University of California, Santa Cruz

Track and Field

2025 Season - Senior

UCSC Men’s Track and Field All American with 6th Place Finish in NCAA D3 1500m … Earned the 2024-2025 C2C Indoor Track and Field Men's Athlete of the Year honors … Earned the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field All-Region student-athletes Honors … Earned a C2C Athlete of the Week honor … Earned Track Athletes of the Meet at the C2C Indoor Track and Field Championships … Competed in the 800 (1:49.42), 1500 (3.45.02), and Mile (4:05.57) … Ran a 1:54.50 in the 800, placing first and a 4:14.01 in the mile, placing first at the 2025 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, recognized as Track Athletes of the Meet … Ran a 4:08.95 in the mile, placing first at the 2025 Wartburg Qualifier … Ran a 4:07.72 in the mile, placing fourth at the 2024 NCAA Division lll Indoor Track & Field Championships, earning First Team All-American honors … Ran a 3:45.02 in the 1500, placing second at the 2025 Mike Fanelli Track Classic … Ran a 1:53.56 in the 800, placing first and ran a 3:53.50 in the 1500, placing first at the 2025 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships … Ran personal best of 1:49.21 in the 800 at the 2025 APU Franson Last Chance.

• 2024:
  • Champion in the 800 (1:51.42) at the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships 
  • 2nd place in the 4x400 (3:23.12) at the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships
  • School Record, PR, and placed 5th in the 800m (1:50.64) at the Bryan Clay Invitational
  • PR in the 1500 (3:45.77) and placed 2nd at the Payton Jordan Invitational
  • PR and placed 2nd in the Mile (4:05.57) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship
  • Placed 1st in the mile (4:11.13) at the Wartburg Qualifier 
  • Placed 1st in the mile (4:17.37) at the C2C Indoor Championship
  • Placed 2nd in the 800m (1:57.63) at the C2C Indoor Championship
  • PR in the 800 (1:50.14) at the Franson Last Chance
• 2023: 
  • School Record holder in the 800m with a time of 1:51.02, which made him the 33rd fastest 800 runner in DIII in 2023. C2C Conference Outdoor TF Champion in the 800m with a time of 1:52 (2023). Indoor Champion in the 800m (1:55, 2023), the mile (4:17, 2023), and the DMR (2022). 2022 Outdoor runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:54.
• 2022:
  • Named All West Region in 800m with school record 1:51.51 at Sac State Hornet Invite.
  • 1st place finish in the DMR at the Coast-to-Coast Indoor Conference Championships. 2nd Place finish in the 800m at the Coast-to-Coast Outdoor Conference Championships to earn Indoor All West Region.

2024 Season - Senior

Earned the USTFCCCA 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country All-Academic Athletes … Individually qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships … Competed in the 8k (24:37.5) … Ran a 25:25.4 in the 8k at the 2024 NCAA Division lll Cross Country Champions … Ran a 24:37.5 in the 8k at the 2024 NCAA Division lll West Region Cross Country Championships … Ran a 26:00.3 in the 8k, placing 3rd at the 2024 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships … Ran a 25:27.1 in the 8k at the D3 Pre-Nationals.

2023 Season - Junior

• 2022: 
  • Finished 7th at the 2022 C2C XC Championships, helping the Banana Slug Men remain undefeated in the C2C Conference for Cross Country.
  • Placed 27th at NCAA DIII West Regionals (25:14), earning All-Region Honors as a sophomore.
  • Helped the Banana Slug men qualify for the 2022 NCAA DIII Nationals, where they placed 19th in the nation.
• 2021: 
  • Ran 8K in 26:45.9 in his first college race at the 2021 USF Invite
  • PR of 25:45.2 at C2C Championship in Sunnyvale to place 10th. 27:08.4 time at the NCAA West Regional in Claremont to place 73rd.

High School/Club Success:

• Competed in Cross Country and Track & Field for the Folsom High School Bulldogs.

• 2x Top 10 Finisher at the Sierra Foothill League Championships in Cross Country.

• Runner-Up in both the 1600m and 3200m at the Sierra Foothill League Track and Field Championships 2021.

Personal:

• John Lewis College
• Favorite thing about UCSC: The cool temperature year round.
• Graduation Goals: Become an Artificial Intelligence Engineer.
• Favorite Athlete: Eliud Kipchoge.
• Favorite Superhero: Thor
• Favorite Color: Blue
• Hobbies: Basketball and video games with friends.