Kevin Crowley
Kevin Crowley
Class of: 1981
Induction Class of: 1998
Sports: Men's Cross Country Men's Track & Field

Kevin Crowley was a frontrunner in cross country and track, earning All New England honors four times and participating in four NCAA championships. 

He is Westfield State's first and only men's cross country All-American, placing 23rd at the NCAA Division 3 national championships in 1978 with a time of 24:23. 

That same season Crowley finished third in the prestigious Codfish Invitational and placed fourth in the New England championships. In 1977 he won the Codfish Invitational and qualified for the national championships. Crowley holds the Westfield record on the five-mile Stanley Park course with a time of 24:22. 

In track, Crowley still holds the school record in the three-mile run with a national qualifying time of 14:08.9 in 1979. In addition, he was the Mass. State Conference champion and a national qualifier in the 3,000 steeplechase, setting a new conference record with a time of 9:23.6. He was unable to compete in the 1979 national championships because of an injury. 

Crowley was an All New England performer in 1980, placing fifth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:16.83. He also claimed the conference championship in the 5,000 meter run, as well as placing fifth in the conference javelin throw. 

In 1979, Crowley was conference champion in the steeplechase (9:30) and finished second in the 5,000 meter run (15:14). 

Crowley transferred to Westfield State from Boston State, now UMass Boston, where he was All American and All New England in the steeplechase. 

Crowley is a 1975 graduate of Wakefield High School, where he was a six-time Class B state champion. He was inducted into the Wakefield High School Hall of Fame in 1993. 

The 1981 Westfield State alumnus graduated from the New Hampshire Standards and Training Academy in 1987 and held the Academy record in the 1.5 mile run. He returns frequently, by invitation of the Academy staff, to instruct several classes. 

Crowley is a master-patrolman, employed 12 years by the city of Nashua, New Hampshire, police department. He was promoted to detective in 1992 and attained his current rank of master patrolman in 1993. He served three years as the weapons specialist and training officer within the training division. He is presently assigned to the division of uniform field operations and is serving as a founding member of the Nashua police department’s bomb squad, having successfully completed his national certification with the FBI in 1997. 

Crowley’ resides in Francestown, New Hampshire. He and his wife, Sarah, have a son, Sean, and a daughter, Shayla.