Biology major … Named as OC’s Mr. Eagle for the 2015-16 academic year … Established himself as one of the top distance runners in the Heartland Conference … Two-time NCCAA All-American who twice finished as the Heartland Conference individual runner-up … Two-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America selection and OC’s only Academic All-American (in any sport) in 2014-15 … During 2014 cross country season, he earned both NCCAA All-America and All-Conference honors and posted five top-five finishes … One of a growing line of standout runners from the Wichita area to have run for OC, joining former stars Britt Barrientez, Brayden Barrientez and Blake Thompson … Finished as the runner-up in the 2016 Wichita River Run … Has personal-best times of 32:15.00 in the 10,000 meters, 24:48.8 in 8,000-meter cross country, 14:46.1 in the 5,000 meters, 9:39.82 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 8:38.19 in the 3,000 meters, 4:24.58 in the mile, 4:02.78 in the 1,500 meters, 2:39.80 in the 1,000 meters and 2:03.42 in the 800 meters … 2015-16: Ran in four cross country meets … Named as OC’s Mr. Eagle for 2015-16, an honor presented to the male senior student-athlete who best combines success in his sport with representing the ideals of OC … Named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America first-team list for track/cross country for the second straight year, leading a three-man AAA contingent from OC that included Brennym Kaelin and Ryan Lutterloh … Became only the seventh OC student-athlete in any sport ever to earn Academic All-America first-team honors twice … Had earlier been named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District team … Named to the All-Heartland Conference cross country team for the third straight year … 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 cross country season opener, the Central Oklahoma Land Run, finished the four-mile race in 20:59.41 to place 10th … Recorded a top-20 finish in the Missouri Southern Stampede, placing 20th 25:15.93 … After a layoff of more than a month, earned All-Heartland Conference honors with a sixth-place finish in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, in 26:17.4 … Helped OC win its first official Heartland cross country team title and second overall … In the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 32:39.03, placing 69th … In indoor track season, ran in three meets … Had top time of 8:59.71 in the 3,000 meters in the Missouri Southern Open Invitational … Best 5,000-meter time was 15:12.08 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … During outdoor season, competed at distances of 3,000 meters or more … Competing in his first 3,000-meter steeplechase race in three years, ran a 9:52.61 to win at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … Best 5,000-meter time of 15:32.00 came in the team’s first outdoor meet of the season, the Southwestern (Kan.) Invitational … Recorded best 10,000-meter time in the Friends University Invitational at 32:15.00 … At the Great American Conference Championships in Shawnee, competed in the 10,000 meters and finished seventh in 33:19.34 … Won his final collegiate race, a 5,000-meter event at the South Central Regional Challenge, prevailing in 16:32.61 … 2014-15: Ran in all seven cross country meets, finishing in the top five in five of those races … Named to the Capital One Academic All-America first-team list for NCAA Division II track and field/cross country by CoSIDA, the only OC student-athlete in any sport to receive that prestigious honor in 2014-15 … Also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District list … NCCAA cross country runner-up, earning All-America honors in the process … Earned All-Heartland Conference honors with his second straight runner-up finish at the league meet … Three-time NCCAA Student-Athlete of the week, twice for cross country and once for indoor track … One-time Heartland cross country runner of the week … Named as an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete for 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 cross country season opener, finished fifth in the Central Oklahoma Land Run with a time of 20:38.9 over four miles … Placed 26th in the Missouri Southern Stampede with time of 25:59.7 … At Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, finished 16th with time of 26:27.6, a performance that earned him Heartland Conference runner-of-the-week honors … Second at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational with time of 25:26.30, starting a string of four straight top-five showings to end the season … At West Texas A&M Stampede, placed fourth in 26:36 … Running in his hometown of Wichita, Kan., in the Heartland Conference Championship, was in contention all the way and finished second in a career-best time of 24:48.8, earning All-Conference honors for the second straight year and