PERSONAL BESTS
2021-22
2022 Track
Ran in six meets on the season... Took ninth in the 10,000 meter (31:28.18) and 22nd in the 5K (15:12.81) at the WAC Championships... Clocked a top-10 time in the 3,000 meter at the RCC Invite (8:23.13)... Logged season-best times of 14:27.14 in the 5K at the Fresno State Invite and 30:01.90 in the 10K at the Ben Brown Invite... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
2021 Cross Country
Ran in four meets on the season... Finished a season-best eighth place at the Anteater Open with a 6K time of 19:01.3... Logged a season-best 8K time of 24:25.9 at the UC Riverside Invitational, which was a top-25 time in CBU's individual history... Scored for CBU at the Highlander Invitational (28th, 24:43.4)... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
2020-21
2021 Track
Ran in four meets: the Ben Brown Invite, The Sound Meet, West Coast Relays, WAC Championships... Logged the ninth-best 10K time in program history (30:26.47) at the West Coast Relays... Finished eighth in the 5K (14:58.55) and 10K (31:52.10) at the WAC Championships... Recorded a season-best time of 14:30.73 in the 5K... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2020 Cross Country
Ran in three of four meets... Secured All-WAC Second Team honors with an 11th-place finish (25:07.80) at the WAC Championships... Finished 23rd in the Florida State Winter Classic's Gold Race with a time of 25:45.6... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2019-20
2020 Track
Ran in both the Collegiate All-Comers Meet and RCC Invitational before the season came to an early end due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Recorded an 8:31.58 in the 3K, which was good for sixth place at the Collegiate All-Comers Meet and for a top-10 time in CBU history... Clocked an 8:31.99 at the RCC Invite for fifth place... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2019 Cross Country
Competed in five races in 2019... Best 8K time came at the UC Riverside Invitational, where he finished 22nd in a time of 24:50.4 -- a top-25 time in program history... Best finish of the season came at the WAC Championships, where he finished fifth overall and earned All-WAC First Team and Freshman of the Year honors.
2018-19
2019 Track
Competed in eight races during true freshman season... Represented CBU in the 5K and 10K at the WAC Championships... Placed 11th and 12th in the 5K and 10K at the WAC Championships, with times of 15:49.74 and 34:10.57, respectively.
2018 Cross Country
Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Gimnazija Tituša Brezovackog in Zagreb, Croatia, where he graduated in 2018... Won Croatian national championship three years in a row in cross country... Owns personal bests of 8:35.30 and 1:10.44 in the 3K and half marathon, respectively.
PERSONAL
Born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia... Son of Zlatko and Marina... Enjoys playing table tennis, fishing and watching soccer... Pre-mechanical engineering major.
