Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2009: Competed in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Track and Field National Championships, placing 10th in the preliminaries with a time of 14:18.44 ... finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Mideast Region Championships with a time of 14:17.98 ... won an individual OVC title in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running a time of 3:53.47 ... was the top-ranked 5,000 meters runner in the OVC all season before being upset by teammate Evans Kiptoo at the outdoor championships by one second ... took second in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 8:28.74 and third in the mile with a time of 4:11.34 ... ran a 14:06.50 in the 5,000 meters at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational ... recorded a 14:08.10 in the 5,000 a month later at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in California.

2008: Won the OVC Cross Country Championships and was named first team All-OVC and OVC Runner of the Year ... placed 17th at the Southeast Region Championships two weeks later, earning All-Southeast Region honors ... won the 5,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 14:37.36 … finished seventh in the mile at the Mideast Regional Championships with a time of 4:16.65 … named to All-Mideast Region Team … ran at Nationals, where he qualified for the finals of the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:26.26, and then finished 15th in the finals of the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:06.43 … a member of the 4xmile relay team that set a new school record at the Penn Relays with a time of 16:39.47 … placed third in the mile at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:14.03 … finished second in the 3,000 meters at the indoor championships with a time of 8:31.79 … placed second in the 5,000 meters at the indoor championships, logging a time of 14:57.42 … a member of the winning distance medley team at the indoor championships.

2007: Selected as first team All-OVC at the 2007 OVC Cross Country Championships, where he finished second behind Jacob Korir ... finished eighth at the 2007 Southeast Region Cross Country Championships ... qualified for the 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships.

PERSONAL: Son of Thomas and Ann Maina ... major is nursing.