2024 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Samuel Cleary
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Liberty, Mo.
- High School:
- Liberty HS
2024 (Junior): Cross Country ... Opened the year with a career-best 6K time of 21:28.8 in the Bob Timmons Classic ... From there, Cleary ran in the 8K three times, highlighted by his season-best 8K time of 25:56.0 in the Summit League XC Championships ... Cleary also ran a 26:18.2 in the Gans Creek Classic 8K and a 27:02.4 in the Platte River Rumble 8K, placing top 20 in the event
Personal Bests (Entering 2024-25): 1500m - 4:26.58 ... 3000m - 9:00.87 ... 5000m - 15:32.63 ... 10,000m - 31:46.78 ... 6K - 21:44.4 ... 8K - 26:32.8 ... 10K - 33:36.9
2023-24 (Sophomore): Cross Country ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Ran season-best 8K of 25:39.8 at the Platte River Rumble, finishing 31st out of 140 ... Finished 41st at the 8K Summit League Championships (26:16.7) ... Represented the Roos at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, running a 10K time of 33:36.9 ... Indoor ... Ran a season-best 3000m of 9:00.87 at the Cyclone Open ... Finished 14th at the Summit League Championships with a 3000m time of 9:02.06 ... Outdoor ... Opened season with a season-best of 4:26.58 in the 1500m and a 9th place finish in the 3000m at the Arkansas Spring Invite ... Ran a season-best 10,000m of 31:46.78 at the Kansas Relays to finish 6th ... Took a 23rd place finish in the 5000m at the Summit Outdoor Championships with a season-best of 15:32.63
2022-23 (Freshman): Cross Country ... Ran season-best 6k at Bob Timmons Classic with time of 21:44.4 ... Finished 57th at Summit Championships with season-best 8k time of 26:32.8
High School: All-Metro First Team honoree … Two-time All-Metro Honorable Mention … All-Conference Second Team … All-Conference Honorable Mention … Six-time varsity letter earner … Leaders Eat Last Servant Leadership Award Winner … Tim Nixon Culture Award Winner … Personal bests of 4:37 mile, 9:47 two mile and 16:14 5K
Personal: Born April 1, 2004 in Lynchburg, Va. … Parents Sean and Heather Cleary … Has two siblings, Phillip and Patrick … Two-time academic letter winner … Global Seal of Biliteracy … Member of chamber orchestra, National Honors Society and Spanish Honors Society … Favorite movie is Lord of the Rings: Return of the King … Favorite colors are navy and gray … Speaks Spanish … Intends to major in electrical and computer engineering
Why Kansas City?: “Kansas City offered a campus close to home with my degree and a place on the cross country and track teams.”
