My running career started when I joined the New Plymouth Boys' High School cross country team and Egmont Athletics. I began working with a coach and focused my attention on being the best runner I could be. After a string of second-place finishes at New Zealand Secondary School championship events, I finally struck gold in my final year in cross country and on the track. I took this momentum into my first year at the Auckland University of Technology.

 

A successful 2013 was backed up with a tear in my peroneal tendon that sidelined me for most of 2014. Thankfully, I bounced back in 2015 and secured myself a scholarship to Northern Arizona University in the United States.

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I experienced a significant progression in my performances while training at 7,000ft in Flagstaff, Arizona, highlighted by three NCAA team titles and a runner-up finish at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

 

In 2018, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice. My college performances opened the door for me to run professionally for HOKA Northern Arizona Elite.

I had some solid performances during my six years with the team, but struggled a lot with injuries.

 

“Running Up the Mountain,” a book I co-authored with Ron Mann, was published in 2023.

At the end of 2024, I moved back to my hometown of New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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2008 - 2012 | New Plymouth Boys High School

Coached by Karen Gillum-Green

• 3x runner-up finish at NZSS Cross Country Championships

• 2x runner-up finish at NZSS Track and Field Championships (3000m)

• 2011 Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships title for M16 3000m

• 7th place finish in the 3000m at the 2011 Youth Commonwealth Games

• 2012 NZSS Cross Country Championships title

• 2012 U20 Athletics New Zealand Cross Country Championships title

• 2012 NZSS Track and Field Championships title (3000m in record 8:15.50)

 

2013 - 2015 | Auckland University of Technology

Coached by Kerry Rodger

• 2013 U20 Australian Cross Country Championships title

• 2nd place finish at the 2015 ANZ Cross Country Championships for senior men

• 5th place finish at the 2015 Australian Cross Country Championships for senior men

 

2016 - 2018 | Northern Arizona University

Coached by Eric Heins and Mike Smith

• 11th place finish at the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships

• 7th place finish in the 10,000m at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships  

• 2nd place finish at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships

• 5th place finish in the 10,000m at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

• 2018 Big Sky Conference Cross Country title

• 15th place finish at the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships

• 3x NCAA Cross Country Championships team title (2016, 2017, 2018)

 

2019 -2024 | HOKA Northern Arizona Elite

Coached by Ben Rosario, Alan Culpepper, Jenna Wrieden, and Jack Mullaney

• 2019 Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships title

• 46th place at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships 

• New Zealand record for the indoor 5,000m (13:27.61)

• 2020 Athletics New Zealand Road Championships title

• New Zealand record for the road 5km (13:55)

• 12th place finish at the 2022 New York City Marathon

• 48th place at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships

• 4th place at the 2023 California International Marathon