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Career Accolades

  • Two-time 2023 NCAA outdoor champion (5,000, 10,000)
  • Men's Outdoor Track National Athlete of the Year
  • Men's Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • West Region Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • West Region Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • First-team Academic All-American (2023)  
  • 10-time All-American
  • NCAA West Region cross country champion (2023)
  • Pac-12 cross country champion (2023)
  • Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • World Championships competitor in T&F and XC
  • Stanford school-record holder in the steeplechase and indoor 3,000 and 5,000
  • Australia and Oceania under-20 steeplechase record-holder
  • West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Three-time All-West Region XC (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Pac-12 XC team champions (2020-21, 2022, 2023)
  • Three-time All-Pac-12 XC first team (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • All-Pac-12 XC second team (2020-21)
  • Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior Award
  • Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
  • USTFCCCA National XC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 17)
  • Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2021, 2022, 2023; T&F 2022, 2023)
  • District All-Academic (2023)
  • Six-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021, 2023; T&F winter 2022, 2023, spring 2022, 2023)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

  • 5,000: 13:11.53i
  • 3,000 steeplechase: 8:32.01
  • 10,000: 27:44.33
  • 3,000: 7:42.30i
  • Mile: 3:55.87i
  • 1,500: 3:42.99
  • 800: 1:53.32

As a Senior (2023-24)
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions

  • All-American
  • Placed personal-best third at NCAA Championships
  • West Region Men's Athlete of the Year
  • NCAA West Region champion
  • Pac-12 champion
  • Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year
  • Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • All-West Region
  • First-team All-Pac-12
  • Fastest regional time in Sacramento history (10K, 28:55.6)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll  

As a Junior (2022-23)
Outdoors

  • NCAA 5,000 champion
  • NCAA 10,000 champion
  • USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track National Athlete of the Year
  • USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • USTFCCCA West Region Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
  • Scored 20 points to lead Stanford to a third-place NCAA team finish, it's best in 23 years
  • Two-time first-team All-American
  • Bowerman award semifinalist
  • Ran Lausanne Diamond League 5,000 and ran outdoor best 13:20.96 to place 10th
  • Time moved him to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list
  • Won the NCAA West Prelims 5,000 in 13:22.29, the fastest collegiate time of the outdoor season
  • Won the Big Meet 800 in a PB 1:53.32
  • Second in the Pac-12 1,500 in a PB 3:42.99
  • Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior Award
  • First-team Academic All-American
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Academic All-District
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Two-time All-American
  • First-team All-American in the 5,000, placing seventh at the NCAA Championships
  • Second-team All-American in the 3,000, placing 10th at the NCAA Championships
  • Broke the Stanford absolute 5,000 record at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston on Dec. 3
  • Time of 13:11.53 was the third-fastest indoors in collegiate history
  • It also placed him No. 4 in the 5,000, including indoors and outdoors, in Pac-12 history
  • Broke the Stanford indoor 3,000 record (any-sized track) with 7:42.30 to win the Ken Shannon Invitational
  • The time placed him No. 12 on the all-time collegiate indoor list for all conditions
  • Ran his first sub-4 mile (3:55.87) to win the UW Indoor Preview
  • The time places him No. 2 on Stanford's all-time indoor mile list
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * West Region Champions

  • All-American
  • Became a two-time XC All-American by placing 10th at the NCAA Championships, his career best
  • Placed 23rd at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, on Feb. 18 
  • Won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in season debut on Oct. 14
  • Set a record on the Thomas Zimmer Championship course of 23:09.9
  • USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 17)
  • All-West Region
  • Placed fifth at the NCAA West Regionals
  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Placed sixth at the Pac-12 Championships
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Outdoors

