2013 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2012-13:
Cross Country – Named first team All-OVC after finishing seventh at the OVC Championships in an 8K time of 24:47.10 to help lead the EKU men to their seventh consecutive conference crown … Ran his best 8K during the regular season at the Notre Dame Invitational, where he placed 83rd out of 163 runners in a time of 24:51.
Track and Field – Scored points at the OVC Indoor Championships, placing sixth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:57.51 … recorded season-bests at the Middle Tennessee State Invitational on Feb. 2 in the 800 meters (2:05.31) and the mile (4:19.99) … notched a season-best in the 3,000 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (8:21.71) … during the outdoor season, ran a 3:59.42 1,500 meters at the Cardinal Twilight and a 32:19.70 10,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
Prior to EKU: A graduate student transfer with at least two years of athletic eligibility ... graduated from University of Hasselt in July 2012 with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, and has run limited seasons and trained alone in 2011 and 2012 while completing his degree ... has great range as a runner ... in 2011, he finished fourth at the Belgium National Track Championships, running a personal best of 29:35.33 in the 10,000 meters ... In 2010, he competed at the World Junior Track Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and finished seveth in his heat and 13th overall ... finished the 2010 season ranked in the top-11 of the European Junior rankings in the 3,000 meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000 meters ... finished 18th at the 2010 European Junior Cross Country Championships ... has personal records of 8:11.81 in the 3,000 meters (equivalent of 8:44 for 3,200 meters), 8:55.96 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 14:21.32 in the 5,000 meters and 29:35.33 in the 10,000 meters.
Personal: Pursuing a graduate degree in exercise and sports science.
