University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

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

2025:

• Ran and scored in all six races on the season, finishing second on the team in three events
• Started the year with a 5k PR of 15:26 for sixth at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Open
• Earned 30th at Notre Dame's National Catholic Invitational with a time of 25:38
• Posted a career-best 24:40 for 24th at the Horizon League Championships, the fourth-best 8k time in school history
• Registered a time of 33:11 for 134th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2024:

• Started his collegiate career taking 26th in the 5k Michigan Open in 16:14
• Was 54th at the National Catholic Invitational in 25:54
• Earned 17th at the Falcon Invitational with a time of 25:56
• The second Titan in at the Horizon League Championships in a season-best 25:48 for 29th overall, the best time by a true freshman in the conference
• Ended the year as the second Titan and 118th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships with a run of 31:51, the 11th best 10k in the school record book

Prior To Detroit Mercy:

• Earned letters in hockey, tennis and track
• Was the Wildcat Team award winner
• Claimed eighth in the 3,200-meter run at the KLAA conference championships and third at the MHSAA regional as a senior, qualifying for state finals.
• A 2024 Michigan D1 3,200-meter state qualifier finishing 20th
• In tennis, he was a regional champion as a junior

Personal:

• Son of Heidi and James Belanger
• Has a younger brother and sister
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the education
• A Business major