Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Cross Country team...Also competes on the track team in the middle distance events...Came in 42nd at the 2012 SCIAC Championships out of 134 runners with a 28:05.84...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."