COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Mile – 4:06.51, 3K – 8:08.84, 5K – 14:22.21, 3K steeplechase – 8:53.26, 6K (XC) – 18:10.20, 8K (XC) – 24:07.70, 10K (XC) – 30:42.80, 5.2 Mile (XC) – 25:58.10
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS AND NOTES:
AWARDS:
1x CSC Academic All-District ('26)
4x Academic All-Big Ten (Fall '24, Spring '25, Fall '25, Spring '26)
Outdoor 2026
Season: Competed in five meets, setting a personal best in the 3K steeplechase...
Raleigh Relays (3/26-28): Opened the outdoor season with an 8:58.28 in the 3K steeplechase…Bison Outdoor Classic (4/11-13): Recorded a 14:37.98 in the 5K...Penn Relays (4/23-25): Posted a 8:54.63 in the 3K steeplechase..Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2): Set a personal best in the 3K steeplechase in 8:53.26...Big Ten Championships (5/15-17): Concluded sophomore season with an eighth-place finish in the 3K steeplechase, clocking 8:58.77...
Indoor 2026
Season: Competed in six meets, earning two top-five finishes and setting three personal bests.
Boston University Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/6): Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 14:22.21…Nittany Lion Challenge (1/17): Finished third in the mile with a time of 4:06.51…Penn Elite (1/24): Won the 3K with a personal-best mark of 8:08.84…Penn State National Open (1/30-31): Ran 4:07.56 in the mile and competed in the 3K…Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/13-14): Recorded an 8:14.08 in the 3K…Big Ten Championships (2/26-28): Competed in the 3K, finishing in 8:17.09...
Cross Country 2025
Season: Competed in six meets, reaching the NCAA Regional Championships for the first time while setting two personal bests...
Dolan Duals (9/5): Opened the season with an 18:29.90 in the 6K…Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/12): Recorded a 26:00.70 in the 5.2 Mile…Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/3): Set a personal best in the 8K with a time of 24:07.70…Princeton Fall Classic (10/17): Posted another 24:07.70 in the 8K…Big Ten Championships (10/31): Made second appearance at the conference championships, recording a time of 25:02.90 in the 8K…NCAA Regionals (11/14): Set a personal best in the 10K with a time of 30:42.80...
Outdoor 2025
Season: Competed in four meets, all in the 3K steeplechase, lowering his personal best throughout the season.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Opened the season with a 9:11.25 in the 3K steeplechase…Virginia Challenge (4/18-19): Lowered his personal best to 9:05.38…Larry Ellis Invitational (5/2-3): Recorded a time of 9:04.79…Big Ten Championships (5/16-18): Finished the season by lowering personal best to 9:03.87....
Indoor 2025
Season: Did not compete.
Cross Country 2024
Season: Competed in five meets for the Nittany Lions, reaching the Big Ten Championships for the first time and recording two personal bests.
Dolan Duals (9/6): Made collegiate debut, in the 6K with a time of 18:10.20…Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13): Recored a 25:58.10 in the 5.2 Mile…Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/5): Competed in the 8k in 25:23.80…Princeton Fall Classic (10/18): Lowered his 8K personal best to 24:44.40…Big Ten Championships (11/1): Concluded freshman campaign in the 8K in 25:36.10...
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 1600m – 4:13.95, 3200m – 9:09.29
Ran for East Juniata High School where he was a three-time PIAA silver medalist…Seven-time district champion across cross country and track & field…Won Tri-Valley League MVP honors his senior year…Owns five school records in track events.
PERSONAL
Son of Earl and Brenda Strawser…Majoring in biomedical engineering…Chose Penn State because it has “great academic and athletic resources along with vast research opportunities and a network of alumni throughout the nation.”