2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Kiernan, Michael
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Michael Kiernan
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Warwick, R.I.
- Previous Team:
- Bishop Hendricken
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
Bio
As a senior in 2019:
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- Had three top-ten finishes overall and led the Bobcats for four-straight weeks as the team's top runner
- Opened the season with a 17th-place finish at the Stony Brook Season Opener (19:18.2) in the 6K
- Took third place at the Shawn Nassaney Memorial Invitational with a time of 25:06.8 in the 8K
- Recorded a career-best time of 26:34.4 in the 5-mile run at the Monmouth Invitational, finishing in fifth place
- Tallied a 10th-place finish at the Paul Short Run with a time of 24:57.9 in the 8K
- Notched a career-best time in the final race of the year in the NCAA Regional 10K with a time of 33:32.7
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- Ran in six meets for the Bobcats this season
- Opened the season with a career-best time in the 6K (18:46.6) at the Stony Brook Season Opener, which was good for eighth place
- Took second place in the 8K at the Siena XC Invitational (25:35.7)
- Tallied a career-best time in the 8K at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (24:38.7), finishing in 18th place
- Finished the year with a fifth-place finish in the 8K at the MAAC Championships (25:24.5)
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- Finished 62nd of 144 at the MAAC Championships, crossing the line in 28:08.7, earning one of the top five scoring spots for the Bobcats
- Ran a 26:17.7 to place 47th at the NEICAAA Championships, good for third on the team
- Clocked a season-best 25:44.2 at the adidas Pre-Nationals, finishing 90th out of 228
- Finished in 34:54.2 (10K) at the NCAA East Regionals, finishing 154 out of 254
- Came in 10th of 35 runners at the 6K Stony Brook Season Opener with an 18:46.9
- Was 20th of 79 runners at the Monmouth Invitational with a 27:23.99
- Appeared in five meets in his rookie campaign
- Put together a solid season, placing fourth on the team in all five of his appearances
- Opened his career placing seventh overall and fourth on the team at the Stony Brook Invitational (9/3) with a time of 18:56
- Came through with a 41st place finish (fourth on the team) at the Iona Meet of Champions (9/16) with a time of 27:03.6
- Placed 209th overall (fourth on the team) at the Paul Short Men’s Gold Run (10/1) as he clocked in at 25:34.3
- Performed well at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15), placing 112th overall and fourth on the team with a time of 27:05
- Closed out his freshman campaign with a 68th place showing (fourth on the team) at the MAAC Championships (10/29), clocking in at 26:52.7
- Graduated Cum Laude from Bishop Hendricken High School in Rhode Island
- Member of the Rhode Island Honor Society at Bishop Hendricken
- Three-time cross country letterwinner in high school
- Achieved personal best times of 15:48 in the 5k, 8:52 in the 3000m, 4:32 leg of the 4xmile, 4:09 in the 1500m and 2:00.4 in the 800m
- Two-time Second Team All-Class in cross country (2014-15)
- 2015 Second Team All-State in cross country
- Helped lift Bishop Hendricken to the 2016 Outdoor State Championship
- Son of Billie and Tom Kiernan
- Father played football at Tufts University
- Volunteered at St. Gregory the Great Church Champ, Backpack for Buddies and was a classroom assistant at Oakland Beach Elementary School
- Staved off both injury (outdoor sophomore season) and Lyme disease (summer before senior year) to run a successful campaign and enter collegiate career healthy
- Majoring in business
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