Personal Bests
5K: 16:09.5 (CCSU Mini-Meet, Oct. 24, 2014)
6K: 20:40.48 (Stony Brook Season Opener, Aug. 30, 2014)
8K: 25:14.37 (MAAC Championship, Oct. 27, 2012)
10K: 31:48.5 (NCAA Northeast Region Championship, Nov. 9, 2012)
2014: Started the fall with a personal-best 6K time of 20:40.28 at the Aug. 30 Stony Brook Season Opener…Finished in the top-half of the 153-runner field with a time of 27:29.4 at the 8K MAAC Championship on Oct. 31.
2013: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... Ran a time of 27:16.34 at the Fordham Fiasco ... Finished fourth overall at the Leeber Invitational (26:32.77) ... Had a time of 25:52 at the New England Championships ... Rand a time of 27:17.54 at the MAAC Championships ... Ran a 33:14.2 at the NCAA Regionals ... Finished the year by running a 26:57.7 at the IC4A Championships.
2012: All-MAAC Honoree ... MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... Ran a 16:55 5K at the Marist Invite ... Clocked a 26:40.64 at the Iona Meet of Champions ... Recorded a 26:22 at the Leeber Invitational ... Ran a 25:23.40 at the New England Championships ... Had a time of 25:14.37 to place 13th overall at the MAAC Championships ... Also the first Stag across the line at NCAA Regionals, running a PR of 31:48.5 to place 68th overall ... Helped the Stags to an IC4A University Championship by posting a 26:19.0, the seventh-best time by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park.
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... Consistently a top finisher for the Stags ... Finished sixth overall at the Marist College Mini Meet (5K) posting a 17:15 as the first Stag across the line ... Ran a time of 26:41.50 at the Iona Meet of Champions ... Became only the second Stag ever to capture the Leeber Invitational, winning the event in a time of 26:37.56 and helping the Stags to a team title ... The top finisher for the Stags at the Paul Short Invitational running a 26:17... Clocked a time of 26:44 at the O’Neil Invitational to help the Stags to a team title ... Ran a personal best of 26:13.0 at the MAAC Championships to finish 17th overall and record the fourth-fastest time ever by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park ... Clocked a time of 33:59.4 at the NCAA Regionals ... Finished out the year by running a 27:25 at the IC4A Championships, helping Fairfield to a third place finish.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Bristol Central ... Helped the Rams to a Class L State Championship as a senior captain ... Four-time All-Conference selection ... Also earned All-State honors ... Also lettered in track, earning numerous All-Conference and All-State accolades ... Member of the National Honor Society ... On Bristol Central’s Quiz Bowl Team ... Member of the Interact Club.
Personal: Son of Peter and Shelia Kelley ... Has a sister ... Contributor to The Mirror ... Member of the Peer Conduct Board and Leaders for Environmental Action at Fairfield (LEAF) ... Named to the University’s Dean’s List ... In the Fairfield’s Honors Program ... Magis Scholar ... Double major in politics and history with a minor in American studies.
