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Mechanical Engineering major … Middle-distance runner who’s improved rapidly in his native country … Was the runner-up in the 800 in the Dutch national junior championships in 2015 and third in the 1,500 at the same meet in 2017 … Ran club track for Leiden Atletiek, one of The Netherlands’ larger teams … Has personal-best times of 34:12.9 in 10,000-meter cross country, 25:45.5 in 8,000-meter cross country, 8:54.25 in the 3,000 meters, 4:19.44 in the mile, 3:56.46 in the 1,500 meters, 2:31.03 in the 1,000 meters and 1:53.69 in the 800 meters …
2020-21: All-Lone Star Conference (second team) in indoor track … USTFCCCA All-Academic in track … Lone Star Conference All-Academic team in indoor track and outdoor track … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in three meets … Ran career-best 8,000-meter XC time of 25:45.5 and finished 18th in the LSC Championship race in San Angelo, Texas, helping the Eagles to a runner-up team finish … In the Division II XC National Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, placed 58th with a time of 34:12.9 over 10,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Part of OC distance medley relay team that posted a NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 10:00.02 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … In the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, took fourth in the mile in a career-best time of 4:19.44 and was part of OC’s runner-up team in the distance medley relay (10:29.69) … During outdoor track season, competed in three meets … In Texas State’s Bobcat Invitational, ran a career-best time of 3:56.46 over 1,500 meters … Took 15th in the 1,500 in the LSC Outdoor Championships in Canyon, Texas, with time of 4:16.26 …
2019-20: Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in three meets … Finished 23rd in the season-opening Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond, covering the four miles in 21:32.3 … Best 8,000-meter time of season was 27:03.1 in the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Mo. … At the Lone Star Conference Championship race in Silver City, N.M., finished 85th with a time of 28:54.5 over 8,000 meters … Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor track seasons …
2018-19: All-Great American Conference first-team in indoor distance medley relay and All-GAC second-team in indoor mile … All-GAC first-team in the outdoor 1,500 meters … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semester) …During cross country season, ran in three meets … Made collegiate debut in the Fort Hays State Tiger Open in Victoria, Kan., posting an 8,000-meter time of 28:49.1 and finishing 143rd … Ran a career-best 8K time of 26:58.1 and placed 31st in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas … Finished 149th in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional in Denver, posting time of 35:44.0 … During indoor track season, ran in five meets … Top 800-meter time was 1:58.50 in the Texas Tech Open … Ran 8:54.25 in the 3,000 meters in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … Earned All-GAC first-team honors in the distance medley relay at the inaugural GAC Indoor Championships in Norman, running the anchor leg on a team with Kelton Reynolds, Nick Parizek and Reid Little that finished second in 10:18.87 … The next day, finished fourth in the mile in 4:28.22 to earn All-GAC second-team honors … During outdoor track season, ran in eight meets … Earned All-GAC first-team honors with a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the GAC Outdoor Championships in Shawnee, posting a time of 4:00.16 … Took 16th in the GAC in the 800 meters with a time of 2:02.06 … Best 800 time was 1:54.56 in the Arkansas Twilight meet in Fayetteville, Ark. … Top 1,500 time of season was 3:57.86 in the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles …
Previous school: Attended The Hague Institute of Applied Science.
