University of Evansville Athletics

2009:  Named UE’s Most Valuable Runner after a breakout junior campaign...led UE in all eight meets, setting new personal-best marks in the 6K (18:39.65), 8K (25:25.00) and 10K (33:04.81) distances...posted five top 25 individual finishes, including three top 10 finishes...placed fourth out of 151 runners at the UE Invitational (26:23.39-8K)...ran UE’s fastest 8K time of the year (and 23rd-fastest on record) at the Great American Cross Country Festival with a time of 25:25.00...posted the ninth-fastest 10K time on record at UE at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals (33:04.81)...finished 16th overall at the State Farm MVC Championships...also won three individual track titles in the 800- and 1,500-meter races during the spring.

2008:  Consistently ran in UE’s top three as a sophomore, as he finished seven of UE’s eight meets on the year...collected five top 25 individual finishes...turned in a season-best 8K time of 26:31.71 as UE’s top finisher at the EIU Panther Open...best individual finish was fifth out of 71 runners at the Earl Jacoby Memorial (26:41.80-8K).

2007:  Earned UE’s Outstanding Freshman Award after racing among UE’s top four in all eight meets as a rookie...consistently ran second for UE...posted four top 15 individual finishes, including placing third at the Tennessee Tech Invite (28:14.48-8K) to help UE to the team title...ran a season-best 8K time of 25:56.99 at the UE Invitational while finishing 13th out of 132 runners.

Background:  The 2006 Greater Evansville Runners/Walkers Club “Runner of the Year” at Evansville Memorial...won city, conference, and sectional championships as a senior in cross country...finished 84th in the state as an individual state qualifier as a senior...competed in cross country just two years, but earned two all-conference honors...also won city, conference, sectional, and regional titles in track...lettered four years in track, two in cross country and swimming, and played two years of soccer and basketball...a civil engineering major.

Why UE?:  The cross country team is growing better each year and I can continue my studies in a highly respected private institution.

Personal-Best 8K time:  25:25
Personal-Best 10K time:  33:04