| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Tacoma, Wash. |
| High School: | Bellarmine Prep |
| Major: | Psychology |
| House Affiliation: | Cabot |
Honors and Awards
McLaughlin Award (2009)
Personal Bests
1,500 meters - 4:36.14
Steeplechase - 10:55.42 (Second All-Time)
XC 5k - 17:53.4
XC 6k - 21:29.6
2010-11
Took seventh at the HYP Meet Sept. 24, with a time of
18:14.54 ... Ran a personal best time of 17:53.4 to place 14th
overall at Heps ... Produced Harvard's top time at NCAA Regionals,
finishing 53rd with a 21:29.6 mark.
2009-10
Finished sixth at the Iona Meet of Champions with a time of
23:14.88 and helped the Crimson earn the team title … Placed
third overall with a time of 18:09 at the Harvard/Yale meet,
helping the Crimson to its biggest win over the Bulldogs since 2001
… Competed at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational …
Fourth among Harvard runners and 16th overall at the Heps
Championships with a personal best time of 18:00.4, helping the
Crimson to a runner-up finish, its best performance at the
conference event since 1995 ... Sixth among Harvard runners at the
NCAA Regionals, helping the team earn a fifth-place finish at the
event.
2008-09
Was the third Harvard runner and 113th overall in the white race
at Pre-Nationals ... Second Harvard runner and 23rd overall at the
Heptagonal Championships ... Finished 50th at the NCAA Regional
meet, helping the Crimson to a seventh-place finish ... Won the
24th ECAC Championships and helped the Crimson to a second-place
finish ... Finished fourth in the mile run at the Indoor Heptagonal
Championships with an ECAC qualifying time of 4:52.45 ... Placed
11th in the 1,000 meter run at the Terrier Invitational ... Won the
1,000 meter run at the Battle of Beantown with an ECAC qualifying
time of 2:52.44 ... Placed 23rd in 1,500 (4:36.14) at the ECAC
Championships … Competed in the steeplechase at the Victor
Lopez Classic, finishing in fourth place … Ran a leg of the
distance medley relay that broke the school record and finished
sixth at the Drake Relays … Also a member of the 4x1600
meter relay team that finished fourth at the Drake Relays.
Personal
Earned letters in cross country, basketball and track and field
... Two-time captain for cross country and track and field ...
Finished fourth at the state cross country meet as a freshman ...
Finished 10th at the WA/OR Borderclash to earn All-Bowerman honors
... As a sophomore won league and district championships, finished
fifth at the state meet and 13th at the WA/OR Borderclash ... Named
team MVP ... Won the league championship and finished third at
state as a junior ... Placed third at the WA/OR Borderclash to earn
All-Bowerman honors ... Won the league meet and finished eighth at
the state meet as a senior .. Won the WA/OR Borderclash ...
Finished second in the state in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a
freshman ... Won the league title in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200
meters and won districts in the 800 and 1,600 meters as a sophomore
... Finished third in the state in the 800 and 1,600 meters and
second in the 4x400 meter relay ... As a junior won the league,
district and state title in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... League
champion in the 800 and 1,600 meters, district champion in the 800,
1,600 and 3,200 meters and state champion in the 3,200 meters ...
Finished fourth in the state in the 1,600 meters and eighth in the
800 meters ... High school team won the state meet in 2005 and 2008
and finished third in 2006 and 2007 ... Holds the school record in
the 4x400 meter relay and the state record in the distance medley
relay ... Class valedictorian ... A Habitat for Humanity Build
member ... Received the Math Departmental Achievement award in
pre-calculus and AP calculus .. A Harvard Book Award recipient ...
Student Environmental Grant Applications board member ... Received
the Army Scholar Award and the Washington State Certificate of
Academic Achievement ... Father, Darrin Filand, competed on the
track and field team at Washington State University.

