Emory University

Senior (2024):

• 2024 All-Region Honoree
• Competed in five meets, including all three championship meets
• Earned All-Region status when he ran to a 10th place finish with a season-best time of 25:13.0 at the NCAA South Regional Championship
• Was the second Eagle across the finish line in the NCAA National Championship, coming in 146th with a time of 25:27.1
• Contributed to the overall team score in each of the three postseason meets

Junior (2023):

• 2023 All-Region honoree
• Competed in six events for the Eagles in 2023, including the NCAA National Championships, NCAA Regional, and UAA Championships
• Was Emory's top finisher at the NCAA National Championship, finishing 71st with a time of 25:31.5
• Posted a season-best time of 25:08.18 at the NCAA South Region Championship
• Was the first Eagle to cross the finish line at the Berry College Invitational, where he finished 7th (26:15.5)

Sophomore (2022):

• 2022 UAA Fall All-Academic Honors
• Competed in four meets this season
• Recorded his season-best time at the Paul Short Run (25:27) finishing 114th out of 403 runners at the event
• Finished 12th out of 99 runners at the Julius Johnson Invitational with a time of 26:22
• Posted a time of 25:55 at the UAA Championships to finish 40th out of 75 runners

Freshman (2021):

Competed in three meets… Recorded his season-best time at the Alexander Asics Invitational (27:59) where he finished in 111^th out of 237 runners… Finished 75^th at the Converse Kickoff (28:07)… In his final race of the season at the UAB Classic he registered a 28:09 good for a 126^th place finish.

High School:

Competed in cross country and track for 4 years at Westwood Regional High School… Served as a team captain his senior year in cross country… His top time in the 800m was 1:54 where he placed 4th at the 2021 Meet of Champions… Posted a 4:22 in the mile… Recorded a personal best of 16:28 in a 5k in 2020.

Personal:

He plans to major in Computer Science.

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