University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
• Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• Horizon League Indoor All-Academic Team (2025)
• Horizon League Outdoor All-Academic Team (2025)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025)

2025 Outdoor:

• Was fourth in the 400mH (59.83) and sixth in the long jump (6.14m) at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
• Totaled 5,539 points in the decathlon for sixth, posting a career-best 6.27m in the long jump, at the Davenport Invite
• Clocked a career-best 16.49 in the 110mH for seventh at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Ran a career-best 57.13 for 14th at the 400mH at the Jesse Owens Classic
• At the Horizon League Championships, came away with a bronze in the decathlon with 5,640 points, fifth in school history, winning the 1,500 meters in a career-low 4:50.41 and also setting career marks in the 400m (52.22), 100m (11.34), discus (28.88m) and javelin (38.80m)

2024-25 Indoor: 

• Jumped 1.83m for seventh in the high jump at the SVSU Holiday Open
• Tallied a 1.85 mark in the high jump for fifth at the Akron Invite
• Ran a career-best 9.06 in the 60mH for ninth at the SVSU Classic
• Was eighth in the long jump (6.18m) and 10th in the 300m (38.17) at the EMU Bob Parks Memorial
• Placed runner-up in the long jump as well as on the 4x400 at Michigan's Silverston Invite
• Ended the season by taking fourth in the heptathlon at the Horizon League Championships with 4,303 points - third in school history - setting career bests in the 60m (7.49m), shot put (10.92m), pole vault (3.20m) and the 1,000m (2:53.44)

2024 Outdoor:

• Ran 1:01.77 for eighth in the 400m hurdles and 18.19 for 14th in the 110m hurdles at Eastern Illinois' Big Blue Invitational
• Clocked a season-best 58.78 in the 400m hurdles for sixth at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Invite
• Totaled 4,725 points in the decathlon at Davenport's Panther Classic, taking first in the 1,500m (5:04.70) and second in the javelin (33.55m) as well as finishing third in the 100m in a season-low 11.76 and third in the high jump with a season-best 1.62m
• Placed fourth in the javelin (36.42m) and eighth in the long jump (5.20m) and was a part of the second-place 4x100 at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Tallied a PR of 16.81 in the 110m hurdles for ninth and claimed seventh in the 400mH in 1:00.89 at Michigan's Len Paddock Open
• Posted 4,729 points in the decathlon, sixth in school history, at the Horizon League Championships, finishing first in the 1,500m in a season-best 4:52.01 and second in the 100m in 11.86 and 400m in 53.56 and was also eighth in the championship 400m hurdles in 1:00.92

2023-24 Indoor:

• Made his collegiate debut taking 13th in the 60m hurdles in 9.36 at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational
• Recorded a season-best mark of 5.88m in the long jump for ninth at the SVSU Classic
• Clocked a season-best 38.14 in the 300m for seventh and was eighth in the long jump at 5.85m at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
• Ran three season-lows with a time of 9.30 for fourth in the 60m hurdles, 52.79 for 14th in the 400m and 23.72 for 17th in the 200m
• Placed sixth in the heptathlon at the Horizon League Championships with 3,758 points, eighth in school history, as he won the 1,000m in 2:56.73 and was second in the 60m in 7.57

• Lettered in basketball, football and track and field 
• A regional qualifier in all four years as a prep in the hurdles
• A 2023 TRAC 300-meter hurdles scorer and 4x400-meter relay bronze medal recipient 
• Also a 2023 regional 4x400m competitor
• Tabbed All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior 
• A member of the National Honors Society

• Son of Shannon and James Neary
• Has two younger brothers
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the academics and athletics
• A Business major