CAREER STATS
Concordia Career:
2019: Earned
NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award Honors ... named CSP's NSIC Honor Student-Athlete of the Year ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors ... named All-NSIC Second Team ... ran the 3rd fastest 4-mile in school history at the Augustana Twilight (9/6) with a time of 20:43.7 ... finished 58th at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/28) with an 8k time of 27:16.2 ... finished 21st in the Trent Smith Invitational (10/11) with an 8k time of 27:00.4 ... set a new season best 8k time of 26:29.8 at the NSIC Championships (10/26) ... ran the 6th fastest 10k in school history with a time of 32:32.7 at the NCAA Central Region Championships (11/9).
2018: Was named to the NSIC Fall All-Academic team … competed in four races for the Golden Bears … ran in the 10K at the Central Cross Country Championships (11/17) posting a time of 32:18.3 receiving 64th place out of 189 competitors … ran a personal best of 26:07.2 in the 8K at the NSIC Championship (11/3) finishing in 49th place out of 121 competitors.
2017: Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team … competed in all six meets for the Golden Bears … posted sub 27-minute times in three of his four 8k races … finished 18
th out of 91 competitors with a 17:17 time in the Crown College Invite, finishing 3rd on the team in the 5k race … saved his best 8k time for last, finishing in 47
th in the NSIC Championship, posting a time of 26:20.9 in the race of 111 runners.
2016: Competed in three races in his freshman season … won the Ken Weidt Classic with a PR of 26:24.4 … finished 4th at the Crown College Invite with a time of 27:10.0.
Mora High School:
Earned five letters in cross country (3) and track & field (2) ... also earned a pair of letters in academics and was a member of National Honor Society ... an All-State cross country runner as a senior and MSHSL Class A State Champion in the 3200 meter run ... two-time All-Granite Ridge Conference cross country runner ... earned All-Granite Ridge Conference honors and honorable mention honors in track & field ... named Most Valuable track Athlete and hardest worker award as a senior ... earned the Mustang Leadership and student-athlete award for cross country as a senior and was senior athletic award recipient for his class ... set a 5k PR of 16:28 and holds school records in the two mile run (9:37) and 4x800 relay team ... helped the cross country team win a pair of MSHSL team championships as a junior and senior and DII high school runner-up at the national championships as a senior ... member of 4x800 relay team that was MSHSL runner-up as a senior ... a three-time MSHSL participant for cross country, two-time MSHSL participant in the 3200 meter run and the 4x800 for track & field.
Personal:
Is one of 12 children in his family with nine brothers and two sisters ... will major in 5-12 social studies education with minors in history and political science ...
aspires to be a high school social studies teacher and coach high school cross country and track & field ... maintains a 4.0 grade point average and is a consistent Dean's List student ... his brother was drafted by the Minnesota Twins out of high school, opted to play college baseball for the University of Minnesota and signed with the Kansas City Royals following his career with the Gophers.
