2014 (Graduate Student): Indoor - Competed in five meets ... Won the One-Mile Run with a time of 4:17.80 at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships and then posted a second place in the 800-Meter Run with a time of 1:52.27 … Finished in 15th place in the One-Mile Run at the Alex Wilson Invitational after posting a time of 4:27.19 … Posted a 17th place finish out of 307 runners in the One-Mile Run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational while setting a program record with a time of 4:01.04 … Won the 1,000-Meter Run with a program record time of 2:27.38 at the Masked Rider Open and finished in third place in the 800-Meter Run with a time of 1:52.14 … Finished in first place in the One-Mile Run at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a time of 4:11.73 and helped his Distance Medley Relay team finish in fourth place.
Outdoor Season – Competed in eight meets ... finished in 31st place in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round with a time of 3:46.34 … won the 1,500-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:56.07 and also won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.44 … posted a seventh place finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Payton Jordan Invitational and set a new program record with a time of 3:44.76 … finished in 12th place in the 800-meter run at the Beach Invitational with a time of 1:51.49 … won the 1,500-meter run at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 3:44.92 … finished in third place in the mile run in the Jerry Thompson Invitational Mile at the Texas Relays with a time of 4:05.14 … won the 800-meter run at the Cactus Cup with a time of 1:52.73 while also helping his 4x400-meter relay team to a fourth place finish … posted a 10th place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:30.74 at the Islanders Open.
2013 (Junior): Indoor – Competed in four meets ... Finished first in the 800-meter at the Great West Conference Championships with a time of 1:58.18, first in the mile run with a career-best time of 4:14.61, the fourth fastest in program history, and second in the Distance Medley Relay ... Posted a time of 4:17.04 in the mile run at the Red Raider Open for a first place finish and also finished fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.52 ... Finished in eighth place in the 800-meter run at the Howie Ryan Invitational/Multis with a time of 1:56.96 and helped the men's Distance Medley Relay finish in fifth place with a time of 10:24.59 ... Posted a time of 2:32.38 in the 1,000-meter run for a seventh place finish at the Masked Rider Open.
Outdoor – Qualified for the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round in the 1,500-meter run but did not compete as he had already returned home for the summer … Finished in the top five in 10-of-11 events, including three first place finishes, three second place finishes, two third place finishes, one fourth place finish and one fifth place finish … Won the Great West Conference Championship in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:05.49 while taking silver in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.16 (5/5) … Helped Distance Medley Relay team to 11th place finish at Penn Relays with time of 9:56.21 (4/27) … Won the 1,500-meter run with a program record, Great West Conference record and event record time of 3:44.76, which was the 44th fastest time in the region at the end of the season, while also winning the 800-meter run with a career-best time of 1:50.65, the fifth fastest in program history, at the Beach Invitational (4/20), earning Great West Conference Athlete of the Week honors (4/26) … Placed third in the 800-meter run at the Texas State Invitational with a then-career-best time of 1:50.90 (4/6) … Came in fourth in the 1,500-meter run at the Texas Relays with a time of 3:53.75 (3/28) while helping the DMR team to program record performance of 9:54.29, good for third place (3/29), Great West Conference Athlete of the Week honors (4/5) and UTPA Performance of the Year honors (4/14) … Opened the season with a fifth place finish as part of the 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3:30.68 at the Cactus Cup (3/16).
2012 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed in three meets … Finished eighth in 800-meter run at Great West Conference Championships with time of 1:59.60 … Ran mile in career-low 4:23.71 to finish fifth while also taking second in 800-meter run with time of 2:00.38 at McNeese Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Invite II.
Outdoor – Competed in eight meets … Won Great West Conference Championship in 1,500-meter run with time of 3:52.31 while also taking fourth in the 800-meter run with a career-best time of 1:54.15 … Finished seventh in 800-meter run at Texas State Bobcat Classic with time of 1:54.78 … Placed 13th in 1,500-mter run at Beach Invitational with career-best time of 3:49.59 … Came in second in 800-meter run at Trinity Alumni Classic with time of 1:56.45 … Took fifth in 1,500-meter run at Victor Lopez Classic with time of 3:50.70 … Finished fifth in 800-meter run at Cactus Cup with time of 1:57.19.
2011 (Freshman): Indoor – competed in meets … was part of the Distance Medley Relay that placed third in the Houston Indoor Invitational with a time of 10:20.94 … finished 10th at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships in the 800-meter run with a 1:58.86.
Outdoor – Helped his mile relay team finish in third place with a time of 2:23.68 at the Cactus Cup … finished season with a 15th-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.40 at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships.
Lycee Toulouse-Lautrec: Member of the soccer and track and field team.
Off the Track: Son of Jean-Michel and Chantal Casse … Has one brother, Tom ... Completed Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in May 2013 at UTPA.
