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IAAF Profile
Arizona State: Earned his first cross country All-America honor by finishing a program-record seventh at the 2009 NCAA Championships, adding to the national honor he earned on the outdoor track in the 5,000m run in 2009... won the Pac-10 title at 5,000m and earned All-America honors in the same event during his first season with the Sun Devils... led the nation with the top time in the 5,000m throughout the season with his school-record 13:27.79 run at the Mt. SAC Relays... 2009 XC: Earned his first All-America honor in cross country by finishing seventh overall, the best finish by an ASU male in program history... clocked in at 29:38.3 to become the first Sun Devil to run the 10,000m course in under 30 minutes... finished seventh in the NCAA West Region to earned all-region accolades and lead ASU to a fifth-place showing and just it's sixth national team appearance... finished second at the Pac-10 Championships, tying him with Fasil Bizuneh (2000) for the best finish by an ASU man in the Pac-10 meet... his finish propelled the team to third place overall... with his conference finish, he earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors... finished second at the Notre Dame Invitational to open the year and then took sixth place at the Pre-NCAA Meet... named the Pac-10 Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year... earned Academic All-Pac-10 Second Team honors... 2009 Outdoor: Led the Sun Devils on the track by earning his second career All-America honor and first with ASU after taking fourth nationally in the 5,000m run... finished third in the West Region after winning the Pac-10 title... set the school record and the nation's best time for the season with his run of 13:27.79 at the Mt. SAC Relays... that time ranked as the 15th-best for an American in 2009... named the Pac-10 Male Track Athlete of the Week for his performance... placed his name on the all-time ASU Top 10 lists in the 1500m as well by running 3:42.82 to finish third at the Sun Angel Track Classic... his metric mile time ranks as the fourth-best time in school history... finished seventh at the Pac-10 Championships in the 1500m to score in two events... closed out the year by finishing 15th at the USA Championships in the 5000m run... garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic honors... 2009 Indoor: Did not compete after transferring into the program... 2008 XC: Did not compete for ASU during the cross country season, but did run unattached in two races, winning both... won the Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson before capturing the Mesa Thundbird Invitational.
Wisconsin: Competed for the Badgers for two years... three-time Big Ten champion... won the outdoor 3,000m steeplechase in 2007... added the 3,000m and 5,000m crowns at the 2008 indoor meet... earned All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships by finishing ninth in the 3,000m run... clocked a personal best time of 7:51.54 in the indoor 3,000m run to set the Wisconsin school record... named 2008 Big Ten Indoor Athlete of the Year... 2006 Big Ten Cross Country Newcomer of the Year... 2008 indoor regional athlete of the year... ran 3:59.85 in the indoor mile that year... helped UW to the 2007 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship.
Personal Bests: • 1500: 3:42.82 • Mile: 3:59.85 • 3000: 7:51.54 • 5000: 13:27.79
In USA National Meets:
- 2010 Outdoor - 5,000m Run- 14:02.08-7th
- 2009 Outdoor - 5,000m Run- 13:59.47- 15th
- 2009 Indoor- 3,000m Run - 7:54.20- 2nd
In NCAA Championship Meets:
- 2009 XC - 10,000m Course - 29:38.30 - * 7th
- 2009 OTF - 5,000m Run (f) - 14:08.00 - * 4th
- 2008 OTF - 3,000m SC (p) ^ - 9:12.34 - 25th
- 2008 ITF - 3,000m Run (f) ^ - 8:06.63 - * 9th
- 2007 XC - 10,000m Course ^ - 31:06.30 - 98th
- 2006 XC - 10,000m Course ^ - 33:43.50 - 198th