2016-17
2016 XC: Competed at three meets, finishing as the Lobos’ No. 1 finisher all three times … opened his season at the Wisconsin Invitational, running to seventh in the open race with an 8K time of 25:06.8 … took 18th at the Mountain West Championships, traversing the 8K course in 24:36.70 … 39th-place finisher at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, running the 10K course in 31:55.50.
2015-16
2015 XC: Saw action at four meets … UNM’s No. 2 scorer at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 22nd overall in 24:14.3 … ran to 109th at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing third on the team in 24:29.9 … scored again at the Mountain West Championships, taking 26th overall and third on the team in 27:56.26 … 59th-place finisher at the NCAA Mountain Regional, taking fourth on the team in 32:14.19.
2016 Indoors: Did not compete.
2016 Outdoors: Competed at four meets … made his season debut at the Stanford Invitational, running a section-winning time of 8:48.15 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … lowered his time by a fraction at the Payton Jordan Invitational, running 8:48.07 … took runner-up honors in the steeple at the Mountain West Championships, running 9:09.92 … posted a strong effort at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, running 8:59.24 to place 16th.
2014-15
2014 XC: Competed at four meets … second-place finisher for UNM at the Lobo Invitational, taking eighth overall … scored for the Lobos at the Notre Dame Invitational, taking 47th overall (fifth on the team) … finished 185th (seventh on the team) at the Wisconsin Invitational … 29th overall (eighth on the team) at the Mountain West Championships.
2015 Indoors: Competed at four meets … ran 4:08.83* in the mile at the Lobo Open, placing second … clocked a time of 8:15.71* in the 3000 at the New Mexico Team Invitational to place third … ran 4:04.86* in the mile at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … scored in the mile at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, running 4:07.33* for fifth place.
2015 Outdoors: Did not compete outdoors.
2013-14
2013 XC: Raced at four meets for New Mexico, including a scoring effort at the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational … opened at Lobo Invitational, placing sixth overall — and second on the team — in 15:44 … was the team’s No. 4 runner at Notre Dame, placing 55th overall with a time of 25:20.6 over 5 miles … also competed at the Wisconsin Invitational (262nd, 25:45) and the Mountain West Championships (43rd, 25:54.59).
2014 Indoors: Saw action at five meets, including the conference championships … opened with a 12th-place time of 1:53.93* in the 800 at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational … took fifth in the 3000 and ninth in the 600 at the New Mexico Team Invitational, finishing in 8:22.75* and 1:22.06, respectively … claimed a seventh-place time of 4:04.95* in the mile at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … scored in the 800 (seventh-place time of 1:53.31*) at the distance medley relay (second place) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.
2014 Outdoors: Competed at four meets, with three races in the 3000 steeplechase … opened with a fourth-place time of 3:56.72 in the 1500 meters at the Jim Click Shootout … won the steeplechase at the Bryan Clay Invitational, finishing in 9:20.38 … improved in the steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational, finishing eighth in his section with a time of 9:07.59 … placed 10th in the steeplechase and 15th in the 5000 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships.
2012-13
2012 XC: Competed unattached twice for the Lobos … ran at the Lobo Invitational and Kachina Classic, placing 33rd (20:39.2) and 22nd (26.58), respectively.
2013 Indoors: Opened the season unattached, racing to times of 4:17.52* in the mile and 8:31.17* in the 3000 … did compete attached at the Mountain West Championships, where he placed 11th in the 3000 (8:33.39) and helped the men’s distance medley relay team to fourth in the 800-meter leg.
2013 Outdoors: Competed in earnest outdoors, where he saw action at six meets … started off at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, where he placed fifth in his section of the 1500 with a time of 3:55.58 … ran both the 800 (1:55.85*) and the 3000 steeplechase (9:44.48*) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, placing 17th and 12th, respectively … claimed runner-up honors in the metric mile at the Air Force Invitational (3:54.50*) … ran a 3:59.06 time in the 1500 at the Beach Invitational to place 41st … just bettered his collegiate best in the steeplechase at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, where he placed sixth with a time of 9:44.33 … just missed out on scoring in the 5000 at the Mountain West Championships, placing ninth in 9:55.86 … also competed in the 1500 at the MW Championships, placing 13th (4:00.77).
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed at Dulce HS in Dulce, N.M. … won the 800 at the 2012 Class AA state championships with a time of 2:01.59 … took second in the 1600 at the same meet with a 4:23.62 time … claimed eighth in the 800 at the state meet his junior year … also played football and basketball at Dulce.
PERSONAL
Son of Steve and Holly Thomas … father Steve was a pole vaulter in college … lists football, basketball, hanging with friends and skating as hobbies … has been to seven countries.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
600 meters: 1:22.06
800 meters: 1:53.11*
Mile: 4:04.95*
3,000 meters: 8:33.39
Outdoor
800 meters: 1:55.58*
1,500 meters: 3:54.50*
3,000 steeplechase: 9:07.59
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
• All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2014 (DMR)
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2014
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, 2013-14
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol