HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Washburn Rural High, lettering four years in cross country for Coach Scott Shufleberger ...also lettered two years in track and four years in swimming...personal best 5K time of 17:09...finished third at Blue Valley North Invite as a senior for best finish...qualified for State 6A cross country meet and Coaches All-City first-team pick as senior, honorable mention by coaches as sophomore and junior...ran 3200-meters in track with a PR 10:16 with a best finish of second at City Meet...also ran 1600-meters with PR of 4:46...won the Washburn Rural HS Invitational 1600-meters... three-time City and Centennial League champions in swimming.

Misc.: 1-27-89...4.4 high school GPA (weighted)...Kansas State Scholar...named to Scholar Roll four years.