Chico State Athletics

2016-2017
Redshirted both sports during his first year at Chico State...Opened the fall season with a 26:02 8k debut at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento…Followed with a 26:08 at the Bronco Invitational in Santa Clara…Raced to a 5k PR of 15:13 in the team’s postseason 5k track time trial…Recorded a top-10 finish in the Doc Adams Invitational with his first sub-26 8k (25:48 final time)…Concluded fall season with his best cross country race yet, finishing 34^th at the Pacific Association USATF Championships, running 33:14 over the rugged 6-mile course in Golden Gate Park…On the track, opened the season with a 4:05/1:59 double in the 1,500 and 800 meters at the Wildcat Invitational....Ran an 8:47 3k PR in the team’s preseason time trial…Dropped his 1500-meter PR to 4:01 at the SF Distance Carnival and doubled back the next day with a 1:56 in the 800 meters…Placed third in his heat of the 1500 at the Chico Twilight meet with a 4:03 run… Won his heat at Cal’s Brutus Hamilton Open with a 4:01 PR-tying 1500 meters...Concluded a productive redshirt campaign with a 3:58.9 for 1500 meters at the West Coast Last Chance meet.

Pre-Chico Days
Managed solid results in both cross country and track at San Mateo’s Serra High School despite splitting time between running and playing on the Padres’ soccer team…As a senior was fifth overall in the West Coast Athletic League cross country championship race…Placed ninth in the Central Coast Section cross country championships as a junior…Recorded a 15:45 time on the challenging Crystal Springs course…On the track specialized in the 800m event, recording a fourth place finish and a 1:56 PR at the 2016 West Catholic Athletic League Championships.
 
Personal Best Marks
800m: 1:55
1500m: 3:58
3,000m: 8:47
5,000m: 15:13
8k XC: 25:48