Lewis & Clark College

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2025-26 Awards 
 
All-Region: Indoor Distance Medley Relay (6^th in West) 
Northwest Conference Champion/First Team All-Conference: 5,000M (1^st Place)
Second Team All-Conference: 10,000M (3^rd Place)  
2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025-26 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete Team

2026 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
800M: 1:58.09 – George Fox Last Chance Meet, May 14 – 47^th in program history
1,500M: 3:57.47 – L&C Larry Byerly Invitational, April 18 – 18^th in program history
5,000M: 14:43.64 – Portland Twilight, May 9 
10,000M: 31:38.06 – Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker, March 6 
 
2026 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
Mile: 4:17.47 – University of Portland #2, February 8           
3,000M: 8:37.46 – Whitworth Indoor Invite, February 13 – 3^rd in program history

NOTABLES 

• Put together the best track season of his career as he won his first career Northwest Conference Title and picked up one All-Region award and two All-Conference awards
• Notched three top-50 marks in program history during his third season 
• Competed in 12 meets during his junior season 
• Opened his season by finishing third in the Mile and helped the 4x400M Relay team place eighth at the University of Portland Indoor #1 on January 25
• Won the 5,000M (14:51.15) at the John Knight Twilight Meet on April 11
• Earned his first career NWC Title (10,000M) and placed third in the 5,000M at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet
• Closed out his junior season by placing ninth in the 800M and posting a career-best time at the George Fox Last Chance Meet on May 14
• Enters his senior season ranked in the top-20 in program history in the: Indoor 5,000M (2^nd), Indoor Mile (3^rd), Indoor 3,000M (3^rd), Outdoor 10,000M (4^th), Outdoor 5,000M (6^th), Outdoor 1,500M (18^th) 

2024-25 Awards 
 
All-Region: Mile Indoors (5th in West) 
All-Conference: 10,000M (3^rd Place)
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Dell-Smith Scholar Athlete of the Year (Male Scholar-Athlete) – Bronze Medal 
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:06.43, Willamette T&F Invitational, March 29 
5,000M: 14:42.55 – Portland Twilight, May 10 – 6^th in program history
10,000M: 30:42.08 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 26 – 4^th in program history

2025 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
Mile: 4:17.44 – Portland Indoor #2, February 9 – 3^rd in program history

NOTABLES 

• Earned his first career track & field All-Conference honors and posted top-six marks in program history in three of his four events 
• Competed in nine meets during his sophomore season 
• Placed top-11 in all 10 of his races and sixth or better nine times 
• Finished fourth overall and ran a PR time in the Mile (4:17.44) at the Portland Indoor #2 Meet
• Recorded a second-place finish in the 5K (15:13.16) at the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invite 
• Placed third overall in the 10K (30:42.08) to earn All-Conference honors at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet
• Added a fourth-place finish in the 5K (14:48.37) at NWCs to finish the meet with 11 points across two races 

2023-24 Awards 
 
Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Rookie of the Year on a Men's Team
Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Team 

2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:03.29 – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 13  - 42^nd in program history
5,00M: 14:56.41 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 16 – 11^th in program history

2023-24 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
5,000M: 14:52.57 – 2023 Spokane Invitational, December 9 - 2nd in program history

NOTABLES 

• Competed in six meets during his first track & field season 
• Made his collegiate track & field debut on December 9 when he ran the second-fastest indoor 5K time in program history and took first place with a time of 14:52.57 at the 2023 Spokane Invitational 
• Raced in outdoor track for the first time on March 30 at the Pacific Open when he crossed the line in 4:09.18 in the 1,500M 
• Placed sixth at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet in the 5K (14:56.41) to earn points for the Pioneers

At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Environmental Studies and Earth Systems Science ... Member of the cross country team.

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Mountain View High School … Named the Male Athlete of the Year for his high school as a senior … Earned the Track & Field MVP award as a junior and senior and the Cross Country MVP as a senior … Won the Coaches Award for cross country as a junior … Both his mother and father ran cross country and track & field at Trinity College. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark because I felt comfortable when I visited campus. It felt like the perfect distance from home and had the kind of academic and athletic environment I was looking for.