At Utah Valley ...
FRESHMAN ~ (2007): Competed in three of Utah Valley's six events ... posted a personal season-best of 23:11.70 in the four-mile BYU Autumn Classic ... also ran in the Utah State Invitational and the Montana State Bobcat Invitational ... posted over a four-minute improvement on his time between Utah State and Montana State, the latter being a longer race.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, Calif ... team was league and CIF Champions in cross country ... track team was league champions ... was a First Team All-League performer in cross country ... set school 4x800 recordand set the school DMR record ... also played basketball in high school.

Personal...
Graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School in 2007 ... plans to major in Business at Utah Valley ... an Eagle Scout ... enjoys the outdoors and fishing ... also recruited by Loyola Marymount and UC Davis ... parents are Tim and Heather Wertner.