Ken Skelly (2002)

Skelly was CCRI’s premier long-distance runner on the men’s cross country and track teams in 1994 and 1995.  As the 1994 cross country team MVP and the 11th: best runner at the NJCAA National Division III Championship in Alfred, NY; he was selected Second-Team Junior College All-American, First-Team All Northeast District and All-Region.  He placed 3rd in the both the 5000 meter-run and the steeplechase at the 1995 NJCAA Northeast District Division III championships and was named Second-Team All-District in the steeplechase.  At the University of Rhode Island, Skelly was the leading men’s cross-country scorer in 1995 and participated on the indoor and outdoor track teams.  After that, he has coached track and cross country at Toll Gate High School and for the International Institute of Sport in Kingston as a United States Track and Field Coach.  Skelly is currently a math teacher and Head Coach of the Boy’s Cross Country team at LaSalle Academy.