COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 600m – 1:22.54, 800m – 1:52.26, 1500m – 3:53.40, Mile – 4:09.53
COLLEGIATE RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Academic All-Big Ten (’24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Ran in two 1500m races during outdoor season.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Set his 1500m season-best with a 3:55.15.
2024 Indoor
Season: Competed in four meets for the Nittany Lions.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Ran a 1:52.26 800m PR. Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/20): Finished seventh in the 600m with a 1:22.54. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Posted a 4:09.53 mile PR, finishing fifth overall.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Competed in one meet for the Nittany Lions, running his first collegiate 1500m.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Posted a 3:53.40 in the 1500m for 49th overall in his first collegiate competition.
2023 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
2022 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs:
Attended Warwick High School where he competed in track & field and soccer…Was a three-time state medalist in track & field and earned All-State honors in soccer as well.
PERSONAL
Son of Jeffrey and Michele Smith…Has on brother, Jason…Studying engineering at Penn State…Chose Penn State because of its “quality academics and track & field/cross country program.”