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2012 Stags Cross Country 13
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-
Academic Team … Opened the season by running a
17:27 at the Marist Mini Meet ... Ran a time of time of 26:50.66 at the Iona
Meet of Champions ... Posted a time of 28:52.96 at the Leeber Invitational to
help the Stags defend their title ... Ran a 26:54 at the Paul Short Invitational ...
Clocked a time of 27:22 at the O’Neil Invitational to help Fairfield to a team title
... Posted a time of 26:45.5 at the MAAC Championships ... Registered a per-
sonal best in the 10K at the NCAA Regionals, running a time of 34:13.8 ...
Closed out the year with fastest 8K at the IC4A Championships, finishing in
26:45 to help the Stags to a third place finish.
2010: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team … A consistent
middle finisher for the Stags … Began season with a 16:51 at the Marist Mini
Meet … Clocked a time of 27:06 to help the Stags to a team title at the Fairfield
Invitational … Ran a time of 27:09.81 at the Iona Meet of Championships, the
16th best performance by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park in program history …
Had a time of 27:40.78 to help the Stags to a team title at the Leeber
Invitational … Stags’ top-finisher at the Paul Short Invitational, finishing in
26:27 … Ran a time of 26:19 at the Connecticut College Invitational … Clocked
a time of 26:17.5 to help Fairfield to a fourth place finish at the MAAC
Championships … Had a time of 34:14.8 at the NCAA Regionals … Finished the
year with a 27:00.2 at the IC4A Championships.
2009: A consistent middle finisher for the Stags ... Made collegiate debut
against New Haven, running a 16:58 5K ... Finished in 27:39 at the Fairfield
Invitational ... Notched a time of 28:11.22 at the Iona Meet of Champions ...
Ran fastest 8K at the Leeber Invitational (26:54) ... Had a time of 27:03 at the
New England Championships ... Ran a time of 28:33.01 at the MAAC
Championships ... Posted a time of 36:00 at the NCAA Regionals ... Clocked a
time of 28:24.9 at the IC4A Regionals.
High School: Varsity letterwinner in cross country and track all four years at
Cactus Shadows ... Helped cross country team to three Regional
Championships ... Falcons finished as the runner-up at the 2008 State
Championships ... A four-time First Team All-Region selection ... First Team All-
State pick as a junior and an honorable mention as a sophomore ... Selected
as a Dairy Men Counsel of America First Team All-American ... Served as a team
captain as a junior and senior ... A two-time team MVP.
Personal: Son of Byron and Yvonne Short … Named to the University’s Dean’s
List ... Member of the Economics Honor Society ... Member of SAAC ... Board
member for the Economics Club. Resident Assistant in the Creative Residential
College Former co-president of the Loyola RCC ... Majoring management and
economics with a minor in entrepreneurship.
Kyle
Short
Senior
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Cactus Shadows
8K PR:
26:17.5
10K PR: 34:13.8
Team Captain
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-
Academic Team … A consistent top-six finisher for the
Stags ... Began the year by running a 17:20 at the Marist Mini Meet ... Clocked
a time of 27:13.88 at the Iona Meet of Champions ... Ran a personal best of
27:02.25 at the Leeber Invitational, helping the Stags defend their title ...
Clocked a time of 27:53 at the O’Neil
Invitational to help the Stags to a team
title ... Ran a time of 27:04.4 at the
MAAC Championships ... Closed out the
year at the IC4A Championships, running
a 27:13 to help the Stags to a third place
finish.
2010: Had a solid rookie campaign,
posting two of the top-20 best Fairfield
performances at Van Cortlandt Park in
program history … Made collegiate debut
at the Marist Mini Meet, finishing in
17:03 … Ran a time of 27:19 to help the
Stags to a team title at the Fairfield
Invitational … Posted a time of 26:48.23
at the Iona Meet of Champions, the 10th
fastest time by a Stag at Van Cortlandt …
Had a time of 27:59.40 to help Fairfield
to a team title at the Leeber Invitational
… Had a time of 27:12 at Connecticut
College … Ran a time of 27:09.0, helping
Fairfield to a fourth-place finish at the
MAAC Championships … Closed out the
season with a 27:04.3 at the IC4A
Championships, for the 19th fastest
Fairfield time at Van Cortlandt Park in
program history.
High School: Earned three varsity letters
in cross country, indoor and outdoor
track ... An All-County, All-Suburban and
All-American selection ... Served as a
team captain as a junior and senior ...
Helped team to State Sectional
Championship ... Member of the
German Club.
Personal: Son of Joseph and Patricia
Cleary ... Has two siblings ... Named to
the University Dean’s List ... Eucharistic
Minister ... Also works in Campus
Ministry office ... Major is accounting.
Brian
Cleary
Junior
Ridgewood, N.J.
Ridgewood
8K PR:
27:02.25
10K PR: N/A