* Olympic finalist *
* Two-Time All-American *
Career Best (thru 2015):
- 400 Meters: 44.97
Stanford Record Book:
Outdoors
- 400 Meters: 1st
Indoors
- 400: 2nd
- 500: 1st
- 4x400 Relay: 4th, 9th
- Distance Medley Relay: 3rd
At Stanford:
- The 2012 Olympic finalist led Stanford to the distance medley relay title at the 2014 NCAA indoor championships.
2015 Season:
Outdoors
- Did not compete.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
2014 Season:
Outdoors
- Broke the Stanford record in the 400 while winning the Australian national championship in Melbourne on April 3, running 45.36 while wearing a Stanford uniform.
- Earned a spot on Australia's Commonwealth Games team with that time.
- Finished second at the Pac-12 Championships in 45.79.
- Suffered a hamstring strain in that race that kept him from competing at the NCAA West Prelims.
- Won the 400 at the Big Meet and anchored Stanford to the 4x400 relay victory (3:12.07).
- Won the sophomore Block 'S' honor at the Stanford Athletic Board award.
Indoors
- Gave Stanford the lead for good with a 45.75 split for 400 in the distance medley relay at the NCAA indoor championships, allowing the Cardinal win the title in 9:37.63, on March 14 in Albuquerque, N.M.
- Teamed with Marco Bertolotti, Luke Lefebure, and Michael Atchoo on the team.
- Took the baton in second, but had the fastest split by more than a second over anyone else in the field and had a two-second advantage overall all but three on that leg.
- Declined an individual 400 berth at the indoor nationals to stay fresh for the DMR.
- Won the MPSF title in the 400 in 46.24, his indoor personal best.
- Ran the second leg on Stanford's fourth-place 4x400 at the MPSF Championships (3:12.20).
- Won the invite 400 at the Husky Classic in 46.42, the No. 2 indoor mark in Stanford history, on Feb. 15.
- Won the invite 500 in a school and meet record 1:01.44 to win the Penn State National, on Feb. 1.
- The time was the third-fastest in the world to that point and the fastest by a collegian.
- Ran the second leg on Stanford's winning 4x400 relay at the Husky Classic, for the No. 8 indoor time ever at Stanford.
- Ran the 400 leg of the second place DMR at Penn State, running a 45.8 split.
- The team time of 9:28.95 was No. 3 in school history.
2013 Season:
Outdoors
- Set a Stanford freshman record and vaulted to No. 3 on the school's all-time list in the 400 with a season best of 46.12 at the Pac-12 Championships.
- Finished third in the race while competing against two other 2012 Olympians.
- Earned second-team All-America honors after running 46.41 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships.
- Had the seventh-fastest time at the NCAA West Prelims (46.59).
- Broke 47 seconds in all five open 400 races.
- Made collegiate debut winning the Big Meet.
- Also anchored the 4x400 to victory at the Big Meet and to seventh in the Pac-12's (3:10.56) ... one of seven 2012 Olympic finalists to compete in collegiate track and field.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
2012 Olympics:
- At age 19, reached the 2012 Olympic final in the 400 meters, finishing eighth in 45.14 in London.
- Qualified seventh with a personal record of 44.97 in the semifinals.
- Became the first Australian man in 24 years to reach an Olympic 400 final.
- Opened with a personal best of 45.18 in the first round.
- Ran on Australia's 4x400 that ran 3:03.17 in the first round and failed to advance to the final.
2013 World Championships:
- Led off the Australia 4x400 relay team that finished eighth in the final of the worlds in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 16, running 3:02.26.
- His split was 45.3.
National/International:
- Won Australia national 400 championships in 2011 and 2012.
- Led off with a 45.25 split from lane eight to help Australia (3:02.26) finish eighth at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
- Earned a bronze medal at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, running a personal record 45.54.
- Broke a 30-year-old national junior record in 2011.
- Was part of the Australian 4x400 team that competed at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, and finished fifth in its heat in 3:01.56 and failed to reach the final.
- His 44.97 ranked him No. 21 on the 2012 world performance list.
- Was second at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, in 46.24.
- Ran in the 2013 Morton Games in Dublin, Ireland, finishing third in 46.18.
High School/Club:
- Competed for the Randwick Botany Harriers where he was coached by Ukrainian-born Fira Dvoskina.
- Has a best of 53.75 in the 400 hurdles.
- Won the 2009 Under-17 All-Schools Championship in the 400.
- Did not begin formal track training until 2009.
- Trained at the New South Wales Institute of Sport in Sydney and the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Personal:
- Plans a career in medicine, like his father, Michael, a South African-born orthopedic surgeon.
- Majoring in human biology.
- Born in Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia.
- Captained the Australian junior soccer team that competed in the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
- Also a talented surfer.
- Named the Maccabi New South Wales junior Sportsman of the Year in 2009 and Sportsman of the Year in 2011.
Career Statistics:
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. Finish | W. Prelims | NCAA Champs. |
2015 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
2014 | Outdoors (6) | 400 | 45.36 | 2 (Pac-12) | -- | -- |
4x400 | 3:12.07 | -- | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 9:29.66 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (5) | 400 | 46.24 | 1 (MPSF) | -- | -- | |
500 | 1:01.44 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:12.20 | 4 (MPSF) | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 9:28.95 | -- | -- | 1 | ||
2013 | Outdoors (7) | 400 | 46.12 | 3 (Pac-12) | 7 | 15 |
4x400 | 3:02.26 (Australia) | 7 (Pac-12) | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |