Mark Hopely

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Carney's Point, N.J.
Prev School:
Kingsway HS

2009-10 (R-So.): Made steady improvement during his second cross country season … finished as Liberty's No. 5 runner at the Big South meet and NCAA Southeast Regional Championship … his 12th-place showing at the Big South meet on his birthday, in a season-best 8K clocking of 26:32, helped seal Liberty's fifth straight conference cross country crown … On the Track: Finished 12th in the Big South 10K outdoors and 13th in the indoor Big South 5K … ran a personal-best 4:04.98 in the 1,500 for third place at the Merrill Lynch Track Classic … Awards Summary: Big South All-Academic Team (cross country) … Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2008-09 (R-Fr.): Made an auspicious collegiate cross country debut, pairing up with Sam Chelanga to win the Virginia Tech Cross Country Relay … served as the Flames' No. 6 runner through most of the campaign … ran an 8K personal-best 25:59 at the Brooks Paul Short Run … came in 14th at the Big South meet … he was Liberty's No. 6 finisher at the conference championship, but beat every other team's No. 4 runner … On the Track: Came in 11th in the 5K at the Big South indoor championship … his only 10K of the year was a 32:55.37, netting seventh place at the Big South outdoor meet … his outdoor campaign also featured a 15:23.31 5K at the Lynchburg Invitational … Awards Summary: Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2007-08 (Fr.): Redshirted his first cross country season at Liberty … On the Track: Helped Liberty's distance medley relay team win and ran a personal-best 4:24.60 mile for 10th place, at the Big South indoor meet … enjoyed a strong freshman outdoor track season, punctuated by a 31:55.83 clocking for eighth place at the Big South Championship … also posted a 5K personal-best time, 15:20.93, at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier … Awards Summary: One Big South title (indoor distance medley relay) … one All-Big South honor (indoor distance medley relay – 1st place) … Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Prep: Qualified for the New Jersey state cross country meet three times and made four state appearances in track & field at Kingsway High School … placed second in the 1,600 and 3,200 at the South Jersey Group III Championships as a senior.

Personal: Son of Robert and Debra Hopely … kinesiology major … birthday is Oct. 31.

Cross Country Personal Bests
8K: 25:59
10/3/08 – Brooks Paul Short Run
Bethlehem, Pa.

10K: 32:39.9
11/15/08 – NCAA Southeast Regional Championship
Clemmons, N.C.

Track Personal Bests
1,500: 4:04.98
Mile: 4:24.60 (indoor)
3K: 8:54.77 (indoor)
3K Steeplechase: 10:24.35
5K: 15:20.93
10K: 31:55.83

Big South Cross Country Championship (8K)
2008 (Lynchburg, Va.): 14th place, 26:38.2
2009 (Winston-Salem, N.C.): 12th place, 26:32
2010 (Blacksburg, Va.): 19th place, 26:08.68

NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (10K)
2008 (Clemmons, N.C.): 69th place, 32:39.9
2009 (Louisville, Ky.): 114th place, 33:05.9
2010 (Louisville, Ky.): 121st place, 33:29.7