2009: Ran a
season-best time of 26:45.32 at the Murray Keatinge Invitational
... placed 70th with a time of 27:31.4 at the IC4A Championship ...
finished in 11th place at the Blue Devil Invitational with a time
of 27:06.03 ... placed 54th at the Patriot League Championship
(28:28.5) ... finished with a time of 35:04 at the NCAA Northeast
Regional and a time of 27:19 at the New England Championship.
Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the cross
country team at Iona Preparatory ... team captain senior year ...
received the Coaches Award in 2006 ... named best competitor in
2007 and 2008 ... named All-County in 2007 and 2008 ... four-year
member of the indoor and outdoor track and field team ... team
captain senior year ... named first team All-County 2006, 2007,
2008 and 2009 ... also a member of the varsity tennis team ...
received the Peter L. Waters Award (excellence in school
citizenship and student leadership) ... member of National Honor
Society.
Personal: Son of Daniel and Michele Shepard ... has two brothers (C.J. and Christopher) and one sister (Karlie) ... has not yet declared a major ... also a member of the Holy Cross track and field team.
