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TFRRS Performance Profile

* All-American *

Personal bests (thru 2018):

  • 10,000: 29:11.33
  • 5,000: 14:03.52
  • 3,000: 8:13.63i
  • 1,500: 3:54.87
  • Two mile: 8:59.73c

As a fifth-year senior (2017-18):
Outdoor

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
  • Placed 28th at NCAA West Regional.

Indoor

  • MPSF All-Academic.

As a senior (2016-17):
Outdoors

  • Did not compete.

Indoors

  • Ran the 3,000 at the UW Invitational (8:23.28).

Cross country

  • No. 3 runner on Stanford's NCAA runner-up team.
  • Stanford's No. 2 at Virginia Invitational.

As a junior (2015-16):
Outdoors

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims.

Indoors

  • Raced to eighth in the MPSF Championships 5,000 in a season-best 14:09.27.
  • MPSF All-Academic team.

Cross country

  • Team's No. 6 at NCAA Championships, helping Cardinal to third place.
  • Placed 207th overall (10K, 32:11.6).
  • 42nd at NCAA West Regionals (10K, 31:57.7).
  • 43rd at Pac-12 Championships as team's No. 7 (8K, 24:27.5).

As a sophomore (2014-15):
Outdoors

  • Ran the 10,000 on the track for the first time and clocked 29:23.21 at the Stanford Invitational.
  • Placed fourth in the 3,000 at the Big Meet.

Indoors

  • Placed eighth in the 5,000 at the MPSF Championships.
  • Set a personal best by six seconds in running 14:04.85.
  • Ran in two meets.
  • Also placed 20th overall in the 3,000 (8:17.38) at the Razorback Invitational.

Cross country

  • Earned All-America honors by placing 39th at the NCAA Championships (top 40 become All-Americans) in Terre Haute, Ind.
  • Ran 30:55.5 (10K) as Stanford's No. 5 runner.
  • Was the top true freshman or redshirt freshman at the NCAA Championships.
  • Finished higher at nationals than he did at regionals, placing 40th at the NCAA West Regional (30:18.2, 10K) at Stanford Golf Course.
  • 26th at Pac-12 Championships (24:20, 8K) as Cardinal's No. 6.
  • Seventh at USF Invitational (25:26.5, 8K) to open the season.
  • 23rd at Washington Invitational (24:02, 8K) as Stanford's No. 4.
  • 123rd at Wisconson Invitational (24:47, 8K) as team's No. 7.

As a freshman (2013-14):
Outdoors

  • Redshirted, but competed in several meets unattached.
  • Set a personal record in the 5,000 of 14:11.53 at the Stanford Invitational.
  • Set a PR in the 1,500 of 3:54.87, at the Brutus Hamilton Open in Berkeley, Calif.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

Cross country

  • Ran in one race unattached during the fall season.
  • Was sixth at the Doc Adams Invitational in Davis, Calif., in 24:25 (8K).

National/International:

  • Finished third at the 2014 U.S. junior national championships at Flatirons Golf Course in Boulder, Colo., as part of a 1-2-3 Stanford sweep.
  • His time was 25:26 over 8K (4.97 miles).
  • Won the bronze medal at the North American, Central American, and Caribbean junior cross country championships on Feb. 22, 2014, in Mount Irvine, Tobago, and helped the U.S. to the team victory.

High School:

  • Won the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore., to complete an impressive senior cross-country season in which he won the Ohio Division 1 title and was sixth at the Foot Locker nationals.
  • One of two runners in the nation to place in the top 10 in both the Nike and Foot Locker nationals.
  • Named the 2012 Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.
  • In track, was fourth in the two mile (9:00.43) and fifth in the 5,000 (14:33.09) at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C.
  • Both times were personal bests.
  • His 5,000 time was the fifth-fastest high school time in the nation.
  • Won the 2013 Ohio Division I title in the 3,200 in a personal record 8:56.61.
  • Second in the 2012 Ohio Division 1 3,200 final in 9:01.24.
  • Fifth in the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 5,000 in 14:46.

Personal:

  • Majoring in management science and engineering.
  • Born on Friday the 13th.

Career results:

YearSeason (meets)EventSeason bestConf.RegionNCAA
2017-18Outdoors (5)3,0008:14.41------
5,00014:12.12------
10,00029:11.3317 (31:02.25)37 (30:18.16)--
Indoors (4)Mile4:14.07------
3,0008:13.63------
5,00014:05.008 (14:05.00)----
Cross country (3)8K24:28.930 (24:28.9)----
10K30:08.7--28 (30:08.7)--
2016-17Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (1)3,0008:23.28------
Cross country (6)8K24:24.947 (25:36.4)----
10K30:28.2--42 (30:31.8)41 (30:28.2)
2015-16Outdoors (5)10,00029:30.989 (29:34.55)30 (30:35.53)--
5,00014:03.52------
3,0008:15.83------
Indoors (2)5,00014:09.278 (14:09.27)----
Cross country (4)8K24:27.543 (24:27.5)----
10K31:57.7--42 (31:57.7)207 (32:11.6)
2014-15Outdoors (2)10,00029:23.21------
3,0008:18.81------
Indoors (2)5,00014:04.858 (14:04.85)----
3,0008:17.38------
Cross country (6)8K24:0226 (24:20)----
10K30:18.2--40 (30:18.2)39 (30:55.5)
2013-14Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (0)----------
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