| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Geneseo, Ill. |
| High School: | Geneseo |
| Major: | Sociology |
| House Affiliation: | Lowell |
Honors and Awards
Heptagonal Champion (2009 indoors)
First-team All-Ivy (cross country, 2009, 2010; indoors 2009)
Second-team All-Ivy (outdoors 2008, cross country 2008)
All-Regional (cross country 2008, 2009, 2010)
McLaughlin Award (2008)
Watters Miles Award (2008, 2009)
USTFCCA All-Academic (2008, 2009)
Bingham Relay Award (2009)
Personal Bests
1,500 meters - 3:49.87
Mile - 4:11.25
3,000 meters - 8:04.72
5,000 meters - 14:07.34
XC 8k - 24:01.8
XC 10k - 29:51.2
2010-11
Captured the title at the Harvard-Yale Meet for the third
consecutive year with a winning time of 25:10.70 ... Took second at
Heps with a time of 24:14.0, earning a first team All-Ivy League
nod ... Placed third at NCAA Regionals with a time of 29:51.2,
earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships and a spot on
the All-Northeast Region Team for the third straight season.
2009-10
Won the Harvard/Yale duel meet at Franklin Park with a time of
24:20, his fastest time on that course … First among Harvard
runners and eighth overall at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational
with a personal best time of 24:01.8 … Earned first-team
All-Ivy League at the Heps Championships … Won the
individual title at the Heps Championships, Harvard’s first
individual champion at the event since 1995, with a time of 25:09.2
... Earned all-region honors ... Finished third overall at NCAA
regionals, helping the team to 10th-place finish with a time of
31:03 ... Qualified for the NCAA National Cross Country
Championships as top individual finisher ... Finished 42nd out of
250 at the NCAA Championships with a time of 30:23, his second
straight top 45 performance at the national meet.
2008-09
Earned second-team All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy honors ... Named
all-regional ... Placed 42nd at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country
Championship ... Was the sixth person to cross the finish line at
the NCAA Northeast Regional, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA
Championships ... Finished second among Harvard runners and eighth
overall at the Heptagonal Championships ... Led Harvard to a
28th-place showing at the Pre-National meet by finishing 21st
overall ... Won the Harvard-Yale cross country dual meet ... Earned
first-team All-Ivy League honors for indoor track ... Finished
second in the 3,000 meter run and set a personal record in the
event at the Indoor IC4A Championships ... Captured the 3,000 meter
title at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Won the mile run
and qualified for the IC4A Championships at the Battle of Beantown,
clocking in at 4:13.23 ... Won the 3,000 meter run at the HYP meet
with a time of 8:10.34 ... Placed sixth at the NCAA East Regional
in the 5,000 meters … Named to the second-team All-Ivy
League with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the
Heptagonal Championships … A member of the distance medley
relay team that finished 13th overall at the Drake Relays …
Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team … Finished first in
the 5,000 meters at the Harvard-Yale dual meet … Finished
first in the 5,000 meters at the Sam Howell Invitational with a
time of 14:11.52, qualifying for the IC4A Championships.
2007-08
Received the McLaughlin Award and the Watters Miles Award ...
Second team All-Ivy outdoors ... Placed 14th in the 5,000 meters at
the NCAA East regional ... Hit an NCAA provisional mark in the
3,000 meters at the Ondoor IC4A Championships, finishing second
(8:04.72) and good enough for third all-time in Harvard history ...
Finished second in the 5,000 meters at the Outdoor Heptagonal
Championships ... Placed sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Indoor
Heptagonal Championships ... Finished third in the mile at the
Harvard Select Meet with an IC4A qualifying time of 4:13.58 ... Won
the 3,000 meters at the Battle of Beantown with an IC4A qualifying
time of 8:16.45 ... Improved upon his IC4A qualifying mark in the
mile at the HYP meet, placing second in 4:11.25 ... Qualified for
the outdoor IC4A meet after placing second overall and first among
collegiate competitors in the 1,500 meters (3:49.87) at the Victor
Lopez Rice Bayou Classic ... Ran an NCAA regional qualifying mark
in the 5,000 meters at the Sam Howell Invitational, winning in
14:07.34, the fifth fastest time in school history.
Personal
Named all-metro track and cross country runner of the year junior
and senior seasons ... All-state 3,200m junior and senior years ...
Member of Iowa 4A state cross country championship team as a
freshman ... Illinois 2A cross country all-state ... Holds
individual school records in the 1600m (4:13) and 3200m (8:57) ...
Cross country and track team captain senior year.
Concentration
Sociology

