| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Sparta, N.J. |
| High School: | Sparta |
| Position: | Distance |
| Major: | Government |
| House Affiliation: | Pforzheimer |
Accomplishments/Personal Bests
2011 New Jersey Meet of Champion winner in the 800m
Personal-best of 2:08.53 for 800m and 55.11 for
400m
High School
Four-year letterwinner on Sparta cross country team and
three-year member of track and field squad … Served as
captain of cross country and track and field teams as a senior
… Received All-America honors during 2010 indoor and outdoor
track seasons … Three-time all-league pick in cross country
and two-time all-league selection in both indoor and outdoor track
… Named to the all-state track team as a junior …
Three-time cross country team MVP, two-time outdoor track team MVP
and received the honor as a junior for indoor track … Ranked
top-10 nationally in the 800-meter run … Posted county and
league records in the 400 and sprint medley relay … Holds
five individual school records and seven school relay records
… Helped outdoor track team to sectional state championship
and group state runner-up finish in 2010.
Personal
Sparta’s scholar athlete nominee for Sussex County
Scholar Athlete Award … National Honor Society and French
National Honor Society member … High school valedictorian
… Completed Robert Wood Johnson Mini Medical School …
Pass-It-Along and peer development volunteer and Latvian
Youth Organization and American Latvian Association member …
Enjoys playing the violin and guitar … Uncle, Andris
Zmuidini, played football and lacrosse at Princeton …
Father, John Veidis, played volleyball at Syracuse … Mother,
Mara Veidis, was a competitive figure skater and track runner.
