University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Horizon League All-Academic- Indoor- '10, ‘09

2010 Cross Country: Ran a 21:46 (PR) taking 30th at Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invite... Set a PR (26:32 8k) at Louisville... 47th at Horizon League meet (26:57)... 188th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (35:03)... Became the 18th Titan to run in four regionals.

2010 Outdoor: Recorded first sub-10 steeple (9:56.02) scoring fifth at Cincinnati... 5000m PR (16:00.76) at Bucknell... Repeated steeple win versus Oakland (10:09.56)... Set 1500m PR (4:02.43) at Hillsdale... Setr PR (9:48.61) for 10th in Horizon League steeple and 18th in 1500m (4:09.08).

2010 Indoor: Set mile PR at Grand Valley (4:24.41) and doubled back with second fastest 3000m time (8:58.99)... 1000m PR at Windsor (2:32.92) for fifth and #9 Titan mark... Lowered mile PR (4:21.43) at Silverston... Ran lead-off 1200m leg of fifth place Horizon League distance medley and then just missed mile PR (4:21.49) for ninth... finished 27th in 3000m.

2009 Cross Country: Ran career best of 26:49 at Louisville and just missed running 26:52 at BGSU after getting knocked down at first turn…70th at Horizon League championship at Kensington…Ended season on a high note improving regional finish by 23 spots to 160th with 10k best of 35:01 to run as team’s #4 scorer.

Outdoor: Opened at Raleigh with steeplechase personal record of 10:07.17…5000m and 1500m personal records at Bucknell of 16:01.12 and 4:09.32…Won the steeple at the Oakland Dual lowering his best to 10:00.61…Finished 10th in HL steeple chase with a 10:12.20 and finished 32nd in the 5000m.

Indoor: Garnered the team’s Most Improved award….Started season with 47-second improvement in 5000m running 16:13.28 at Notre Dame…3000m PR of 8:55.54 at Akron…Mile PR of 4:27.17 at Silverston Invite…Ran 1200m lead-off of third place HL distance medley in 3:09.40 and finished 21st in 3000m in his second best time of 8:59.34.

2008 Cross Country: Won team Student-Athlete Award after a summer of big miles that resulted in improvements by at least 1 minute per course over 2007…27:38 at National Catholics for PR then broke 27 at Louisville at 26:57, a two minute improvement over 2007 run…50th at Horizon League…10k PR of 36:51 for 183rd at the muddy NCAA regional.

Outdoor: Made debut in steeplechase with 10:29.75 at Cincinnati…Crashed to 11th place with 10:43.48 at the Horizon League, but bounced back to just miss 1500m PR running 4:10.87 for 16th…1500m PR of 4:09.38 at EMU.

Indoor: HL finishes of 15th in 800m (2:01.48) and 17th in 1500m (4:39.90)…4:37.11 mile PR at EMU.

2007 Cross Country: Earned varsity letter running in all varsity races in his first ever season of Cross Country…8k PR of 28:14 at Falcon Invite…202nd place at NCAA regional running 37:31 for 10k.

High School: Was a 2007 Michigan Division 2 state qualifier in 4x800m, 800m and 4x400m…Finished ninth in the 800m in 2006.

Personal: Son of Jerome and Marlene Smalley… Majoring in biochemistry with 3.733 GPA.

Career Marks
1500m - 4:02.43 - #16 Titan 
3000m - 8:55.54 - #13 Titan
Steeple - 9:48.61 - #5 Titan
XC 8k - 26:32