Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Track and Field team...Ranks third all-time in program history in the steeplechase with a time of 8:59.11 (one-hundredth of a second shy of second place)...2012: All-American in the 3000-meter steeplechase (fifth place at nationals)...All-SCIAC in both 3000-meter steeplechase (first) and 5000 meters (third)...Capital One/CoSIDA second-team Academic All-American...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection...Finished in first place in the steeplechase at the 2012 SCIAC championships with a time of 9:03.70, the fourth straight season he won that event...Became only the 19th athlete in the 100+ years of SCIAC Track and Field to win the same event four years in a row (and the fourth Sagehen)...The only other four-time steeplechase winner was Phil Sweeney of Occidental (1975-78)...Broke nine minutes in the steeplechase (8:59.11) at the Mt. Sac Relays, the first Pomona-Pitzer runner to accomplish that feat in 27 years...Ran a 9:00.89 in the finals of the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, good for fifth place, after winning his preliminary heat...During cross country season in the fall, earned All-Region honors by finishing in ninth place at the NCAA West Region Championships at Pomona-Pitzer on Nov. 12...Qualified for the cross country nationals for the first time in his career with his performance in the regionals...2011: Won the SCIAC championships in the steeplechase by .06 with a dive to the finish line at the end...2010: Was an All-American in the steeplechase after winning the SCIAC Championships...Finished sixth in the nationals...Also won the steeplechase at the Cal-Nevada Championships...High School: Attended Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington, where he competed on the cross country and track teams...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he is a chemistry major (pre-med)...Has one sister...Born March 29, 1990.