Collegiate Career Bests:
3,000 Meter Steeplechase 8:59.85
3,000 Meter 8:15.65i
5,000 Meter 14:27.46i
2008 Season (Junior): A West Regional qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase...finished 14th in the steeplechase at the Pac-10 Championships...ran a career-best time of 9:03.27 in the steeple at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational...finished 10th in the 3,000 meters and the 12th in the 5,000 meters at the MPSF Championships.
2007 Season (Sophomore): Placed 26th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional... finished 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Pac-10 Championships...ran a career-best 8:59.85 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational...ran an indoor career-best 8:25.08 3,000 meters at the UW Invitational...clocked a career-best 15:01.56 in the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic.
2006 Season (Freshman): Ran a season-best 9:32.97 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at California...posted a season-best 15:08.98 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational.
2005 Season: Redshirted.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in McLean, Va....a six-time all-state performer...led his squad to a team championship at the 2002 Virginia High School Cross Country State Championship...a member of Thomas Jefferson's distance medley relay team that earned outdoor All-American honors in 2004...also a member of the 4 x mile relay team that earned indoor All-American honors during the 2002-2003 season.
Cardinal Catalogue: Management science and engineering major...2007 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team...2007 and 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic second team in cross country...second-team Pac-10 All-Academic and MPSF All-Academic selection in 2008...parents are Paul and Madeline Mocko.