Ireland claimed his second NEC Track Athlete of the Week honor of the new year after a stellar performance at the URI Invitational. The senior distance runner won the mile at the meet with a time of 4:14.29 and ran to a fourth place finish in the 800 meters, clocking in at 1:56.02. Ireland’s 800m time is the best in the conference, while his mile mark sits at fourth in the NEC. The 4:10.68 mile he ran on January 5 is the top time in the NEC.