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2011 Men's Cross Country Roster

Matt Brunelle

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oakham, Mass.
  • Highschool Quabbin Regional

Biography

8K Personal Best: 26:15
10K Personal Best: 34:04.1

2010: MAAC All-Academic Team … Returned as one of the Stags top-finishers after missing sophomore campaign … Began the season at the Marist Mini Meet with a time of 16:49 … Ran a time of 26:45 to help the Stags to a team title at the Fairfield Invitational … Ran the fourth-fastest time by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park by posting a time of 26:36.5 at the Iona Meet of Champions … Ran a time of 27:27.64 to help the Stags to a team title at the Leeber Invitational … Posted a time of 26:31 at the Paul Short Invitational … Fairfield’s top-finisher at Connecticut College Invitational, notching a time of 26:15, good for 16th overall … Had a time of 26:23.8 at the MAAC Championships, helping Fairfield to a fourth-place finish … Ran a time of 34:04.1 at NCAA Regionals … Finished the year by clocking a 27:17.4 at the IC4A Championships.

2009: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... Missed the season due to injury.

2008: Consistently finished among the top-four for the Stags ... Made collegiate debut at the Fordham Fiasco, running a 29:11.96 ... Posted a time of 27:20.41 at the Fairfield Invitational ... Notched fastest 8K at the Leeber Invitational with a time of 27:12 ... Ran a 28:27 at the New England Championships ... Notched a time of 16:11 at the CCSU Mini Meet ... Clocked a 27:17.07 at the MAAC Championships ... Ran a 37:21.6 at the NCAA Regionals ... Posted a time of 28:23 at the IC4A Championships.

High School: A nine-time letterwinner in cross country and track at Quabbin Regional ... Was the team's top distance runner all four years ... As a senior, captured every race entered except one ... A two-time state qualifer and Midland-Wachusett 'B' All-Star in cross country ... Earned all-star honors from The Worcester Telegram and Gardner News in both cross country and track ... A six-time state qualifer and four-time league all-star in track ... Served as a team captain sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... Was the president of Quabbin's chapter of the National Honor Society ... Member of Student Government and Quabbin Blue and Gold Key Society.

Personal: Son of Michael and Donna Brunelle ... Has four siblings ... Named to the University’s Dean’s List ... Major is mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Junior

  • 2011Senior