Computer Science major … Proven distance runner who’s returning for a final track and field campaign in 2017 … A two-time NCCAA All-American in the 10,000 meters, finishing as the national runner-up in 2014 and 2015 … A consistent top-seven cross country runner for Eagles for four seasons who was better the longer the race distance … Has personal-best times of 25:48.66 in 8,000-meter cross country, 32:11.99 in the 10,000 meters, 15:09.98 in the 5,000 meters, 9:24.22 in the 3,000 meters, 4:49.04 in the mile and 4:17.32 in the 1,500 meters … 2017: Named as a Crafton Tull/Great American Conference Distinguished Scholar … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (spring semester) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Competed only in outdoor season, running at 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters … Season-best 5K time was 15:19.63 in the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles … At the GAC Championships in Searcy, Ark., ran his season-best 10K time, finishing ninth in 32:20.50 … 2015-16: Ran in three cross country meets … All-Heartland Conference cross country selection … 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 … Made his cross country season debut in the Eagles’ second meet, the Missouri Southern Stampede, and placed 78th in 26:10.13 … Didn’t race again for more than a month, but then posted a seventh-place finish in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, finishing in 26:26.8 … Was OC’s fifth finisher in the race, giving the Eagles an incredibly low team score of 20 as they cruised to the title … Was one of nine OC runners to finish in the top 17 and thus earn some sort of All-Heartland recognition … Was in his element in the 10,000-meter NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Laredo, Texas, picking off runners in the latter stages and finishing 36th in 31:36.8, his best-ever 10K time in either cross country or track … That performance helped earn him USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete honors … Did not compete during indoor or outdoor track seasons … 2014-15: Ran in five cross country meets … 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 cross country season opener, covered the four miles in the Central Oklahoma Land Run in 21:45.2 to place 19th … At Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, finished 26th in 27:28.9 … Posted highest career cross country finish at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational, a fourth-place showing with a career-best time of 25:48.66 … Was OC’s No. 2 runner in the race, helping Eagles to the team title … Finished 20th at the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., in 27:01.3, placing 20th (four on the team) as Eagles posted runner-up finish … At NCCAA Championship in Houghton, N.Y., placed 31st (fifth on the team) in 26:26.5, placing 31st as the Eagles were the team runner-up … During indoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters … At the national meet in Cedarville, Ohio, finished fourth in that event, with season-best time of 15:16.52 … During outdoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the 10,000 meters and earned All-America status in that event for the second straight year … At the national meet in Rome, Ga., finished as the runner-up in the NCCAA 10,000 for the second straight year, running a tactically strong race while posting a career-best time of 32:11.99 … Also qualified for the NCCAA meet in the 5,000 meters and one day after his 10K race, ran the 5K and finished seventh in 15:38.16 … Posted career-best 5,000-meter time of 15:09.98 in Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Distance Carnival … Won the 10,000 meters at the season-opening Southwestern Invitational in time of 32:50.63 … 2013-14: Ran in four cross country meets … Named as a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … Ran as OC’s No. 3 runner in the season-opening Strohman Dental/Midwestern State Stampede, finishing 15th overall in 19:59.4 … Didn’t run again until a month later, when he finished 123rd in 28:06.7 … In Heartland Conference Championship, finished 23rd in 26:50.8, helping OC finish first in the team race … Posted a solid 68th-place finish at the NCCAA Championship with a time of 27:27.23 … In indoor track, mostly ran in 5,000-meter races and qualified for the NCCAA Indoor Championships in that event … At nationals, placed 16th in the 5,000 in 16:20.63 … Best indoor 5,000 time was 16:06.36 at the Missouri Southern Lion Invitational … Ran a 16:30.22 to win the 5,000 at the Missouri Southern Indoor Invitational … During the outdoor season, focused on the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, qualifying for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in the latter event … At the national meet, ran a tactically brilliant 10,000 race and finished second in a career-best 32:41.84, earning himself All-America honors after entering the race ranked 19th in the NCCAA … Best 5,000 time was 15:55.33, run at the Emporia State (Kan.) Relays … Named as a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in both indoor and outdoor track ... 2012-13: Started collegiate cross country career with 10th-place at Central Oklahoma Land Run, finishing in 21:02.40 … Also ended season in strong fashion, finishing 28th at the NCCAA Championship in 26:33.68, helping Eagles win national title … Also ran in Missouri Southern Stampede (59th in 26:54.77), Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree University Division (138th in 28:17.09), Chile Pepper Festival (137th in 33:25.7) and Mid-States Classic (36th in 26:17.49) … Ran in only one meet during indoor season, finishing the 3,000 meters in 9:31.54 at the Texas Tech Masked Rider Open on April 19 … During outdoor season, qualified for NCCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters and finished 10th with a time of 15:41.73 … Won the 5,000 at the Heartland/McMurry Invitational on April 20, finishing in 16:28.86 … Ran in one 1,500-meter race, posting a time of 4:17.32 in the Southwestern Invitational on March 14 … Previous school: Attended Pan American Christian Academy in Sao Paulo … Played basketball, soccer and softball for the Warriors, helping basketball team to one league title and the softball team to a pair of championships … Received school’s Senior Male Athlete award … Ran independently during his high school years, as his school didn’t have a track or cross country team … Had top prep times of 4:58 in the 1,600 meters, 15:47 for three miles and 34:54 for 10 kilometers.
