At SIU: Competed in five meets throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons...recorded two top-10 finishes in the indoor 3000-meter run...has a career indoor best of 8:54.74 in the 3000-meter run and a career outdoor best of 16:05.39 in the 5000-meter run...also a member of the Saluki cross country team, where he registered a season-best finish of 27th at the Saluki CC Invitational a year ago.

Pre-SIU: Four-year letterwinner in track and three-year letterwinner in cross country at Rochester High School.

Personal: Majors in Forestry...born Mar. 15, 1984...son of Rusty and Debbie Monroe.