2009: Was
the top Holy Cross finisher at the National Catholic Championship
(13th, 26:03.8), Patriot League Championship (22nd, 27:11.2), NCAA
Northeast Regional (100th, 33:55) and IC4A Championship (33rd,
26:46.6) ... ran a season-best time of 25:36.73 at the Murray
Keatinge Invitational ... finished 81st at the New England
Championship with a time of 26:00 ... placed 12th at the Blue Devil
Invitational with a time of 27:06.69.
2008: Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor
Roll ... name Patriot League Rookie of the Week twice, on Sept. 9
for his performance at the Blue Devil Inviational (6th, 28:06) and
Oct. 14 for his performance at the New England Championship (149th,
26:45) ... ran a time of 26:59.5 at the Patriot League Championship
... finished 52nd at the National Catholic Championship (26:49) and
48th at the Murray Keatinge Invitational (26:45.88) ... ran at the
NCAA Northeast Regional (35:46.3) and the IC4A Championship
(27:29).
Before Holy Cross: Four-year varsity member of the
cross country and track teams at Branford under head coaches Kevin
Connel and Rich Biondi … served as team captain in 2007
… named All-Division, All-Conference, All-Area and All-State
in cross country in 2007 … indoor track team was the
conference runner-up in 2008 … outdoor track team won the
state Class MM championship in 2005 and the conference championship
in 2008 … named All-Division and All-Area in track in 2008
… set the school records in the 3,000-meters, the indoor
3,200-meters and the outdoor 3,200-meters … qualified for
the national meet in the two-mile run … Student Council
Parliamentarian and president of Health Careers Club.
Personal: Son of James and Tina Loftis …
has two brothers (Chris and Michael) and one sister (Kelly)
… majoring in biology ... also a member of the Holy Cross
track and field team.
