Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Track and Field team...Also competes on the cross country team...2013: Qualified for the finals in the 800 meters at SCIAC Championships...Earned a seventh-place finish with a 1:56.96...2012: Broke 2:00 in the 800 meters at the SCIAC Championships, coming in 12th place with a time of 1:59.51...Was just 1.55 shy of qualifying for finals...High School: Attended Collins Maxwell High School in Maxwell, Iowa, where he competed on the cross country and track and field teams for the Raiders...Was a state qualifier in cross country as a junior and senior, including an 18th place finish as a senior...Also earned all-conference honors both years...Also qualified for the states in the 800 meters as a junior and senior, earning conference runner-up honors as a junior...National Merit Scholar and salutatorian...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in computer science with a minor in mathematics...has two brothers and one sister...Hobbies include playing the guitar and reading...Chris Solinsky is his favorite athlete...Lists Catcher in the Rye as his favorite book..."Cryptography and Number Theory" is the most interesting course he has taken at Pomona...Chose Pomona "because of its reputation for strong academics and because of the opportunities offered by the other colleges in Claremont."