Junior runner competes for national championship.
Down Goals Junior runner competes for national championship. By Alan Wasielewski Ryan Shay has accomplished many of the goals he set for himself since arriving on campus in 1997. A junior on the Notre Dame Men's Cross Country team, Shay is ready to take a shot at the top goal on that list - becoming a national champion. He and his teammates will travel to Bloomington, Ind., on Monday, November 15 for the NCAA Cross Country Championships. An impressive 1999 cross country season has established Shay as one of the favorites to win this year's meet.