From the schools press release.
"McNally graduated from CV in 2008 after earning eight varsity letters in cross-country and track. While running for the Bucks, he was a bronze medalist in the 1600m at the PIAA State Meet his sophomore year, a silver medalist his junior year and a gold medalist his senior year. He was also a member of the State Championship 3200m relay team in 2005. McNally received All-State Honors four times.
After high school, he competed in cross-country races for Penn State University. In 2009, he was voted MVP of his Nittany Lions Squad. He was selected to three All Big Ten Teams and was named to the NCAA All-Regional Team four times. Throughout his collegiate career, his race times qualified him for the National NCAA Cross Country Meet."
Vince's arrival at Penn State, in my opinion, helped revive the cross country program and put the school back on the radar for many of PA's top high school runners. He was a key cog in two national championship qualifying teams and he competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships all four years of his career.
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| Vince and his high school coach. |
P.S. I would like to hear his acceptance speech. I'm sure it was a doozy.
UPDATE (7:19 PM) - The acceptance speech has been found
Congrats Vince. My high school would confuse me with the janitor today. They have never had another PIAA Champion in Track, though. They would be mightily disappointed in my custodial prowess also.
ReplyDeleteMatt, bringing the mirth like a professional with the video!! For our dozens of readers, that's why I pay him the big bucks and made him an administrator.
ReplyDeleteActually, Vince won the State 1600 in his junior year of high school.
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