Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Competed in 35 events between cross country and track … has the eighth-best individual performance in the indoor 5000m and the fourth-best individual performance in the 3000m and fifth-best in the 10,000m during the outdoor season … a seven-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2024-25: (cross country): Competed in six events during the cross country season recoding personal bests in the 6K, 8K and 10K runs … placed 31st at the JK Gold Classic in a time of 19:02.8 on the 6K course, finished 34th at the MIAA Cross Country Championships on the 8K tract in a time of 24:59.9 and was 42nd at the NCAA Central Regional 10K course with a time of 31:44.9 … (track) … competed in seven events during the track season setting a personal best in the 10,000m at the MIAA Outdoor Championships finishing 16th overall … placed a season-best eighth at the Kansas Relays in a time of 15:21.84 in the 5000m … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2023-24: (cross country): Competed in two events during the season finishing a season-best 20th at the ESU Invitational on the 8K course in a time of 27:05.0 … (track): Competed in seven track meets during the season recording a season-best eighth-place finish in the 5000m at the ESU Midwest Classic with a personal-best time of 15:20.96 … was eighth in the 5000m during the indoor season at the Washburn Open in a tie of 15:30.22  … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2022-23: (cross country): Competed in four events finishing 20th at the Bearcat Open in the first meet of the season and finished 95th at the MIAA Championships … (track): had a season-best sixth-place finish in the 3000m at the SBU Invitational during the outdoor season … also placed 21st at the Rock Chalk Classic in the 1500m during the outdoor season … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Background: As a senior helped team to cross country regional appearance and in track he advanced to the regionals in the 1600m and 3200m qualifying for the Meet of Champions in the 1600m and 3200m and was part of DMR relay team at Texas Relays … as a junior he was a Junior Olympic qualifier placing 10th in the 3000m and 25th in the 1500m and qualified for the USATF Meet of Champions and was a 1600m area qualifier … was named team MVP as a sophomore and as a freshman he was a Foot Locker Nationals Cross Country all-south region team member.

Personal: Son of Tommy and Crystal Junior … a brother, Brayden and a sister, Lexi … majoring in nursing.