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2012 Stags Cross Country 15
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC Runner of
the Week 9/26 ... 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 ... Member of the Peer
Conduct Board ... Named to the University’s Dean’s List ... In Fairfield’s Honors
Program ... Magis Scholar ... Double major in politics and history with a minor
in American studies.
Connor
Kelley
Sophomore
Bristol, Conn.
Bristol Central
8K PR:
26:13.0
10K PR: 33:59.4
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... Consistently a top
five finisher for the Stags ... Placed 15th overall to
medal at the MAAC Championship posting a 26:06.1, the fastest time ever by
a Stag at VanCortlandt Park … Opened the year at the Marist Mini Meet, run-
ning a 17:19 ... Clocked a time of 27:03.95 at the Iona Meet of Champions ...
Notched a time of 27:25.11 at the Leeber Invitational to help the Stags to a
team title ... Ran a time of 27:15 at the Paul Short Invitational ... Posted a time
of 26:48 at the O’Neil Invitational to help the Stags capture the team title ...
Ran a time of 34:39.8 at the NCAA Regionals ... Closed out the season at the
IC4A Championships, running a 26:27 to help Fairfield to a third place finish.
High School: Earned 11 varsity letters for cross country, indoor and outdoor
track ... Helped the Panthers to a Somerset County Championship in 2008 ...
Three-time First Team All-Somerset County and three-time Second Team All-
Area selection ... Earned Third Team All-State accolades as well ... Also earned
All-County accolades in both indoor and outdoor ... Holds the Bridgewater-
Raritan records for 1600m (4:15.83) and the 3200m (9:14.21) ... Member of
the Spanish Club ... Special Olympics volunteer ... Member of the National
Honor Society.
Personal: Son of John and Patricia Ruskan ... Has a sister ... Member of WVOF,
the student radio station ... Named to the University’s Dean’s List ... Magis
Scholar ... Major is accounting.
Jake
Ruskan
Sophomore
Bridgewater, N.J.
Bridgewater-Raritan
8K PR:
26:06.1
10K PR: 34:39.8