High School: Gifted distance-running prospect from Bernards High School in New Jersey, part of the New York City Metro area...earned All-State honors for three straight years in the NJSIAA Group Championships, placing seventh as a senior (16:30) and helping lead Bernards to back-to-back runner-up team finishes in the Group 2 championship race in 2023 and 2024...twice competed in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, taking 20th as a senior in 2024 (16:12) and helping Bernards place sixth as a team...also ran twice in the NXR Northeast and New York Regional Championship, with a best finish of 47th (16:54) in 2023...top cross country 5K time in high school of 15:51...on the track, earned eight All-State honors at the NJSIAA Group Championships in three seasons of competition, including placing in the top four in the 800m run (1:56.20), 1,600m run (4:15.63) and 3,200m run (9:15.93) as a senior...placed at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in the 1,600m run as a senior indoors, finishing eighth (4:14.28)...held PRs for his high school career of 1:56.20 in the 800m run, 4:14.28 in the 1,600m run, and 9:15.93 in the 3,200m run.