Iona’s Jack O’Leary Sets Personal Best at NCAA Division I Championship
Edison, N.J. (June 9, 2021) – Iona College’s Jack O’Leary concluded his Outdoor Track & Field season at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
O’Leary placed 16
th in the 10,000 Meter Run at the meet with a time of 28:29.39. The graduate student’s time set a new personal best for O’Leary as he eclipsed his old time (28:37.03), set this year at the Stanford Invitational, by over seven and half seconds. O’Leary was the lone MAAC representative at the championship after he qualified during the NCAA Track & Field East Regional when he placed 11
th with a time of 29:01.42. O'Leary's time is the second fastest outdoor 10,000 meter time in school history, only behind former United States Olympian Leonard Korir 27:29:40 time at Stanford in 2011.
After the race, O'Leary earned second All-America honors, his second All-America honors this year as he earned the same recongition in the 2020-21 NCAA Cross Country Championship in March.
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.