PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season) 800M IN: 2:04.77 (2016 - FR, Ted Nelson - 2/6) 800M OUT: 2:02.14 (2016 - FR, Howard Wood - 5/7) 1,500M OUT: 4:09.98 (2016 - FR, USD Twilight - 4/19) MILE IN: 4:23.28 (2016 - FR, SDSU Tune-Up - 2/19) 3,000M IN: 8:52.18 (2016 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10) 3,000M OUT: 8:58.16 (2016 - FR, Arkansas Invite - 3/25-26) 5,000M OUT: 16:04.77 (2016 - FR, Jim Duncan - 4/15-16) CROSS COUNTRY 6k XC: 20:18.8 (2017 - SO, Bison Open - 9/1) 4-MILE XC: 21:37.5 (2017 - SO, Oz Memorial - 9/8) 8k XC: 26:21.6 (2017 - SO, Ron Pynn - 10/14)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘16TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘16S*, ‘16F, ‘17S)
*Denotes Distinguished Scholar
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Did not compete. INDOOR: Did not compete. CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six events ... set career-best marks in three events during the season (6k, 4 Mile, 8k) ... started the season setting his career-best 6k mark of 20:18.8 at the NDSU Bison Open (9/1), finishing fifth on the team, 20th overall ... followed the performance up with another career-best in the four-mile at the Oz Memorial (9/8), placing 10th on the team, 31st overall (21:37.5) ... improved his 8k time by over a minute throughout the 2017 season ... ran his best 8k at the Ron Pynn Open (10/14), finishing third on the team, 29th overall (26:21.6).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted ... competed in three events unattached ... ran season-best 4:12.89 in the 1,500m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), placing 26th. INDOOR: Competed in seven events ... ran a season-best 4:25.02 in the mile at the SDSU DII Invite (1/20), placing ninth ... recorded a season-best 8:52.86 in the 3,000m at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/21), placing fifth. CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five events ... ran a career-best 20:46.5 in the 6k at the Bison Open (9/2), placing 25th ... posted 22:12.0 in the 4 mile at the Oz Memorial (9/9), finishing 40th ... ran three 8k races, posting career-best 27:11.8 at the SDSU Classic (10/1), finishing 11th.
2015-16:
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... finished third in the mile at the SDSU Tune Up (2/19), running a personal-best 4:23.28 … ran season-best 800m (2:04.77) at the Ted Nelson Classic (2/6) … finished 19th in the 3,000m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/12-13), in a season-best 8:52.18 … placed 10th in the mile (4:29.12) at the Ted Nelson Classic. OUTDOOR: Placed 29th at the Jim Duncan Invitaional (4/15-16) in the 5,000m, posting a personal best 16:04.77 … ran a personal best 800m (2:02.14) at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/7) … placed fifth in the 1,500m USD Twilight (4/19), finishing in 4:09.98 … ran to a 10th place finish at the Husker Spring Invitational (4/9) in the 3,000m (9:14.49). CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted ... did not compete.
BEFORE SDSU: All-state in track and field in 2013 and 2014, and all-state in cross country in 2014 … member of the state-champion 4x800m relay team in 2014 … voted teams “Top Cross Country Newcomer” in 2012 … voted Most Dedicated track and field athlete in 2014 and 2015 … cross country team captain in 2013, and track and field team captain in 2015.