Personal Bests (XC) | Personal Bests (track):
Ohio State Career
- Competed in all 26 cross country races over the last five years, including the five Big Ten Championships and the four NCAA Regionals in the stretch; counter for Ohio State in all nine B1G and NCAA events
- Five-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten pick
Cross Country
- Counter in all six races on the year, finishing first for Ohio State in three events
- Led Buckeyes and 32nd overall at Big Ten Championships, running an 8K personal best 23:25.7
- Second for Ohio State and 40th overall at NCAA Regionals, finishing in 10K PR 30:12.1
- First for the Scarlet and Gray at Minnesota, finishing 13th and Loyola, placing 22nd
- Preseason B1G Runner to Watch
Indoor
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Finished ninth in the 3000m (8:30.70) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
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Also ran the 3000m (8:25.41) at the Crossroads of America Invite
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Ran the 5000m (14:48.79) at the David Hemery Valentine Invite
Outdoor
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Ran the 5000m (14:40.35) at the Big Ten Championships
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Competed in the 3000m (8:36.19) at the Cherry Blossom Invite
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Ran the 5000m three times during the regular season – Jesse Owens Classic (14:32.10), Virginia Challenge (15:03.22) and Raleigh Relays (15:06.50)
2023-24
Cross Country
- Raced in all six events during the season, finishing among Buckeye Top 2 in all but one and a counter in all six
- Paced Ohio State at Big Ten Championships, finishing 18th; first Buckeye man to post a Top 20 finish since 2016
- Second on the squad and 74th overall at NCAA Regionals
- Placed third at season-opening meet at Wright State and posted Top 30 finishes at Badger Classic, Loyola Lakefront Invitational and Texas A&M Barrios Invite, along with B1G race
- Set 8K PR at Texas A&M (24:55.2)
- Ran the 3000m (8:33.72) at Louisville
- Competed in the 5000m (14:29.48) at Boston
- Competed in the 5000m (14:56.51) and 10000m (30:42.36) at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished third in the 5000m (14:05.74) at the Bryan Clay Invite
- Had the fastest two Buckeye times in the 10000m this season and also the fastest 5000m time
- Also ran the 10000m at the Raleigh Relays (29:22.55) and Penn Relays (29:37.56)
2022-23
Cross Country
- Ran in all seven meets during the year
- Top 5 finisher for the Buckeyes in six meets, including Big Tens and NCAA Regionals
- First for the Scarlet and Gray at Great Lakes Regional, finishing 60th (31:27.8)
- 28th at Big Ten Preview to pace Buckeyes, running personal-best 18:47.3 in the 6k
- Ran 8k PR at Texas A&M (24:37.5)
- Competed in the 5000m (14:43.51) at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished ninth in the 3000m at both the Notre Dame Meyo Invite (8:21.73) and the Michigan Invite (8:24.79)
- Ran the mile (4:24.99) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Had a season-best in the 5000m (14:37.85) at the Music City Challenge
- Finished 11th in the 10000m (30:55.33) at the Big Ten Championships
- Also finished 11th in the 10000m (30:08.72) at the Flames Invite out of 84 finishers
- Ran an outdoor personal-best time of 14:40.76 in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays, also running the event at the Jesse Owens Classic (14:56.31)
- Competed in the 1500m (4:03.21) at the Bulls Invite
Cross Country
- Ran in all six races and was top Buckeye finisher in final four, with a team Top 5 spot in all six
- Placed 29th at Big Ten Championships and 68th at NCAA Regionals
- An Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten pick
- Finished 10th in the mile (4:21.34) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Ran the 3000m at the Notre Dame Meyo Invite (8:31.08) and Big Ten Midwest Invite (8:35.70)
- Ran the 5000m (14:51.75) at the Iowa State Classic
- Did not compete
2020-21
Cross Country
- Raced at Big Ten Championships, placing 54th to lead Ohio State
- Ran the 3000m at Michigan and B1G Invite
- Competed in 5000m at Maryland, Indiana and Jesse Owens Invite
- Part of 4x1600m relay at Illinois in April and also ran the 1500m at the meet
- Son of Rakesh and Shoma
- Computer science and engineering major and plans to work in software engineering
- Older brother, Arjun, was an All-Big Ten runner at Michigan
