Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Personal Bests:
800m - 1:52.82
1500m - 3:49.75
Mile - 4:07.45
3000m - 8:17.04 
3000m ST - 8:34.0
5000m - 13:52.5
8K (XC) - 24:22.20

National/Regional Honors:
Cross Country - NCAA Championship Participant (2014); All-OVC, First Team (2014); All-OVC, Second Team (2016, 2015)
Outdoor Track - Second Team All-American, 3000-meter steeplechase (2016); Regional Qualifier (2017, 2016, 2015); OVC Male Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year (2016); OVC Outdoor Freshman of the Year (2015)

OVC Individual Championships:
Indoor Track – 3,000m (2016)
Outdoor Track – 3,000m steeplechase (2016)

2016-17
Cross Country – Named second team All-OVC after finishing ninth at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 25:15.6 … finished 55^th overall at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships in a 10K time of 30:48.6.
Track and Field – Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the third straight year … just missed on advancing to the NCAA Championships, finishing 17^th in a time of 8:53.3 … ran his regional qualifying time of 8:51.9 at the Stanford Invitational on March 31 … took silver in the steeplechase at the OVC Championships in May, clocking a time of 9:10.6 … during the indoor season, was a member of EKU’s gold medal winning distance medley relay team at the OVC Championships in February (10:01.3) … also ran a personal best time of 1:54.9 in the 800 meters during the indoor season.

2015-16:
Cross Country – Injured for a majority of the cross country season, but returned late in the fall to help the EKU men’s team win its 10th consecutive OVC title … earned second team All-OVC honors after finishing 14th at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 25:35.7.
Track and Field – Emerged as one of the NCAA’s breakout stars as a sophomore … ran a personal-best 8:34.0 to finish second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville … that time put him within a second of the school record and within four seconds of the Olympic qualifying standard … earned second team All-America honors after finishing 11th in the finals of the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships in Eugene … voted the 2016 OVC Male Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year … ran a personal-best 13:52.2 for 5,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge on April 22 … that time ranked in the top-20 in the NCAA East Region … also clocked a personal-best in the mile (4:07.4) during the outdoor season … cruised to OVC gold in the steeplechase with a time of 8:55.4 on May 13 … also won gold in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships on Feb. 27, clocking a time of 8:23.0 … ran a personal-best 8:17.0 for 3,000 meters at the Indiana Gladstein Invitational on Feb. 12. 

2014-15:
Cross Country – Helped the EKU men’s team reach its fourth consecutive berth in the NCAA Championships … ran a season-best 10K of 31:29.1 at the NCAA Southeast Regional, as the Colonels finished fourth and earned their first-ever at-large bid to the Big Dance … placed fifth at the OVC Championships with a season-best 8K time of 24:22.20 to help the EKU men win their ninth consecutive conference title … earned first team All-OVC honors for his performance.   
Track and Field – Qualified for the NCAA East Regional by running a personal-best 8:40.44 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational on May 2 ...  that time was the fastest steeplechase time by any freshman in the country this season, and the eighth fastest overall … it is also the third-fastest steeplechase time in EKU history … did not finish at regionals due to an injury ... also ran 3:49.75 in the 1,500 meters at the Tennessee Relays … scored points with sixth-place finishes (4:19.40) and 800 meters (1:59.75) in the mile at the OVC Indoor Championships … recorded indoor season bests in the 1:52.82 in the 800 meters, 4:11.20 in the mile and 8:23.62 in the 3,000 meters.   

Prior to EKU:  Competed in orienteering in high school before transitioning into running full time later in high school ... Finished 3^rd in the Junior Race at the 2013 European Club Cross Country Championships ... Finished 6^th in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 2013 European Junior Athletics Championships ... recorded personal records in 2014 of 8:24.84 for the indoor 3,000 meters, 8:48.74 for the 3000-meter steeplechase and 14:20.81 for the 5,000 meters.