Computer Science major … A stalwart in OC’s lineup when healthy the past four years … Received a medical redshirt season from the NCAA, meaning he can race for the Eagles during the 2017 cross country season … Also has one season of outdoor track and field eligibility remaining ... Has personal-best times of 24:45.3 in 8,000-meter cross country, 31:45.64 in the 10,000 meters, 14:39.14 in the 5,000 meters, 8:26.42 in the 3,000 meters, 4:14.92 in the mile, 3:56.29 in the 1,500 meters, 2:37.32 in the 1,000 meters and 1:56.69 in the 800 meters … 2017-18: All-Heartland Conference first-team in cross country … All-Great American Conference second-team in the 10,000 meters … Ran in five cross country meets … Finished in top 10 in the Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond, covering the four miles in 20:52.1 … Posted career-best 10K XC time of 31:42.9 in the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. … Finished ninth to earn first-team All-Heartland honors at the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., posting time of 25:46.4 … In the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 32:37.5, finishing 43rd individually … Did not compete during indoor track season … During outdoor track season, competed in seven meets … Best 5,000-meter time was 15:30.31 at the Texas Relays … Won the 5,000 meters at the Friends Invitational with time of 15:37.64 … Placed sixth to earn All-GAC second-team honors in the 10,000 meters at the Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark., posting time of 32:15.37 … In his final career race at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles, posted a career-best time in the 1,500 of 3:56.29 … 2016-17: Earned All-Heartland Conference first-team honors in cross country and All-Great American Conference first-team honors in track … In cross country, ran in three meets … In first appearance of season, ran a career-best 8,000-meter time of 24:45.3 in the Fort Hays State Tiger Open … Placed sixth in the Heartland Conference Championship in Mansfield, Texas, finishing the 8,000-meter course in 25:11, earning first-team All-Heartland honors and helping OC to a runner-up team finish … In the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Denver, finished 62nd, covering the 10,000 meters in 33:43.2 … In indoor track, competed in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters, recording career-best times in each event … Ran the 5,000 in 14:39.14 at the Pittsburg State Invitational, the 3,000 in 8:26.42 at Pittsburg State’s Gorilla Classic and the mile in 4:14.92 in the Arkansas Qualifier … In outdoor track, competed in events ranging from the 800 meters to the 10,000 meters … Ran a season-best 1:57.99 in the 800 meters at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … Top 1,500 time was 4:00.72 in Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Classic … Best 5,000 time was 14:59.93 in the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles … Won the 10,000 meter title in the GAC Championships in Searcy, Ark., running 31:45.64 in his first collegiate track race at that distance … 2015-16: Ran in three cross country meets, missing three other meets due to injury … Named to the All-Heartland Conference list for cross country and the All-Great American Conference list for track and field … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (spring semester) … In season-opening Central Oklahoma Land Run, covered the four miles in 21:06.02 to finish 12th … Missed the next seven weeks, but returned with a vengeance in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, placing fourth in 26:14.2 and helping OC to the team championship while earning All-Heartland honors for himself … Was OC’s No. 4 runner in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Canyon, Texas, placing 53rd in 32:08.7 in the 10,000-meter race … During indoor track season, ran in events ranging from 800 meters to 3,000 meters and recording personal-best times in four of those events … Broke his 1,500-meter top time in the Oklahoma Baptist Indoor-Outdoor Invitational with a 4:00.12 clocking … Matched career-best time in the 1,000 meters of 2:37.32 in Nebraska’s Holiday Inn Invitational … At the Pittsburg State Invitational, ran a 4:20.68 in the mile, setting another personal-best mark … In his next meet, Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic, set another personal-best time, this time in the 3,000 meters at 8:34.44 … In outdoor season, continued his run of setting personal-best times, doing so in OC’s first meet of the campaign, the Southwestern (Kan.) Invitational, finishing the 5,000 meters in 15:30.61 … Recorded his best-ever 800-meter time of 1:56.69 in the Southwestern (Kan.) Relays … Broke another personal mark in the 1,500 meters at the Great American Conference Championships in Shawnee, finishing third in 3:58.91 to earn All-GAC first-team honors … 2014-15: Ran in four cross country meets … Because of injury, missed OC’s first three meets … Made debut in the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational, finishing 46th in 28:29.83 … At West Texas A&M Buffalo Stampede, took 24th in 29:00 … Was team’s No. 5 runner in the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., finishing 21st in 27:01.3, helping Eagles to runner-up team finish … At NCCAA Championship in Houghton, N.Y., helped Eagles to runner-up team finish by placing 34th, with time of 26:35.8 … During indoor track season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the mile … Finished ninth at the national meet in Cedarville, Ohio, with time of 4:32.64 … Top mile time of season was a career-best 4:24.72, at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational … Ran career-best 1,000-meter time of 2:37.32 at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Open … Also competed in a pair of 3,000-meter races, with best time of 9:00.04 at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Open … At Missouri Southern Indoor Invitational, ran leadoff leg on a distance medley relay team that finished in 10:29.04 … Did not compete during the outdoor track season … 2013-14: Limited by injury to only one cross country meet, the season-opening Strohman Dental/Midwestern State Stampede, in which he ran 20:33.5 … During indoor track season, focused on the 3,000- and 5,000-meter events … Qualified for the NCCAA Indoor Championships in both … At the national meet, scored team points for OC with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 with a time of 15:52.85 … Finished 10th at the NCCAA meet in the 3,000 in season-best time of 8:55.62 … Top 5,000 time was 15:48.21 in the Missouri Southern Lion Invitational … Qualified for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters … Finished 12th in the 1,500 in 4:08.53 … Started but didn’t finish the 5,000-meter race at nationals, instead running as a pacesetter for teammates Roberto Diaz and Bryant Keirns … Also ran as part of OC’s 4x800-meter relay team at the NCCAA meet, which finished ninth in 7:54.80 … Top 1,500 time of outdoor season was 4:03.96, run at K.T. Woodman Classic at Wichita State … Ran a 15:32.13 time in the 5,000 at the Emporia State (Kan.) Relays … Top 800-meter time was 2:02.40 at the Southwestern (Kan.) Relays … Previous School: Attended Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow … Finished in the top seven in Oklahoma Class 6A state cross country meet during each of the last three seasons … Was fifth as a senior with a time of 15:56.31 over the 5,000-meter course … Was seventh as a junior and third as a sophomore … In USA Junior Cross Country Championships in February, ran 8,000-meter collegiate distance and finished 47th in 26:35.90 … In track, won the 6A state title in the 3,200 meters as a senior with time of 9:37.79, after finishing second as a junior in 9:35.43. … Also was third in 6A in the 1,600 meters (4:27.60).
