HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Monticello High School (Monticello, New York) where he earned 12 varsity letters in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track...was a member of two Sullivan County Athletic Conference Championship teams...finished fourth overall, second in Class A, out of nearly 600 runners at the 2007 New York State Championships...racked up seven first-place finishes and 13 top-two finishes as a senior on the cross country course in 2007...also set four course records and was second at the AAU National Championship in 2007...won six Sullivan County titles in the 3,200 meters and the 1,600 meters during his indoor track career...also racked up three county championships in the 3,200 meters and 1,600 meters heading into his senior season for outdoor track...academically, was the president of MHS's National Honor Society during his senior year...was on the Scholastic High Honor Roll all four years of high school and participated on his high school Quiz Bowl team in the Sullivan County Interscholastic League...earned MHS's Coaches' Award for Excellence four times and was the 2006 Carl Drobysch Award winner as MHS's Top Scholar-Athlete.