NCAA Div. 1 XC 2020 (15th Mar) – rescheduled from Autumn 2020 – All-American honour for Jack O’Leary

All-American Honour for Jack O’Leary

Thanks to a brilliant individual 25th place finish and leading the Iona College men team to 10th place of 30 teams at the rescheduled 2020 NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championship on Monday afternoon 15th March, Jack O’Leary earned a coveted All-American honour for his efforts. All-American honours are awarded annually to the most outstanding athletes in a sport.

The race was held in Stillwater, Oklahoma and the nearly 250 runners faced a very tough hilly 10k course on a bone dry surface. Jack described the course as brutal, but while it might have been a tough course, Jack is tough too and he worked hard all the way, digging deep to move up five spots over the final two laps to finish 25th, only a little over a minute behind the winner in an extremely competitive race.

This was Jack’s fourth time competing in the NCAA Cross Country Championship and he has improved in each of his four years. Jack was delighted with his run, the All-American honour was the icing on the cake, and he can’t wait for the upcoming outdoor T&F season.