Bio

As a senior: Finished one of the strongest careers for a male cross country runner in recent memory ... Competed in six races and led the Bulldogs across the line in five of them ... Paced Bryant at the NEC Championships with a 37th-place finish (26:49.41) ... Earned a 10th-place finish at the UAlbany Invitational (26:30) ... Finished 23rd at the Shriner's Invitational (25:51) ... Opened the season with a 46th-place finish at the Nassaney Invitational (27:35.4).

As a junior: Competed in six meets during his third season in Smithfield ... Led the Bulldogs across the finish line in five of those races ... Earned All-NEC honors with a 14th-place finish at the NEC Championships ... Finished the race with a time of 27:17.30 ... Ran to a 10th-place finish at the CCSU Mini-Meet, setting a personal-best time in the 5k with a time of 15:45 ... Finished ninth at the Brown Unviersity Invitational ... Crossed the finish line with a time of 27:21 at the New England Championships ... Finished 17th at the Ted Owen Invitational ... Finished 39th in the Bryant University Invitational ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

As a sophomore: Competed in five of the Bulldogs' six meets in 2010 ... Finished in the top 30 in four of his five performances ... Took season-best 23rd-place results in both the CCSU Invitational (27:21) and the Codfish Bowl (26:59) ... Earned the best finish of all seven Bryant runners at the Northeast Conference Championships, taking 28th overall in a time of 26:48 ... Finished the 5K Bryant Invitational 27th (17:25.80), second among all Bulldogs competing ... Ran his season-best 8K time of 26:19 at the New England Championships, where he again finished at the front of the Bryant pack at 118th, 34 places ahead of his closest teammate ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

As a freshman: Ran in all six events in 2009 ... Recorded his best finish at the Central Connecticut Invitational with a time of 6:48.59 ... Finished 68th in his first NEC XC Championship, which was the second-best time from the Bulldogs.

Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of Chariho Regional High School ... Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, earning 12 varsity letters ... Three-time all-state selection in cross country ... Holds the school record for the indoor 1500-meter and the outdoor mile ... Two-time individual Division Champion in track ... Earned seven Class Championships in four years, including one Class-A cross country title, three Class-B indoor track and field titles and three Class-B outdoor track & field titles ... Recipient of the Presidential Leadership Award ... Served as Class President for three years and vice president for one year ... Peer tutor ... General Treasurer's Business Student of the Year.

Personal: Born April 11, 1991 ... Son of Jim and Shari Hurley ... Has one sister, Melissa, who competed in cross country for Southern New Hampshire University for four years.

Career Bests

Top Time (5K): 15:45, CCSU Mini-Meet (Oct. 21, 2011)
Top Time (8K): 26:19, New England Championships (Oct. 9, 2010)
Top Finish: 8th, CCSU Invitational (Sept. 26, 2009)