Electrical Engineering major … Capped an outstanding senior cross country season by winning the Heartland Conference Championship and being named as the league’s runner of the year … Veteran who was one of the team’s leaders, one who proved himself in major races … Redshirted in cross country in 2014, but was an all-conference runner in 2013 … Two-time NCCAA All-American … Has personal-best times of 25:05.76 in 8,000-meter cross country, 15:53.95 in the 5,000 meters, 8:40.26 in the 3,000 meters, 4:22.28 in the mile, 3:59.98 in the 1,500 meters and 1:59.18 in the 800 meters … 2015-16: Competed in four cross country meets … Named as the Heartland Conference runner of the year and earning his second All-Heartland cross country honor in three years … Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America third-team list for track-cross country, joining teammates Bryant Keirns and Ryan Lutterloh on the elite AAA squads … Had earlier been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team … Name twice as the Heartland Conference cross country runner of the week … Named as a USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete for cross country … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … In season-opening cross country meet, the Central Oklahoma Land Run, covered the four miles in 20:37.43 and finished fifth … Recorded another top-10 finish at the Missouri Southern Stampede, placing eighth in 25:05.76 … Was named as the Heartland Conference runner of the week after both the UCO and Missouri Southern races … Did not race again for more than a month, but in his return, won the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, in time of 25:42.3 … The win earned him Heartland runner-of-the-year honors and his second All-Heartland selection in three years, after having also earned the honor in 2013 … He was the second OC runner to win the Heartland title in three years, joining teammate Roberto Diaz, who prevailed in 2013 and was second to Kaelin in 2015 … The duo led the Eagles to their first official Heartland team title and their second overall … Was OC’s top finisher in the 10,000-meter NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Canyon, Texas, placing 33rd in 31:31.4, a performance that helped land him USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete honors … Did not compete in indoor track season … Ran only one race in outdoor track season, finishing 28th in the 800 meters at the Great American Conference Championship in Shawnee in time of 2:15.19 … 2014-15: Redshirted during cross country season … Named as an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … Named as recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In indoor track, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 3,000 and the distance medley relay, earning All-America honors in both … Finished second in the 3,000 meters in career-best time of 8:40.26 … Ran leadoff leg on DMR team that finished third in 10:22.71 … Joined Joshua Jones, Emory Lobley and Roberto Diaz on that squad … Although he didn’t run it at the national meet, also qualified for the NCCAA mile … Posted fifth-best mile time in the NCCAA, a 4:22.28 at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational … Also ran 2:43.53 in the 1,000 meters at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … During the outdoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters … At the national meet in Rome, Ga., finished sixth in 4:01.32 … Ran career-best 1,500 time of 3:59.98 in the Kansas Relays … Also competed in the 800 meters outdoors, with a top time of 1:59.18 at Oklahoma Baptist Open … Ran the third leg on a 4x800-meter relay team that finished in 8:16.10 in the Kansas Relays … 2013-14: Ran in six cross country meets, earning All-Heartland Conference honors in the process … Named as a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … In season debut, ran 35th in the Missouri Southern Stampede in 26:06.86 … Was 21st in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in 27:42.01 in wet conditions … At Chile Pepper Festival, finished 133rd in 28:19.6 … Rebounded the next week with a 13th-place finish at the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational in 26:08.7 … Earned all-conference honors with a seventh-place finish at the Heartland Conference Championship with a career-best time of 25:55.7, helping the Eagles finish first in the team race … At NCCAA Championship, was OC’s No. 2 finisher, taking 37th with a time of 26:48.20 … During indoor track, qualified for NCCAA Indoor Championships in 3,000 meters and finished ninth in 8:55.21, a career-best time … Ran his first career 400-meter indoor race at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational, finishing in 54.72 seconds … Ran career-best mile time of 4:35.87 in the Missouri Southern Indoor Invitational … During outdoor season, ran in the 1,500 meters in the NCCAA Outdoor Championships and finished 20th in 4:20.19 … Ran career-best time in the 1,500, a 4:08.55 clocking, at the K.T. Woodman Classic at Wichita State … Ran a career-best 15:53.95 in the 5,000 at the Emporia State (Kan.) Relays … Also ran on OC’s 4x1,600-meter relay team at the Kansas Relays, which took second in 17:51.93 … Named as a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in both indoor and outdoor track … 2012-13: Capped a solid sophomore cross country campaign with a 24th-place finish at the NCCAA Championship, posting a time of 26:25.02 and finishing ahead of the Heartland Conference champion as Eagles won national title … Also ran in the Central Oklahoma Land Run (13th in 21:10.20), Missouri Southern Stampede (97th in 27:48.27) and Mid-States Classic (55th in 26:48.96) … During indoor track season, qualified for NCCAA Championships in the 3,000 meters, finishing 16th overall in 9:21.03 … Mostly competed in 3,000 and mile events indoors, as well as on 4x400-meter relay team … Ran a season-best 9:07.07 in the 3,000 at the Missouri Southern Lion Invitational on Feb. 2 … Best mile time was 4:39.76 at Oklahoma Baptist Invitational on Feb. 9 … Qualified for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4x800 meters … Relay team of David Koistinen, Kaelin, Nick Stoots and Ryan Lutterloh finished fifth in 7:56.25 … Focused on the 800 and 1,500 meters during the outdoor season … Best 800 time was 2:00.42 at the Southwestern Invitational on March 14 … Top 1,500 time was 4:14.02 came at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic on April 13 … Won the 1,500 at the Heartland/McMurry Invitational on April 20 with time of 4:18.61 … Part of winning 4x800-meter relay team at Heartland/McMurry meet, posting time of 8:03.97 … 2011-12: Ran in five cross country races for the Eagles in 2011, with top-20 finishes at the Central Oklahoma Land Run and the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational … Finished 45th in Sooner Athletic Conference Championship (27:53.2) … Previous school: Multi-sport athlete at Cypress Falls High School in Houston, where he played baseball in addition to running cross country and track … Earned all-district honors in cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior … As a prep runner, had top times of 15:21 in the 5,000 meters and 9:52 in the 3,200 meters.
