Academic Notes:Named to the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Big Sky All-Academic crosscountry and track and field teams ... Named to the ESPN theMagazine Academic All-America® men’s track/crosscountry first team as selected by the College Sports InformationDirectors of America (CoSIDA) in 2009 and 2010 ... 2009 CrossCountry Division I Scholar Athlete of the Year... 2010 Track &Field Division I Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Majoring inexercise science.
Honors: Nine-timeAll-American (2010 outdoor 5,000m, indoor 5,000m and 3,000m, 2009cross country, 2009 outdoor 5,000m, 2008 cross country, 2008outdoor 5,000m, 2008 indoor 3,000m, 2007 cross country) ... 2008,2009 and 2010 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Cross Country Athlete of theYear ... 2008, 2009 and 2010 Mountain Region cross country champion... 2008, 2009 and 2010 Big Sky Conference cross country champion... 2008 Big Sky Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet ... 2010 NAUMale Athlete of the Year.
Personal Bests:1:50.81 (800m), 3:42.78 (1,500m), 4:01.14 (mile), 7:47.52 (3,000m),13:25.63 (5,000m)
2010 CrossCountry: Closed out storied NAU career as the team’sfourth finisher at the NCAA Championships, finishing 123rd overallin a time of 31:22.8 … Made Mountain Region history afterwinning the individual title for the third-consecutive year at theNCAA Mountain Region Championships … Ran to a Rose Park GolfCourse 10K record time of 29:24.1 … Closed out Big Skycareer with his third-straight individual title (21:28.1), becomingonly the second male in conference history to win three-straightyears (Rich Sliney, NAU, 1970-72) … Represented Australia inthe Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India … Finished eighthoverall in the 5,000-meter run from Jawaharlal Stadium in 13:47.40,his third fastest outdoor 5K time in 2010 … Made crosscountry debut at the Stanford Invitational and collected his fifthindividual title after crossing the finish line in a time of 23:18to best the field by four seconds.
2010 Track &Field: Concluded stellar senior campaign with his secondnational title in the men’s 5,000-meter run after he held ofLiberty’s Sam Chelenga in a time of 13:44.81 at the NCAAOutdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. … Earned his ninthAll-American award with the victory, and fourth for the 2009-2010season ... Won the men’s 5,000-meter run at the NCAA WestPreliminary Round in Austin, Texas in a time of 13:59.30, the onlysub-14 minute time of the night ... Held the top collegiate mark inthe 5,000-meter run for the outdoor season with a school-recordtime of 13:25.63 ... Won the 5K and 1,500-meter run at the Big SkyOutdoor Championships for the third-straight year to score 20points for the Lumberjacks ... At the 2010 NCAA IndoorChampionships, won his first career national championship in the 5Kwhen he held off Chelanga to finish in an NCAA-best time of13:36.41 ... Returned the following night to finish runner-up inthe 3,000-meter run, giving NAU 18 total points and the highestfinish at a track and field championship event in school history(8th) ... Named the Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Yearfor the indoor season ... Claimed two collegiate-leading marks inthe distance events on back-to-back weekends ... In mid-February,he ran to a 7:47.52 (OT) win over 3000 meters at the Husky Classicin Seattle, marking the best time ever run by a collegian on anoversized track ... The following weekend, he claimed analtitude-hindered 14:17.92 clocking over 5000 meters for his secondcollegiate leader of the season (when converted to 13:39.32) ...Competing in his first Big Sky Indoor Championships, won the men's3K, finished second in mile and was a part of Distance Medley Relaythat set a Big Sky Indoor Championship record (9:52.85).
2009 CrossCountry: Closed out stellar junior campaign finishingrunner-up at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships in atime of 29:07 to earn his sixth All-American Award ... TeammateJordan Chipangama and McNeill became the first duo in schoolhistory to finish in the top five at a national championship event... Named Mountain Region Male Athlete of the Year after hecaptured his second-straight title at the NCAA Mountain RegionChampionships in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Captured his second-straightBig Sky Championship title in a time of 24:35, nearly a minutefaster then the second-place finisher, Chipangama ... Made 2009debut at the NCAA Pre-Nationals.
2009 Track &Field: Capped off sensational outdoor season by finishingsecond in the 5,000m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to GalenRupp of Oregon (14:05.79) … Secured place in the nationalchampionship race with a second-place finish in the 5k at the WestRegion Championship (13:49.77) … For the second-straightyear scored 28 points to help lead the men’s team to the BigSky Outdoor Championships title … Won the 1,500m (3:48.77),5k (14:32.29) and finished second in the 800m (1:52.71) ...Season-best mark in the 5k came at the Mt. Sac Relays(13:30.63).
2008 Cross Country: Finished 15th overall(29:53.0) at NCAA Championships helping NAU take home sixth placeoverall ... Came in first place at NCAA Mountain Regional (29:18.3)and was named an All-Regional Selection ... Garnered All-ConferenceSelection when he finished first at the Big Sky Championship givingthe Lumberjacks their ninth conference title in the last 11 years... Finished second overall at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (23:30.7) ...In his first race of the season he came in second place overall atthe Cowboy Jamboree.
2008 Track & Field: In his first track seasonwith the Lumberjacks, ran in the Big Sky Championships, RegionalChampionships and the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships… During the indoor season he ran a 7:50.37 to win the3,000m at the Husky Classic and qualified for the indoorchampionships … Placed 8th overall (8:06.18) to garnerAll-American honors … In his first outdoor campaign herecorded a season-best mark in the 5,000m at the Payton Jordan(13:35.07) … At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships scored 28points for the Lumberjacks with wins in the 5k (15:17.77) and1,500m (3:47.11) and a second place finish in the 800m (1:50.97)… Earned All-American honors after he finished fourthoverall in the 5k at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (13:42.17).
2007 Cross Country: Earned All-American honorsbased on his 10th place overall finish at the NCAA Championships... Seventh finisher in the team race to help NAU take home afourth place national mark (29:56.8) ... Placed second behindteammate Lopez Lomong at Roy Griak Invitational (24:26.5) and BigSky Championships (24:04.3), helping NAU win both races ... Ranseason best time of 23:28.6 to finish sixth at NCAA Pre-Nationals... Finished in top ten in all four races he ran.
Before NAU: Ran for LaTrobe University
High School: Attended XavierCollege ... Graduated in 2004.
Personal: Born Oct. 6, 1986 to Peter and JennyMcNeill in Melbourne, Australia ... Has a brother, Tim and asister, Amy.
