2008 Outdoor: Ran the 3,000m Steeplechase, and 5,000m run ... Finished first in the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 9:27.06 on April 5, 2008 and fourth at the Vanderbilt Track and Field Invitational on April 19, 2008 with a time of 9:34.97 ... Finished second in the 5000m run at the SIU-E Twilight Open with a time of 15:24.97 ... 2008 Indoor: Placed 9th in the 3000 meter run at the GLVC Indoor Championships with a time of 8:55.78...Placed 4th the 5000 meter run at the GLVC Indoor Championships with a time of 15:40.32...Ran a 3,000 meter personal best at the EIO Mega Meet (2/22/08) with a time of 8:48.00...2007: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the final event of the season ... Placed ninth in his heat and 15th overall in the preliminaries at nationals ... Improved his 5000-meter time by nearly a minute from last season ... 2006: Ran his best 5000 meter time of 16:19.66 at the GLVC indoor championships where he placed twelth ... High School: Letterwinner in cross country, track, basketball, and football at United Township High School ... Finished 12th in the Illinois AA State cross country meet his senior year with a time of 15 minutes and two seconds ... Sectional Champion, all-conference selection, and all-metro pick ... Born: October 18, 1986 ... Major: Kinesiology.