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2008-09: [Cross Country] Consistent scorer for the Bison ... led Bison at the Patriot League Championships, finishing 15th overall (25:24.1 at 8K) ... finished eighth (26:17.90 at 8K) at the Buffalo Stampede ... also took 11th (20:29.56 at 4 miles) at the Bison Open ... [Indoors] Won the 3,000 at the Bucknell Heptagonal with a season-best time of 8:38.83 ... ran a personal-best mile of 4:16.27 for a sixth-place finish at the PL Championships ... also finished fourth in the 1,000 at the Bucknell Winter Classic ... part of distance medley team that each finished second at the Gulden Relays ... [Outdoors] Opened season with a third-place finish in the 5,000 at the Maryland Invite ... completed the race in a career-best 15:07.40 ... also placed third in the 1,500 at the Bucknell Team Challenge and Red Flash Open ... 4x800 team finished third at the BU Team Challenge. 2007-08: [Cross Country] Began season with an eighth-place finish at the Bison Open, running the 3-mile race in 15:18.81 ... finished the 10K in 34:15.00 at the Western Ontario International Invitational to take 57th ... ran the varsity race at the Paul Short Invitational, finishing 179th in the 8K (26:32.00) ... took 72nd at the Lafayette Leopard Invitational with a time of 27:52.20 in the 8K ... clocked the second-fastest finish for the Bison at the IC4A Championships, running the 5-mile race 26:46.00 for 25th overall ... [Indoors] Notched a first-place finish in the 3,000 at the Bison Opener, clocking a time of 8:50.96 ... ran the third leg for the first-place 4x800 relay team at the Gulden Relays (8:01.92) ... at the Penn State National Invite, finished 10th in the 3,000 with a career-best time of 8:38.32 ... established a season record of 4:18.36 in the mile to place second in the blue division at the Akron Open ... placed second in the 1,000 with a personal record of 2:32.21 at the Bucknell Winter Classic ... finished eighth in the mile at the Patriot League Championships (4:20.21) and also ran on the DMR ... anchored the DMR at the IC4A Championships (10:22.17, 22nd) ... [Outdoors] Represented the Bison in the 1,500m at the Patriot League Championships, finishing 11th with a PR time of 3:56.95 ... also had a season record in the 800 (1:59.04) at the Maryland Invitational. 2006-07: [Cross Country] Competed in three varsity meets for the Bison with a top finish of sixth place at Penn State-Altoona ... named Patriot League Runner of the Week after his team-best time of 26:04 for sixth place at the Lion Invitational at Penn State-Altoona ... [Indoors] Took eighth in the mile (4:27.60) at the Bucknell Heptagonal ... set a season best in the 1,000 (2:34.08) at the Bison Open and Multi for third place ... [Outdoors] Took 10th in the 800 (2:01.38) at the Jim Taylor Invitational ... set a personal record in the 1,500 (4:06.68) at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... finished sixth in the 3,000 at the Bucknell Team Challenge (9:02.10) ... had a third-place finish at the Red Flash Invitational in the 1,500 (4:08.77). Personal: Son of Brian and Lynn McNamara ... captain for cross country and both winter and spring track teams at Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y. ... made all-league for cross country in 2004 and 2005 ... all-league for winter track in the 1,000 meters and the 4x800 relay ... all-league in spring track in the mile and the 4x800 relay ... has one sister, Carolyn ... economics major ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member. | |||||||||||||||||||