Academic Achievements
2013 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
Five-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
PRs
1500m – 3:50.49
Mile – 4:10.3#
3000m – 8:15.04
5000m – 14:14.60
#Flat track conversion
2015 Outdoor (Junior) Represented Ohio State in the 5000-meter run at the Big Ten championships … eighth in the 1500-meter run at the Jesse Owens Classic … fifth in the 1500 at the All-Ohio championships … also competed at the Virginia Challenge.
2015 Indoor (Junior) Runner-up in the 3000-meter run at the Buckeye Classic … also competed at the Ohio State Invitational and SPIRE DI Invitational.
2014 Outdoor/Indoor (Sophomore) Placed second in the 3000-meter run at the Buckeye Classic (8:27.30), his only competitive action of the season.
2013 Outdoor (Freshman) Finished 15th in the 5000m run at the Big Ten championships … first overall in the 3000m at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational with a personal-best time of 8:21.10 … helped Ohio State place third in the 4x1500m relay at the Sea Ray Relays; placed fifth overall in the 1500m at Sea Ray … achieved a second-place and personal-best time of 14:14.60 in the 5000m at the Jesse Owens Classic.
2013 Indoor (Freshman) Competed in three indoor meets … posted season-best times in the mile and 3000m at the Gladstein Invitational … reached a season best of 15:10.67 in the 5000m at the SPIRE NCAA DI Track Invitational.
2012 Outdoor/Indoor (Redshirt) Did not compete
Bay Village High School Two-time Division II state cross country champion; broke former Olympian Bob Kennedy’s state championship record time at the 2010 meet with a run of 15:01.09 … 2010 recipient of the Ohio Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year award and a 2010 Footlocker finalist … 2011 OHSAA DII state champion and 2010 runner-up in the 3200m; 2011 OATCC state indoor champion and 2009 runner-up in the 1600m.
