University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 3x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
• 2x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
• 2x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025, 2026)

• Set PR's in the 5k, 8k, and 10k as he ran in all six races
• Was top 100 in all six events, including two in the top 30, as he was part of the scoring five in every meet
• Began the season with a 5k best of 15:54 for 12th at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Open
• Posted a career-best 25:19 for 96th at the Swags Louisville Classic
• Just outside the top 20, placing 22nd in 26:06 at the Canisius Alumni Classic
• Showed tremendous grit and determination in tallying a 25:38 for 65th at the Horizon League Championships, as he ran the last 3k with one shoe after it broke during the race, including on stones and gravel to close out the final 1k
• Clocked a 10 collegiate-low 32:21 for 86th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, 15th in Titan history, as he took more than a minute off his previous 10k time and went from 154th last season to the top 100

• Began the season running 16:41.7 for 28th at the Michigan Open
• Was 64th in 26:19.1 at the Notre Dame's National Catholic Championship
• Placed 18th in 25:59.9 at the Falcon Invite
• Crossed the finish line in 25:55.6 for 31st at the Horizon League Championship
• Set his 10k PR of 32:27.8 for 154th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship

• Ran in all six races as a rookie, placing second on the team in five races
• Made his collegiate debut at the 5k Michigan Open and was 29th in 16:44
• Ran 26:45 for 56th at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
• Lowered that 8k time to 26:17 for 121st at the Live In The Lou Classic
• Tallied his season-low 8k of 25:40 for 23rd at the Canisius Alumni Classic
• Claimed 59th at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 26:10
• Ended his rookie year 167th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship with a run of 32:59 in his first 10k

• Lettered in swimming and diving, cross country and track and field
• In cross country, he helped his team to a pair of regional championships
• Was All-State as a junior and senior, the Catholic League champion as a senior and All-Catholic as a sophomore, junior and senior 
• In track and field, he was All-State in the 1600-meters as a junior and senior and in the 3200m as a junior
• All-Catholic champion in the 1600m three times and was also a three-time state qualifier
• A member of the National Honors Society

• Son of Kristin and Matthew Russelburg
• Has an older and younger brother
• His grandmother graduated from the University
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the academics
• A Computer Science major