COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 600m – 1:18.29, 800m – 1:46.21, 1K – 2:18.76, 1500m – 3:45.58, MILE - 4:12.91, 6K (XC) – 18:09.9, 8K (XC) – 26:22.1, 5-mile (XC) – 25:02.7, 5.2 MILE - 26:50.9
COLLEGIATE RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
Part of No. 1 all-time fastest outdoor 4x800m (7:10.00)
No. 4 all-time in indoor 1000m (2:18.76)
No. 8 all-time in indoor 800m (1:46.37)
No. 9 all-time in outdoor 800m (1:46.21)
Part of the No. 10 fastest indoor DMR (9:35.51)
AWARDS:
1x First Team All-American (Indoor '26, 800m)
4x Academic All-Big Ten (Fall ’23, Spring ‘24, Spring '25, Spring '26)
3x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (’23, ‘24, '25)
1x Big Ten Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (Mar. 28, ’24)
Outdoor 2026
Season: Competed in six meets, qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters and recording a personal-best 1:46.21.
Pepsi Florida Relays (Apr. 3-4): Opened the outdoor season with a fifth-place finish in the 800m (1:46.91)...Virginia Challenge (Apr. 17-18): Ran a personal-best 1:46.21 to finish fourth in the 800m...Penn Relays (Apr. 23-25): Competed on Penn State's 4x800m relay team...Larry Ellis Invitational (May 1-2): Ran 3:50.79 in the 1,500m...NCAA East First Round (May 27-30): Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships after advancing through the 800m quarterfinals (1:46.48) and semifinals (1:46.91)...NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 10-13): Competed at the NCAA Championships, running 1:48.13 in the 800-meter semifinal...
Indoor 2026
Season: Competed in six meets, earning First Team All-America honors in the 800 meters after an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and qualifying for the NCAA Championships with a personal-best 1:46.37.
Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 17): Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 1,000m, running 2:18.76...Penn State National Open (Jan. 30-31): Recorded a personal-best 1:46.37 in the 800m to finish fourth...PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (Feb. 7): Placed third in the 800m with a time of 1:46.73...Tyson Invitational (Feb. 13-14): Ran 1:49.84 in the 800m...Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 26-28): Advanced to the 800m final, placing eighth (2:01.75) after running 1:47.47 in the preliminaries, and helped Penn State's DMR to a fifth-place finish...NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 13-14): Advanced to the 800m final with a 1:47.13 preliminary before earning First Team All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in 1:48.02..
Outdoor 2025
Season: Did not compete.
Indoor 2025
Season: Competed in four meets, winning the 800m at the Penn State Tune-Up before advancing to the NCAA Indoor Championships...
Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14-15): Competed in the 800m...Penn State Tune-Up (Feb. 21): Won the 800-meter title in a personal-best 1:46.41...Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 1): Advanced to the 800m final placing, finishing sixth in 1:48.80 after running 1:48.22 (8th place) in the preliminaries...NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 14): Competed in the 800m preliminaries, finishing ninth in 1:47.55...
Outdoor 2024
Season: Qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in his career…Finished 18th in the nation in the 800m…Set the seventh-fastest 800m time in school history.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Opened his outdoor season with a win at UCF, running a 1:47.57 in the 800m…earned his first career Big Ten Men’s Track Athlete of the Week honor for his performance. Raleigh Relays (3/28-30): Posted a 3:45.58 1500m PR. Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Finished fifth in the 800m with a 1:47.99…added a 3:15.01 finish as a part of Penn State’s 4x400 squad...Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Placed 10th in the conference with a 1:49.84 in the 800m first round...NCAA East Region Prelims (5/22-25): Lowered his 800m PR by over a full second in an outstanding NCAA quarterfinal race to punch his ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships…his 1:46.22 800m mark slots in at No. 7 in school history... NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-8): Ran a 1:49.07 in the NCAA semifinals, finishing 18th in the country in his first NCAA Championships appearance...
Indoor 2024
Season: Set his mile and 600m PRs during indoor season.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Won the 1K in his 2024 debut with a 2:22.12...Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Ran a 1:49.57 in the 800m, placing 11th…was a part of the DMR squad that finished fourth overall in 9:43.46...Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Dropped a 1:48.21 season-best mark in the 800m, finishing second overall...David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10): Set his mile PR with a 4:12.91...Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Set his 600m PR with a 1:18.29, finishing 10th in the conference…placed ninth in the Big Ten in the 800m with a 1:49.19 in the prelims...
Cross Country 2023
Season: Set 6K and 8K PRs through the course of the season in which he competed four times for the Nittany Lions.
Dolan Duals (9/1): Clocked an 18:09.9 to finish fifth overall in the first meet of the season. Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30): Ran a 26:22.1, setting his 8K PR... Big Ten Championships (10/27): Concluded his season with a 26:52.3 at the conference meet.
Outdoor 2023
Season: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims for the first time in his career, entering in the 800…set a PR and finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships in the 1500.
Florida Relays (3/31-4/1): Clocked a 3:49.30 for sixth place in his first collegiate 1500... Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Placed second in the 800 with a season-best 1:48.50 mark...Virginia Challenge (3:46.14): Ran a 3:46.14 in the 1500, finishing 21st overall... Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Finished seventh overall in the 1500m with a personal-best 3:45.87, scoring his first career Big Ten points...NCAA East Prelims (5/25-27): Advanced to the NCAA Semifinals but fell short of a spot in the NCAA Championships, running a 1:50.97 in the semis for 18th in the region...
Indoor 2023
Season: Set personal-best marks in the 1000m and the 800m.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Ran a 2:21.99 in the 1000m for a second-place finish... Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Posted a personal-best 1:48.35 for a fifth-place finish in the 800m…was a member of the 4x400 team that ran a 3:14.05, coming in eighth...Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Crossed the line in 1:50.88 for an 11th-place finish in the 800m...
Cross Country 2022
Season: Competed in his first collegiate cross country season, setting three personal-best marks.
Dolan Duals (9/2): Finished the 6K in 18:34.5 for a PR...Joe Piane Invitational (9/30): Ran a 25:02.7 over five miles, finishing 20th overall...Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/28): Ran a 27:00.8 in his first Big Ten Cross country championship race...
Outdoor 2022
Season: Finished tenth in the Big Ten in the 800 in his true freshman season…earned one race victory...
Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/6): Set personal best in 800m at 1:49.48 to come up with first collegiate race win...Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15): Ran a 1:50.97 for tenth place in the conference in his first Big Ten Outdoor Championships..
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
High School PRs: 800m, 1:50.21*, 1500m - 3:50.94
*indicates school record
Competed in middle distance at 800m and 1500m for Yachiyo-Shion...Was Japanese national champion junior year in 800m.
PERSONAL
Parents are Chiaki and Shinichiro...Has one sister, Maika...Studying Business Administration...Born in Japan.