  • First-team All-American
  • Fourth in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships, in 13:30.23
  • World Championships qualifier in the 5,000
  • Sixth in 10,000 in a PB 27:44.33 at the Commonwealth Games
  • Pac-12 runner-up in the steeplechase and third in the 5,000
  • Moved to No. 4 in the 5,000 and No. 4 in the 10,000 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list
  • Moved to No. 8 in the 10,000 on Pac-12's all-time list
  • Qualified for NCAA's eighth in the NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000
  • Broke Stanford Invitational 5,000 record, winning in 13:23.61
  • In his 10,000 debut, ran 27:47.11 to place sixth at the Payton Jordan Invite
  • The time placed him No. 4 in Stanford history and No. 8 in Pac-12 history
  • Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team
  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • First-team All-American in the 5,000
  • Placed second in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships in a PB 13:20.17,
  • The time made him the 13th-fastest 5,000 performer indoors in collegiate history
  • No. 4 on Stanford's absolute list and No. 2 indoors
  • Broke Dempsey Indoor and Husky Classic record in the 5,000, winning in 13:21.85
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • All-American
  • Placed 14th at NCAA Championships, helping Stanford to fifth
  • All-West Region
  • NCAA West Region team champions
  • Placed seventh at NCAA West Regional
  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Placed fourth at Pac-12 Championships
  • Team's No. 2 runner at all three championship meets
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Freshman (2020-21)
Outdoors

  • First-team All-American in the steeplechase
  • Sixth in the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships  
  • Broke 17-year-old school record in the steeplechase (8:32.01)
  • Broke freshman school record in the steeplechase five times 
  • Twice broke Australia and Oceania under-20 records in the steeplechase
  • Third in the steeplechase at Pac-12 Championships
  • Big Meet steeplechase winner

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions

  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • Stanford's No. 3 runner at NCAA Championships
  • Stanford placed fifth at NCAA's with freshmen in team's top three spots
  • Placed eighth at Pac-12 Championships, as Stanford's No. 4 runner
  • Made collegiate debut with fourth in the 'B' race at Florida State Winter Classic

International

  • Placed 23rd at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, on Feb. 18, 2023
  • Competing for Australia, was the second non-African-born runner in the field
  • Made first Australian senior national team appearance at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore.
  • Finished eighth in his 5,000 heat in 13:27.03, three spots out of an automatic spot and was 19th overall
  • Placed sixth in the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 in a lifetime best 27:44.33 in Birmingham, England

Prior to Stanford

  • Captured three Queensland under-18 track titles in 2019, in the 1,500 and 3,000, and 2,000 steeplechase
  • Set Queensland meet record in the 2,000 steeplechase
  • Placed third in the 1,500 at the Australian national under-18 championships
  • Won The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland cross country championship in 2019 by running 18:12 over 6 kilometers
  • Set a course record at Brisbane's Limestone Park by 37 seconds
  • In August, 2019, placed third in the Australian U18 cross country championships
  • Placed fourth in Australian U18 cross country championships in 2018
  • In 2020, won the Queensland open title in the 3,000 steeplechase and won the 1,500 in the Queensland U20 final

Career Results

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2023-24Cross Country (5)8K22:40.21 (22:40.2)----
10K28:55.6--1 (28:55.6)3 (28:55.7)
2022-23Outdoors (8)5,00013:20.963 (14:14.44)1 (13:22.29)1 (14:04.77
10,00027:58.74--8 (28:22.84)1 (28:10.96)
1,5003:42.992 (3:42.99)----
8001:53.32------
Indoors (5)5,00013:11.53----7 (13:47.11)
3,0007:42.30----10 (8:03.87)
Mile3:55.87------
Cross Country (4)8K22:55.36 (22:55.3)----
10K28:26.3--5 (28:26.3)10 (29:07.4)
2021-22Outdoors (8)5,00013:23.613 (13:36.80)8 (13:39.02)4 (13:30.23)
Steeple8:33.912 (8:33.91)----
10,00027:44.33------
Indoors (4)5,00013:20.17----2 (13:20.17)
3,0007:50.35------
DMR9:32.18------
Cross Country (5)8K23:32.24 (23:47.8)----
10K29:15.7--7 (29:41.8)14 (29:15.7)
2020-21Outdoors (6)Steeple8:32.013 (8:41.81)10 (8:40.45)6 (8:32.01)
5,00013:51.53--41 (14:45.21)--
3,0008:12.70------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (4)8K23:03.98 (23:03.9)----
10K30:56.2----46 (30:56.2)
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