Academic Notes: Majoring in communication.
Personal Bests: 1500m (3:53.51) Mile (4:22.20) 3000m (8:11.97) 5000m (13:55.66) 10,000m (28:36.53)
2015 Track & Field: Only competed during the outdoor season ... Posted a career-best 10,000m time of 28:36.53 when he finished ninth at the Stanford Invitational ... Had a huge kick to win defend his 10,000m title at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Finished fourth in the 5000m at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships
2014 Track & Field: Was one of the top distance athletes for the Lumberjacks during both the indoor and outdoor season... Took home two gold medals from the Big Sky Indoor Championships... Finished first in the men's 5000m run at the indoor championships with a time of 14:41.49... Finished first in the men's 10,000m run at the conference indoor championships with a time of 8:24.12... Was a medalist in two events at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships... Took first place in the en's 10,000m run with a time of 31:00.87... Garnered a bronze medal in the men's 5000m run with a time of 15:09.7
2013 Track & Field: Competed only during the indoor season and redshirted outdoors ... Ran in four meets including the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Opened up in the mile at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, where he ran a career-best time of 4:12.67@ ... Ran two events at the Husky Classic, the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs, clocking a PR in the 3K and a season-best in the 5K ... His 3,000m time of 8:11.97 was the fourth-best in the conference all season, while his 5K time of 14:10.53 was the second best ... Closed his season at Big Sky Indoors with a gold medal in the 5,000 meters and a ninth-place finish in the 3,000 meters.
2012 Cross Country: Was NAU's consistent No. 3 runner in all but two of his six meets in his inaugural season with the Lumberjacks ... Best overall mark came at the Big Sky Championships, where he finished second, despite crossing the finish line simultaneously with teammates Brian Shrader and Futsum Zienasellassie ... Garnered All-Mountain Region honors for the first time with a 10th-place finish at the Mountain Region Championships in a time of 30:20.0 ... Came 66th in his first-ever NCAA Cross Country Championships with a finishing time of 30:29.3, helping NAU to take fourth as a team for the fourth time in six years.
Before NAU: Transferred from Oklahoma State ... In 2010, he ran twice for the NCAA and Big 12-champion Cowboys as a true freshman, placing 11th at the 8,000-meter Cowboy Jamboree in 24:55.69 and 32nd at the 10,000-meter Midwest Regional Championships in 30:54.68
High School: A 2010 graduate of Edison High School ... Runner-up at the 2009 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:23 ... Ran the 5,000 meters in 14:29.35 for the third-fastest time in the nation in 2010 ... His 8:56.44 in the 3,200 meters ranks 13th all-time in Orange County history ... Runner-up at the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state cross country meet his senior year ... OCVarsity.com boys cross country athlete of the year as a senior ... Clocked a 14:51 in winning the Orange County Championships, a mark that ranks among the top-10 all-time at the meet ... Set a course record at the Sunset League Preview Meet with a 14:42 ... Team MVP all four years in cross country ... Edison HS athlete of the year as a senior.
Personal: Born to Jim and Colleen McElroy on March 27, 1992 in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... Has one sister, Melissa ... Hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, and rollerblading ... Also competed on the surf team at Edison High School.
