TicketsQUICK NOTES: Placed his name on the all-time Top 10 ledger for the indoor and outdoor 800m runs, including running 1:51.69 in his first collegiate indoor race in 2016 for the #5 time in UC history… also ran 1:50.38 in the outdoor conference meet final to take runner-up honors and record the #8 time in UC history… finished as the conference runner-up at 800m in both the indoor and outdoor championships in 2017.
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SO*): Finished 10th in the 800m run at the AAC Championships… ran a season-best time of 1:51.78 to open the season at the War Eagle Invitational… also ran the 1,500m once, turning in a PR of 3:58.13… ran once on the 4x400m relay team as the third leg in the AAC Championships… the team ran a season-best 3:17.39 to finish seventh overall in the meet… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (JR): Placed sixth overall in the AAC Championships, running 1:52.60 in the final… ran season-best times in the 800m in back-to-back races, starting with a run of 1:52.25 at the Indiana Relays… came back in his next meet at the Music City Challenge to run 1:52.14… placed in the Top 9 in all five of his runs during the season… ran on the DMR twice, anchoring both teams… helped his team to a sixth-place finish at the AAC Championships with a season-best time of 10:15.07.
2017 XC (JR): Raced four times, scoring in the Top 5 on the team in a pair of races… ran a 10-second PR in the NCAA Pre-National meet… finished 68th overall at the AAC Championships.
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (FR*): Finished the year as the conference runner-up in the 800m run at the American Outdoor meet, giving him second-place finishes in both conference meets in 2017 and a pair of all-conference accolades.. ran a personal-best time of 1:50.38 in the finals of the 800m run at the AAC meet, moving him to the #8 position on the all-time Top 10 list… ran a personal-best time of 3:58.27 in the 1,500m run at the Raleigh Relays to open the outdoor season… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2017 IN (SO): Scored in a pair of events at the American Indoor Championships, including taking runner-up honors in the 800m run… entered the meet ranked outside the Top 10 times in the conference before advancing to the finals as the fourth-fastest qualifier… finished second overall with a season-best of 1:52.35… also helped the DMR to a seventh-place finish, anchoring the team to a time of 10:34.59.
2016 XC (SO): Led the way for the open racers at the All-Ohio Championships, placing 16th overall… fourth on the team at the NCAA Great Lakes Region, placing 115th in his first 10,000m race… finished 40th at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Redshirted… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Opened his track and field collegiate career by winning the 800m run at the Gladstein Invitational, running a time of 1:51.69, which ranks as the fifth-fastest in school history… competed in the mile run at the American Indoor Championships, placing 12th overall after placing 11th in the preliminary round… ran a PR 4:15.97 in the prelims of the mile.
2015 XC (FR): Represented UC in a pair of races as a freshman… was the fifth finisher for the team at the NCAA Pre-National open race… was seventh on the team at the All-Ohio Championships, his first collegiate race.
PRIOR TO UC
2014-15 Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year... Ohio MileSplit 2014 Male Athlete of the Year... one of the nation’s top prep distance and cross country runners… second fastest 5k time in Ohio this season… ranked 11th nationally in the 1,600m and 31st nationally in the 800m in the 2015 recruiting class… finished Top 8 at the Ohio D1 Cross Country Championships over his last two seasons… won the 2014 Ohio D1 State Individual Championship… won all but two cross country races as a senior… three-time qualifier for the Nike Cross Midwest Regional… finished 18th at the Nike Cross Nationals in 2013… entered the 2015 outdoor season as Ohio’s defending 1,600m champion in D1… two-time Greater Catholic League Cross Country Champion… two-time Greater Catholic League Champion in the 1,600m.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Cross Country
5,000m • no time
6,000m • no time
8,000m • 25:53.8 (NCAA Pre-Nationals • 10/14/17)
10,000m • 32:56.9 (NCAA Great Lakes Region • 11/11/16)
Indoor Track & Field
800m • 1:51.69 (Gladstein Invitational • 1/23/16) • UC #5
Mile • 4:15.97 (AAC Championships • 2/28/16)
Outdoor Track & Field
800m • 1:50.38 (AAC Championships • 5/14/17) • UC #8
1,500m • 3:58.13 (Oliver Nikoloff Open • 3/31/18)