PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF) 1,500M OUT: 4:03.40 (2018 - FR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5) MILE IN: 4:25.60 (2018 - FR, Dakota Realty - 2/3) 3,000M IN: 8:45.01 (2018 - SDSU Last Chance - 2/16) 3,000M OUT: 8:51.85 (2018 - FR, Tulsa Duals - 3/16-17) 5,000M OUT: 15:14.13 (2018 - FR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5) CROSS COUNTRY 6k XC: 20:24.6 (2017 - FR, Bison Open - 9/1) 4-Mile XC: 21:42.4 (2017 - FR, Oz Memorial - 9/8) 8k XC: 27:42.8 (2017 - FR, Ron Pynn - 10/14)
HONOR & AWARDS:
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ('17XC, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll ('17F, '18S)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in six events ... recorded two PR’s at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), placing 24th (4:03.40) in the 1,500m and fifth (15:14.13) in the 5,000m ... knocked 10 seconds off of his first career outdoor 5,000m at the USD Invite (4/11) where he finished third (15:24.13) and knocked 4.34 seconds off his first career 1,500m at the NSU Twilight (4/20) where he placed fourth (4:07.74) ... in his first career outdoor event as a Jackrabbit, he finished runner-up in the 3,000m at the Tulsa Duals (3/16-17) ... finished the outdoor season with two top-three finishes - his only two of his career so far ... had the team’s sixth-best 1,500m (20th in the league), best 3,000m, and seventh-best 5,000m (14th) on the season performance list. INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... posted his fourth PR reset in the 3,000m at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), placing fourth (8:45.01) and trimming 25.35 seconds from his first career mark at the Bison Classic (1/13) - ninth place (9:10.36) ... notched a PR in the mile at the Dakota Realty (2/3), finishing fifth (4:25.60) - trimming 10.99 seconds from his first career attempt at the Jim Emmerich (1/20) - 25th place (4:36.59) ... had the team’s eighth-best mile (19th in the league) and sixth-best 3,000m (11th) on the season performance list. CROSS COUNTRY:Competed in four events ... ran his best 8k of the season in his last meet, the Ron Pynn Open (10/14), finishing sixth on the team, 45th overall, (27:42.7) ... ran his first 8k of the season at the SDSU Classic (9/29), placing 18th on the team, 34th overall (28:15.40) ... at the Oz Memorial (9/8), placed 11th on the team, 35th overall (21:42.4) in his first four-mile race ... the first collegiate race of his career was at the NDSU Open (9/1), recording sixth on the team, 21st overall (20:24.5) in his only 6k of the season.
BEFORE SDSU: Seven-time placewinnner in the South Dakota state track and field meet ... three-time top 10 finisher at the South Dakota class A state cross country meet ... two-time Big East Conference cross country champions (2014, 2015) ... earned all-state in cross country in 2015 ... school record holder in the 3,200m ... honor roll and National Honor Society member from 2013-16 ... academic all-state in 2015 and class valedictorian.