NYU Athletics

2013-14: Finished fifth (27:05.30) in the five-mile Monmouth Cross Country Invitational (9/21)…took fourth (26:03.6) in the 8k Dickinson Invitational (9/28) and third (26:17.53) at the 8k Metro Championship (10/11)…finished 11^th (25:47.2) at the 8k UAA Championship  (11/2)…finished 10th (25:22.3) at the 8k NCAA Atlantic Region Championship (11/16)…captured Second Team All-UAA and NCAA All-Atlantic Region honors…set an indoor personal best in the mile (4:17.66) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/8)…ran an indoor 3,000m career best (8:44.42) at the Keogh Invitational (2/22)…helped the Violets to a school record in the 4x1,500m (15:57.91) at the Raleigh Relays (3/28-29)…set an outdoor personal best in the 1,500m (4:01.94) at the Widener Invitational (4/18-19) and in the 5,000m (15:42.19) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/26-27).
 
2012-13: Opened the cross country season with a fifth-place finish (19:43.4) at the 6k Monmouth Kickoff (9/1)…notched a career-best time in the 8k (24:16.9) at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble (10/13)…finished fifth in the 8k (25:31) at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship (11/10) and earned All-Region honors…posted a runner-up finish (26:05.61) at the 8k Metropolitan Championship (10/5) and had an eighth-place showing (25:28.0) at the 8k UAA Championship (10/27), earning First Team honors…ECAC Metro/Upstate Player of the Week (9/25)…UAA Athlete of the Week (10/15)…UAA Fall Sport All-Academic…did not compete during the track & field seasons while studying abroad.
 
2011-12: Finished 11^th in an 8k season-best time (26:13) at the UAA Cross Country Championship, earning Second Team All-UAA honors (10/29)…ran an indoor season best mile (4:23.51) at the NYU Division III Challenge (2/18)…ran a season-best time in the 3,000m (8:47.52) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/2-3)…finished fourth in the 1,500m (season-best 4:05.72) at the TCNJ Invitational (4/14) and fifth in the 5,000m (season-best 15:24.03) at the Raleigh Relays (3/30-31).
 
High School: Competed four years of cross country and outdoor track & field…served as captain his senior year…helped lead his teams to the cross country state championship as a freshman and sophomore…3,200m state champion as a senior…recipient of the Gatorade Player of the Year and Vic Zwolak awards as a senior…First Team All-State and All-County his junior and senior years…volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in South Carolina…National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Concentration in behavioral economics…dual citizen of USA and Finland…enjoys music…plans to attend graduate school.