helping OC to a runner-up team finish … One week later in Houghton, N.Y., at the NCCAA Championship, again was in contention all the way and finished as the national runner-up with a time of 25:06.9 on a cold, snowy day … Helped Eagles finish as the NCCAA team runner-up … In indoor track, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters … At the national meet in Cedarville, Ohio, only ran in the 5,000 meters, however, due to illness … In that race, finished sixth in season-best 15:26.18 … Top 3,000-meter time of season was a career-best 8:38.19 in the Central Oklahoma Indoor Open … Also qualified for the NCCAA meet in the mile, but didn’t run it at nationals … Top mile time was a career-best 4:24.58 in the Missouri Southern Indoor Invitational … Also ran in the 1,000 meters in the Central Oklahoma Open, finishing in 2:39.80 … During outdoor season, raced in only one regular-season meet but still qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 10,000 meters … At the national meet in Rome, Ga., finished fourth in 32:39.03 … 2013-14: Ran in six cross country meets, finishing in the top five in four of those races … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … In season-opening Strohman Dental/Midwestern State Stampede, finished fifth in 19:15.6 … Finished 11th in the Missouri Southern Stampede in 25:17.37 … Second top-five finish of season came in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, placing fifth in 26:05.17 in wet conditions … Took 29th in the Chile Pepper Festival in 26:08.2 … Saved his best performances for the final two meets of the season … Finished as the runner-up in the Heartland Conference Championship in 25:19.7, trailing only teammate Roberto Diaz and helping lift OC to a first-place team finish ... That finish earned him All-Heartland honors … At the NCCAA Championship in Cedarville, Ohio, led the Eagles’ contingent with a fifth-place finish in 26:01.54, earning him All-America status … In indoor track season, qualified for the NCCAA Indoor Championships in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters, but competed at nationals only in the latter two events … Finished fourth in the 5,000 in 15:30.75 and sixth in the 3,000 in a career-best 8:47.85 … Top 5,000 indoor time was 15:14.94 at the Missouri Southern Lion Invitational … Won the 3,000 at the Texas Tech Open in a time of 8:48.91 … During the outdoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 and 5,000, but ran only in the latter at the national meet, finishing sixth in 15:24.84 … Posted top 5,000 time of 14:46.10 in the Kansas Relays, finishing sixth … Best 1,500 time was 4:03.89 at the K.T. Woodman Classic at Wichita State … Also ran on OC’s 4x1,600-meter relay team at the Kansas Relays, which took second in 17:51.93 … Earned NCCAA Scholar-Athlete status in both indoor and outdoor track … 2012-13: Ran in six cross country meets, tied for the most of any OC runner … Took fifth in his first collegiate race, the Central Oklahoma Land Run (20:32.00) … Ran 26:17.70, good for 28th place, in rainy, muddy conditions in Missouri Southern Stampede … In university division of Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, was 62nd in 26:29.95 … Just missed top-100 finish in the Chile Pepper Festival, finishing 103rd in 10K race in 32:58.0 … Best 8,000-meter time of season came in 14th place finish at Mid-States Classic (25:29.39) … Provided the decisive team points toward national championship with a 23rd-place finish at the NCCAA Championship, posting a time of 26:24.18 … Qualified for the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the NCCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships … Finished eighth in the 5,000 (a season-best 15:35.77) and 13th in the 3,000 (9:05.76) … Ran top 3,000-meter time of season of 8:56.43 in Oklahoma Baptist Invitational on Feb. 9, good for a second-place finish … During outdoor season, ran in the 1,500, the 5,000 and the 3,000-meter steeplechase, qualifying for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in the latter two events … Finished fifth at the NCCAA meet in the steeplechase with a season-best time of 9:45.01 … Ran as a pacesetter for teammates in the 5,000 and performed that duty to perfection, helping four of them finish in the top 10 … Won the steeplechase at the Heartland/McMurry Invitational on April 19 with a time of 9:45.84 … Best 5,000-meter time was 15:47.62, run at the Emporia State Relays on April 6 … Top 1,500-meter time was 4:02.78, at the Southwestern Relays on April 27 … Previous school: Attended Campus High School in Haysville, Kan. … As a senior, finished third in the Kansas 6A championship with a 5-kilometer time of 15:56.4 … Also competed in 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in track and was considered among Kansas’ prep elite in both events … A six-time state qualifier in track and a three-time state qualifier in cross country.
