2021 Men's Cross Country

Matt Smith

Mark Borek

  • Position:
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Hamburg, Mich.
  • Highschool:
    Detroit Catholic Central
  • Major:
    Computer Science

Summary

Biography

Academic Awards:

  • 2021 PAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 PAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 AMCC Academic All-Conference
  • 2019 AMCC Peak Performer
  • 2018 AMCC Academic All-Conference
  • 2018 AMCC Peak Performer
  • 2017 AMCC Academic All-Conference
  • 2017 AMCC Peak Performer
  • Chi Alpha Sigma National Collegiate Student-Athlete Honor Society Member

Honors and Awards:

  • 2021 All-PAC First Team
  • 2020-21 All-PAC First Team
  • 2020-21 PAC All-Sportsmanship Team
  • 2019 NCAA All-Mideast Region 
  • 2019 AMCC All-Conference (Third Overall)
  • 2018 AMCC All-Conference (Second Overall)
  • 2017 AMCC All-Conference (Fifth Overall)

2020-21: Ran a season best time of 16:21 at Bethany in the shortened season of all 5K races ... placed in 4th in the season opener at Saint Vincent ... earned a 7th place finish at the PAC Championships to help the Barons win the first PAC title of any sport in Franciscan history.

2019: Broke his career best time in the 8k with a time of 25:36.9 at the Fisher Invite on August 30th ... had three top ten finishes for the year including a third overall at the AMCC Championship meet (25:45.9) ... earned a spot on the all regional team by placing 33rd with a time 25:42.9 ... helped the Barons to a team conference championship.

2018: Broke his career-best time in an 8K race with a time of 26:09.1 at the All-Ohio Championships on September 29 ... had three top-10 finishes for the year including second overall at the AMCC Championship meet (26:58.25 • 10/27) ... finished 59th overall at the Mideast Regional (27:33 • 11/11) ... helped the Barons to a team conference championship.

2017: Ran career-best 8K race at the Inter-Regional Rumble hosted by Oberlin College with a time of 26:40.3 (10/14) ... finished fifth overall at the AMCC championship meet with a time of 27:18.0 (10/28) ... took 105th overall at the NCAA Mideast Regional with a time of 27:15.3 (11/11) ... captured 146th overall at the All-Ohio championship with a time of 27:13.8 (9/29) ... took seventh overall at the Bison Invite hosted by Bethany College with a time of 27:11.7 (9/9) ... ran a career-best time in a 5-mile race with a time of 27:23.2 at the National Catholic Invitational hosted by Notre Dame (9/15).

Prior to FUS: All-Region XC, All-Catholic League x3, 4x Varsity Letter Winner, 8th place MHSAA D1 Team

Personal: Majoring in Computer Science ... patron saint is St. Therese of Lisieux.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020-21Senior

  • 2021Graduate Student