Biography
Accounting major … One of the Heartland Conference’s elite cross country runners, having earned All-Conference honors in each of his three seasons … Made an immediate impact, earning Heartland Conference freshman of the year and NCCAA All-America honors during his debut season, and built upon that with a strong sophomore campaign during which he earned All-Heartland honors for a second time … Adds a component of strength to OC’s group of long-distance runners … Has personal-best times of 25:00.7 in 8,000-meter cross country, 32:29.07 in the 10,000 meters, 15:18.46 in the 5,000 meters, 8:46.20 in the 3,000 meters, 4:25.26 in the mile, 4:07.14 in the 1,500 meters and 2:02.62 in the 800 meters … 2017-18: All-Heartland Conference honorable mention in cross country … Named as an All-Academic cross country runner by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award …Ran in five cross country meets … Finished ninth in the four-mile Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond with time of 20:51.6 … Recorded best career 10,000-meter XC time of 32:53 in the Chile Pepper Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. … Placed 13th in the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan. with time of 26:04.4, earning All-Heartland honorable mention and becoming one of only a handful of runners ever to be named All-Heartland four times … In the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 33:01.5, good for 53rd place … Did not compete during indoor or outdoor track seasons … 2016-17: Earned All-Heartland Conference first-team honors in cross country .. Named as an All-Academic cross country runner by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Named as a Crafton Tull/Great American Conference Distinguished Scholar … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In cross country, ran in six meets … Placed third individually in the season-opening four-mile Central Oklahoma Land Run in 21:53 and in the College Division of the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree with a time of 26:32.6 over 8,000 meters … Ran career-best 8K time of 25:00.7 to finish fifth individually in the Heartland Conference Championship in Mansfield, Texas, helping OC post a runner-up team finish … In the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Denver, finished 34th individually, covering the 10,000 meters in 32:58.2 … Did not compete during indoor track season … During outdoor season, ran in two meets … Posted a 5,000-meter time of 15:45.30 in the Friends Invitational and –in his first collegiate track race at the distance – a time of 32:29.07 in the 10,000 meters at the Great American Conference Championships in Searcy, Ark. … 2015-16: Ran in four cross country meets, earning All-Heartland Conference honors for a second straight year … Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District list for track/cross country, along with teammates Brennym Kaelin, Bryant Keirns and Ryan Lutterloh … 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, finished 30th in the season-opening Central Oklahoma Land Run, covering the four miles in 21:52.92 … At Missouri Southern Stampede, his time of 25:44.71 was just off his personal-best for 8,000 meters and good for 48th place … Was off for more than a month before the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, but still posted a strong eighth-place finish in 26:54.2 to earn himself all-league honors and help the Eagles win the team title … At NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 33:11.1 to place 92nd … During indoor track season, ran in four meets, competing in 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter events … Best 3K time was 8:48.61 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … Recorded career-best 5K time of 15:18.46 in the Nebraska Tune-Up … Did not compete during outdoor season … 2014-15: Ran in all seven cross country meets, earning All-Heartland Conference and NCCAA All-America honors … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … In his collegiate debut, finished 14th in the Central Oklahoma Land Run, covering the four miles in 21:24.7 … Placed 39th in the Missouri Southern Stampede with time of 26:30.9 … At Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, finished 22nd in 27:12.1 … Posted first career top-10 finish at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational, placing seventh in 26:15.07 … In the West Texas A&M Stampede, posted another top-10 finish, placing fifth in 26:50 … Recorded third straight top-10 finish, placing fourth at the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., with time of 25:52.5 … That performance earned him All-Heartland honors as well as the Heartland’s freshman of the year award, while helping the Eagles to a runner-up finish … Shined again at the NCCAA Championship in Houghton, N.Y., finishing eighth in 25:36.5 on a cold, snowy day, earning All-America honors and helping the Eagles to a second-place team showing … During indoor track season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters, and competed in both races at the national meet in Cedarville, Ohio … Placed fifth in the 5,000 with a time of 15:18.62 and seventh in the 3,000 with a time of 8:55.18 … Was one of three OC runners to finish in the top seven in the 3,000, joining Brennym Kaelin (second) and Roberto Diaz (fourth) … Also qualified for the NCCAA meet in the mile, although he didn’t run that race in Ohio … Top mile time of season was 4:25.26 in the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational … Ran the 1,000 meters at the Central Oklahoma Open and finished with time of 2:42.38 … During outdoor track season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters … At the national meet in Rome, Ga., finished eighth in that event with a time of 15:49.09 … Top 5,000 time during season was 15:18.67 at Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Distance Carnival … Also qualified for the national meet in the 1,500 meters, but did not run that race in Georgia … Posted top 1,500 time of 4:07.14 at the Southwestern Relays … Ran second leg on 4x800-meter relay team that posted time of 8:16.10 at the Kansas Relays … Previous school: Attended Portland Christian High School, where he was a two-time Oregon Class 2A track and field champion … As a junior, won the 2A title in both the 1,500 meters and the 3,000 meters, earning most valuable runner honors at the state track meet … As a senior, finished third in 2A state cross country, finishing with a time of 16:20 in the 5,000-meter race … Also finished second in the 3,000 meters in the Class 2A state meet as a senior, with time of 8:58.19, and in the 1,500 meters, with a time of 4:17.09 … Also was part of the 2A runner-up 4x400-meter relay team.
