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Computer Engineering major … Young runner from the Oklahoma Panhandle who brought a championship pedigree to the OC program … Named as the Jim Thorpe High School Player of the Year for boys track and field in Oklahoma in 2019 … Has personal-best times of 1:57.36 in the 800 meters, 4:32.13 in the mile, 8:40.23 in the 3,000 meters, 15:00.06 in the 5,000 meters, 31:22.89 in the 10,000 meters, 26:54.1 in 8,000-meter cross country and 33:47.8 in 10,000-meter cross country …
2020-21: All-Lone Star Conference in cross country … All-Invitational at Division II XC National Invitational … 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 (fall semester) … During cross country season, competed in four meets … Led OC in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree against an otherwise all-Division I field, finishing 42nd with a time of 25:49.7 over 8,000 meters … Also was the Eagles’ top runner two weeks later on the same course in the Oklahoma State Invitational with a time of 26:07.2, good for a 62nd-place finish … Was OC’s No. 1 runner in the LSC Championship in San Angelo, Texas, leading for much of the race and eventually finishing fifth in a career-best time of 25:21.0 over 8,000 meters … Placed 23rd and made the All-Invitational team in the Division II XC National Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, recording a career-best time of 33:04.2 over 10,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in two meets … In Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic, recorded personal-best times in both the 3,000 meters (8:40.23) and 5,000 meters (15:00.06) … In the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, finished seventh in the 5,000 (15:37.49) and eighth in the 3,000 (8:54.88) … During outdoor track season, competed in five meets … In his first career track 10K, posted a time of 31:22.89 in the Wichita State Open … In the LSC Outdoor Championships in Canyon, Texas, took seventh in the 5,000 meters in 15:28.97 …
2019-20: Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic status for cross country … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in two meets … Made his collegiate debut in the Lone Star Conference Championship race in Silver City, N.M., and finished 27th with a time of 26:54.1 over 8,000 meters … Two weeks later in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship race in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 33:47.8, finishing 67th … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Ran a season-best 3,000-meter time of 8:52.31 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … At the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, placed 15th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:05.34 … Did not compete during outdoor season, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak …
Previous school: Attended Boise City High School … Won 11 state titles – two in cross country and nine in track – during his four years … Took the Class 2A individual cross country title in both 2017 and 2018, his senior season … In track, won the 800-meter, 1,600-meter and 3,200 meter Class A individual titles as both a junior and senior … Also won the 1,600-meter title as a sophomore … Anchored state-champion 4x800-meter relay teams as a sophomore and junior … Did not lose an individual track and field race as a senior … Won the Oklahoma State Cowboy Cross Country Jamboree as a junior.
