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Collegiate Career Bests:
1,500 Meters 3:44.53
Mile 3:58.76i
3,000 Meter 7:57.15i
2009 Season (Junior): Ran a season-best time of 4:01.13 at the UW Last Chance Meet ... placed fifth in the mile (4:03.43) and 10th in the 3,000 meters at the 8:13.17 at the MPSF Indoor Championships ... redshirted the outdoor season.
2008 Season (Sophomore): Made the final that NCAA West Regional Championships in the 1,500 meters where he finished seventh with a time of 3:45.82 ... placed 14th in the 1,500 and 18th in the 800 meters at the Pac-10 Championships ... finished 14th at the MPSF Championships in the indoor mile.
2007 Season (Freshman): Took 14th with a time of 3:52.08 in the 1,500 meter prelims at the Pac-10 Championships ... ran a 1:55.05 in the 800 meters at the Stanford Invite ... ran an indoor career-best 4:14.06 mile at the Husky Classic ... recorded an indoor career-best indoor 8:30.73 in the 3,000 meters at the UW Invitational.
International Competition: Competed in the 1,500 meters as a member of the 2006 Canadian junior team at the World Junior Track & Field Championships in Beijing, China.
High School: Captured the 1,500 and 3,000 meter titles at the 2006 British Columbia High School Championships ... runner-up in the 1,500 meters at both the British Columbia Junior Championships and the Canadian Junior Championships ... runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the 2005 British Columbia High School Championships ... 2004 and 2005 British Columbia High School Cross Country champion ... finished eighth in the 1,500 meters at the World Youth Final ... holds the Canadian Youth record in the 1,500 meters at 3:47.4, but also set a personal record of 3:45.9 in the 1,500 meters at the World Junior Championships in China.
Cardinal Catalogue: International relations major ... parents are John Bird and Monica Marpole ... 2009 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention in cross country...2009 USTFCCA Academic All-American in track and field...second team Pac-10 All-Academic for cross country in 2009...2008 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention for outdoor track...2008 and 2009 MPSF All-Academic for indoor track.