
- Turned in indoor PR’s in the mile (4:22.17) at Wittenberg and 3K (8:44.34) at Ashland
- Set the outdoor school record in the 10K in 29:43.92 at Lee
- G-MAC Outdoor 10K runner-up in 30:00.91
- Registered PR’s in the 1,500 (3:58.41) at Western Kentucky and 5K (14:40.76) at Ohio State
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Team’s No. 1 finisher in all three meets during Covid-shortened season
- Taylor Invitational runner-up in season-best 8K of 25:26.2 to lead Jackets to team title
- Placed eighth in the G-MAC Championship in 25:34.6
- Named to the All-G-MAC Men’s Cross Country First Team
- Rio Grande Classic runner-up in 26:01.5
- Ran in four indoor track meets with season bests in the 3K (9:01.30) and 5K (15:33.50)
- Established outdoor PR’s in the 1,500 (4:07.26) at Tiffin and in the 5K (14:51.13) at Miami
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Competed in five meets with a season-best 8K of 25:57 to finish 30th in the G-MAC Championship
- Placed 13th in the NCCAA Championship in 27:23 for national championship team
- Timed in 26:22 in the Friendship Invitational for 19th place
- CU’s #5 runner in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in 33:58 for the 10K
- NCCAA Indoor Champion in the 5,000 meters in 15:24.64
- Won the Youngstown State indoor 5K in 15:24.09
- Posted a season-best 5,000 meter time of 15:17.98 at Grand Valley State
- Set indoor PR’s in the mile (4:30.39) and 3K (8:55.49)
- G-MAC Academic Team
High School
- Three-year letter winner in cross country at perennial Ohio Division I power Mason High School
- Earned all-state honors as a senior with 24th-place performance in the OHSAA DI state championship
- Placed fourth individually in the 2018 regional and Southwest District runner-up
- Greater Miami Conference runner-up with a 5K career-best 15:36
- Recognized as the third-fastest cross country runner in Mason High School history
- Team’s Most Valuable Runner and one of 12 athletes selected to run for Team Ohio in Mideast Meet of Champions
- Helped team to third-place finish in 2018 Ohio Division I Cross Country Championship
- Member of 2017 and 2018 regional championship squads
- Three-time Southwest District and three-time Greater Miami Conference champions
- Three-year letter winner on the track in the distance events
- All-Ohio Division I performer placing ninth in the state meet in the 3,200 meters
- Achieved All-City and All-Southwest Ohio First Team recognition in the 3,200
- Regional 3,200 meter runner-up and placed third in the Southwest District Championship
- Set high school PR’s of 4:22 in the 1,600 and 9:24 in the 3,200
- Member of 2018 and 2019 Southwest District and Greater Miami Conference track & field title teams
- Academic All-Ohio, Southwest District All-Academic, and OATCCC Greater Miami Conference All-Academic
Personal
- Dean’s Honor List student as a molecular biology major
- Born October 25, 2000 in Mason, Ohio
- Son of Todd and Emily Kelly
- Father was a four-year soccer player at Asbury University
- Younger brother, Levi, is a sophomore soccer player at Taylor University
- Has one older brother and another younger brother
Historical Player Information
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2019Freshman
5'11"
150 lbs
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2020Sophomore
5'11"
155 lbs
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