COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800m – 1:51.36, 1K – 2;25.99, 1500m – 3:44.67, Mile – 4:06.28, 8K (XC) – 25:43.6, 10K (XC) – 31:24.6, 5-Mile (XC) – 24:50.0
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Academic All-Big Ten (Sp. 23)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Did not compete.
2024 Indoor
Season: Ran in two meets for the Nittany Lions.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Won the 800m in his season opener with a 1:51.70. Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/20): Finished fifth in the mile, running a 4:07.67.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Ran in three meets for the Nittany Lions.
Spiked Shoe Invite (9/8): Stopped the clock in 26:35.0, finishing 31st in the 5.2-mile race. Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30): Finished the 8K in 26:00.9.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Reached PRs in both the 800 and 1500, highlighted by a third-place finish in the 1500 at Bucknell.
Hurricane Collegiate Inviational (3/25): Finished second in the 1500 with a 3:51.05…Set a PR in the 800 with a 1:51.36 to come in fourth place. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Ran over five seconds faster than his previous 1500-meter PR, going 3:44.67 to finish third overall in the event. Penn Relays (2/27-29): Clocked a 3:45.45 in the 1500, achieving three consecutive 1500 times under 3:47.00.
2023 Indoor
Season: Set his 1000m and mile PRs over the course of the season…Finished 11th in the Big Ten in the mile.
Hokie Invitational (1/20-21): Set his 1000-meter PR, a 2:25.99, in his 17th-place finish…Came in sixth in the 800 with a 1:53.08. Penn State National Open (1/27-28): Finished 20th in the mile with a 4:06.42. Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Set his PR with a 4:06.28 in the mile. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Showed his consistency, clocking his third-straight mile time within a half-second range, going 4:06.62 for 11th place in the conference.
2022 Cross Country
Season: In his first cross country season with the Nittany Lions, set benchmark times over multiple distances to help a young Penn State squad compete well at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.
Joe Piane Invitational (9/30): Ran 24:50.0 in the five-mile race, setting a PR. Penn State National Open (10/14): Finished 21st overall with a 25:58.5 in the 5.2-mile race. Big Ten Championships (10/28): In his first Big Ten Cross Country Championships, finished the 8K in a personal-best 25:43.6. NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/11): Came in 48th place overall in the 10K with a 31:24.6 final time.
2022 Outdoor
Season: Competed at first Big Ten Outdoor Championship in 1500m.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Clocked a 1:53.81 in the 800…Ran a 3:53.50 over 1500 meters. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15): Placed 17th in the conference in the 1500 with a season-best 3:50.70.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Attended the United State Air Force Academy 2019-20...Ran cross country, indoor and outdoor track at Grove City Area High School...Won the PIAA AA cross country state championship in 2018...Was the PIAA Indoor track champion in the mile 2019...Took second place at 2019 outdoor state championship in the 1600m...Placed third at the 2018 AAA state championship in the 1600m...Ran to third place in 2017 XC AA state championship.
PERSONAL
Parents are Christine Meszaros and Ray Powell...Has two brothers, Jordan and Jacob...Majoring in biology...Born in Pennsylvania.