Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... Joined the program in 2012 after transferring from Everett Community College. ... All-GNAC in the indoor mile (2012, 2013) and outdoor 1500 (2013). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region in indoor mile (2012) and outdoor 1500 (2013). ... SPU outdoor Most Valuable (2013). ... SPU outdoor Most Improved (2012).

Redshirt senior (2014): INDOOR – Ran in six meets, focusing primarily on the mile, but also doing the 800 in three of them. ... Did both races at the GNAC Championships, placing 4th in the mile (4:14.42) and 8th in the 800 (2:01.15). ... Finished his career with a season-best time of 4:12.78 in the mile on March 1 at the SPU FInal Qualifier.  OUTDOOR – DId not compete; completed eligibility in 2013.

Senior (2013): INDOOR – Focused in the mile, posting a GNAC automatic qualifying time at the UW Invitational on Jan. 26 in his first race of the year, and ultimately placing 3rd at GNAC in 4:14.81. ... Also ran the 800 at GNAC, placing 20th in 2:02.02. OUTDOOR – Placed 18th at the NCAA Division II Championships in the 1500 (4:06.52) on May 24 in Pueblo, Colo. ... Won the GNAC title in the 1500 on May 11 in 3:56.30, leading from start to finish and edging Alaska Anchorage's Isaac Kangogo by 66 hundredths of a second. ... Got onto the NCAA provisional qualifying list in the 1500 with a personal-best time of 3:50.40 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 19. ... Won the 1500 at the J.D. Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma on April 6. ... Won the 800 at the Western Washington Twilight on April 26.

Junior (2012): INDOOR – Surged from behind the favorites in the last 50 meters to win the mile at GNAC Championships in an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 4:13.27, a margin of 18 hundredths of a second ahead of Simon Fraser's Ryan Brockerville. Came into the race as the No. 6 seed. ... A week later at the SPU Last Chance meet, lowered that time by more than three seconds to 4:09.83 to win the race. ... Finished 14th in the 800 at GNAC. OUTDOOR – Placed 6th in 1,500 at GNAC Championships. ... NCAA provisional qualifier in 1,500 at 3:50.48. ... Won the 1,500 at Ralph Vernacchia Invite on March 31 and at War V on April 7. ... Specialized exclusively in the 1,500, running it in all five meets in which he competed.

Everett Community College: Won two straight 1500-meter titles at NWAACC Championships in 2010 and 2011. ... Placed 6th in 800 at NWACC as a freshman in 2010, and 10th in the 5,000 at NWAACC as a sophomore in 2011. ... Current outdoor PRs of 1:54.05 in the 800, 3:52.82 in 1500, and 15:39.50 in the 5000 were all set while at Everett.

Cashmere High School: Won the Washington state Class 1A/B (small school) 1600-meter championships as a junior in 2008 and again as a senior in 2009, and was third as a sophomore in 2007. ... Placed 2nd in the 800 at state as a senior in 2009. ... Ran the 3,200 at state as a sophomore (3rd), junior (10th) and senior (7th). ... Was part of the runner-up 4x400 relay at state as a junior.

Personal: Seth Krammer Pierson.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 1:53.73 (2012)
Mile: 4:09.83 (2012)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
400: 51.20 (2010 at Everett CC)
800: 1:54.05 (2011 at Everett CC)
1500: 3:50.40 (2013)
5000: 15:39.50 (2011 at Everett CC)