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)
• 2x Horizon League Indoor All-Academic Team (2025, 2026)
• 2x Horizon League Outdoor All-Academic Team (2025, 2026)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025)
• Horizon League Indoor Sportsmanship Award (2026)

2026 Outdoor:

• Claimed fifth in the 110mH in a career-best 16.35m and was on the runner-up 4x400 at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
• Placed second in the javelin at 35.87m, fifth in the 110mH in 17.98, seventh in the long jump at 5.80m, and eighth in the shot put at 10.50m at the Chippewa Challenge
• Scored in the Horizon League Championships, finishing seventh in the decathlon with 5,466 points, with his top events of third in the 1,500m in 5:04.17, fourth in the shot put with a career-best 10.95m, and fifth in the 400m in 53.40 and high jump with a mark of 1.73m

2025-26 Indoor: 

• Was 12th in the heptathlon with 3,857 points at the SVSU Holiday Open, with his top finish of fifth in the 1,000m in 3:00.21
• Finished sixth in the long jump at 6.03 at the SVSU Classic
• Ended seventh in the long jump at 6.13m at EMU's Bob Parks Memorial
• Scored in the Horizon League Championships, finishing eighth with 4,218 points, earning third in a career-best 2:52.77 in the 1,000m, fourth in the shot put at 10.53m, and fifth in the long jump at 6.26m

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