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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ryan Manley
Ryan Manley
Ryan Manley

Jameson Sparks

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Arlington, Mass.
  • Highschool Arlington

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

SENIOR SEASON (2024): Opened his season with a third-place finish at the Vermont Invitational with a time of 25:43.50 (Aug. 31) … Ran 25:52.1 to finish 110th at the John McNichols Invite (Sept. 21) … Placed 42nd at the New England Championships with a time of 25:37.23 (Oct. 11) … Earned 26th with a time of 26:40.60 at the Fall Foliage Invitational (Oct. 20) … Came in 30th with a time of 25:18.60 at the America East Championships (Nov. 2) … Earned 139th at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a time of 32:30.5 (Nov. 15).  

JUNIOR SEASON (2023): Opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Vermont Invitational with a time of 26:06.3 (Sept. 2) … Finished seventh in the Equality Invitational with a time of 26:15.8 (Sept. 22) … Logged a time of 25:59.2 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite (Sept. 30) … Finished fifth at the Fall Foliage Invitational with a time of 25:50.8 (Oct. 15) … Logged a 20th place finish at the America East Championships with a personal best time of 25:35.0 (Oct. 27) … Logged a personal best of 32:13.9 at the NCAA Northeast Regional (Nov. 10)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022): Opened the season with an 8k time of 27:19.9 for 30th at the Vermont Invitational (Sep. 3) ... Competed at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, posting a time of 27:16.2 (Sep. 23) ... Logged a time of 25:48.0 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite (Oct. 1) ... Finished 13th at the Fall Foliage Invitational with a time of 26:36.0 (Oct. 16) ... Placed 31st at the America East Championships with a personal-best 8k time of 25:36.4 (Oct. 29) ... Ran a 10k time of 32:45.1 at the NCAA Northeast Regional (Nov. 11)

BEFORE VERMONT: Graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, MA ... Competed on the cross country and track and field teams ... His high school was the Middlesex League Champions in 2017, 2018, and 2020 ... Was awarded Middlesex League All-Star Cross Country team in 2019 and 2020 ... Was awarded Middlesex League All-Star Track and Field team in 2020 and 2021. 

PERSONAL: Was born in Allen, Texas ... Is majoring in Psychological Science ... His favorite movie is "Ford vs. Ferrari".

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior