AS A JUNIOR IN 2002: Registered a season-best time of 20:51.20 at the Aggie Open ... competed in three meets on the season ... ran 23:38 at the Stanford Invitational and 23:47 at the Bronco Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2001: Competed in four meets for the Broncos ... best 5,000-meter time was a 22:00 at the Bronco Invitational and a 22:00.3 effort at the Aggie Open.

HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2000 graduate of MacArthur High School in Lawton, Oklahoma... participated in cross-country and track... qualified for the state meet while at MacArthur... set personal bests of 13:23 in the two-mile and 6:29 in the one-mile... member of the Key Club, National Honor Society, Student Board of Affairs, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Oklahoma State Scholars.

PERSONAL DATA: Born April 26, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington... parents are Robert and Debbie... has one younger sister named Jeannine... major is civil engineering.