Hokie ClubClass: Junior
High School: Quaker Valley
Hometown: Sewickley, Pa.
2007 Cross Country: Teamed with Paul LaPenna for second place at the Wake Forest Relays at a combined time of 45:52 ... Was the fifth-place finisher in the individual standings with a 23:02 time ... Had season-high finish of fourth at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational, completing 8k in 26:56.
2007 Outdoor: Placed 12th in the 10,000-meter race at the ACC Championships with a personal record of 30:53.44.
2007 Indoor: Ran third leg of distance medley relay that finished second (10:15.14) at the VT Challenge ... Earned eighth place in the 5,000-meter race with a 14:50.68 effort at the Sykes-Sabok Invitational.
2006 Cross Country: Ran for the Hokies at the NCAA Southeast Regional, taking 94th in a time of 33:00 ... Placed 52nd at the ACC Championships, crossing the line in 26:11.
2006 Outdoor: Placed seventh at the Florida State Relays in the 5,000-meter event with a personal-best time of 14:57.82 ... Posted a time of 31:59.01 in the 10,000-meter race at the ACC Championships, finishing 11th.
2006 Indoor: Finished 13th in the 5,000-meter run at the ACC Championships in 15:00.71.
2005 Cross Country: Redshirted.
2005 Outdoor: Ran a season-best 5,000-meter time of 14:59.51 to place third in the event at the Raleigh Relays.
2005 Indoor: Had a 3,000-meter time of 8:47.63 to take 30th place at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
2004 Cross Country: Finished 63rd at the ACC Championships in a time of 27:14.60.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track under coach David Noyes at Quaker Valley High School ... Two-time team captain for cross country ... WPIAL District individual champion in 2003 and a member of the three-time WPIAL championship team (2000, 2001 and 2002) ... Also a three-time state medalist ... WPIAL District individual champion in the 3,200 meters in 2003.
Personal: Born on Sept. 27, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... Son of Joseph and Deborah Thomas ... Mining engineering major.
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