2013-14
2013 XC: Ran at five meets for New Mexico, scoring at the final four … Debuted at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 174th over the 5-mile course … Ran to three straight fourth-place team finishes at the Wisconsin Invitational (69th overall, time of 24:11 over 6K), Mountain West Championships (8th, 24:35.19) and NCAA Mountain Region Championships (23rd, 30:04.5) … Took 157th at the NCAA Championships, scoring with at time of 31:52.2.
2014 Indoors: Competed at three meets for the Lobos … Opened with a time of 4:18.29* in the mile at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Registered a time of 14:27.70* in the 5000 at the Husky Classic … Scored in the 5000 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, placing eighth with a time of 14:49.76*.
2014 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2012-13
2012 XC: Competed as part of the Lobos’ “core four”, scoring at five meets for UNM … Opened at the Lobo Invitational, placing fourth overall and first on the team with a 19:14.2 time … Took 33rd at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing the 5-mile course in 24:21 … Led the men at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, placing 43rd with a 23:59 time over the 8K course … Claimed eighth at the Mountain West Championships with a clocking of 24:43.53, earning all-conference honors … Was the team’s No. 3 runner at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, running to a 22nd-place time of 30:48.7 over 10K … Struggled at the NCAA Championships, working through a rough race en route to placeing 227th with a 32:14.1 time over 10K.
2013 Indoors: Competed at four meets … Opened with a 14th-place mile at the New Mexico Invitational (4:15.38*) … Claimed sixth in the 5000 at the Husky Classic, finishing in 14:05.07 … Scored in the 3000 (seventh place) and 5000 (sixth) at the Mountain West Championships, clocking times of 8:22.18 and 14:36.72, respectively … Registered a 15th-place 5K at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishing in 14:47.37.
2013 Outdoors: Did not compete
2011-12
2011 XC: Emerged as one of the Lobos top-three runners as the season wore on…Competed at the last five meets of the season, starting with the Notre Dame Invitational, where he placed 42nd with a 24:52 time…Placed 55th at the Wisconsin Invitational (24:33)…Took fourth at the Mountain West Championships, clocking in at 25:12.2…Posted the 23rd-best time overall (and second on the team) of 31:15.5 at the NCAA Regionals…Led the Lobos at the NCAA Championships in the stead of injured Nicholas Kipruto and Ross Millington, placing 139th with a 31:07.2 time.
2012 Indoors: Competed at four meets, including the conference championships … Posted an eighth-place time of 4:09.67* in the mile at the New Mexico Invitational to start the season … Claimed a 14:14.24 time in the 5000 at the Washington Husky Classic, placing 28th … At the Mountain West Championships, placed second in both the 3000 and 5000, notching times of 8:14.83* and 14:15.48*, respectively … Competed at the Alex Wilson Invitational, placing eighth in the 5K with a season-best 14:08.40 clocking.
2012 Outdoors: Ran four times, in either the 5K or the 10K … Tallied a sub-30 10K at the Stanford Invitational, placing 34th with a 29:46.65 time … Registered a 14:03.88 time in the 5000 at the Mt. SAC Relays to place ninth … Claimed third in the 10K and fourth in the 5K at the Mountain West Championships, finishing in 29:44.41* and 14:24.27*, respectively … At the First Round of the NCAA Championships, placed 30th in the 5K with a 14:48.16.
2010-11
2010 XC: A solid No. 6 runner for the Lobos, competing at six meets…Opened at the Lobo Invitational with a 12th-place time of 25:31.6…Posted finished of 49th and 63rd at the Kachina Classic (25:24.5) and the Roy Griak Invitational (25:06), respectively…Placed 24th at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing in 26:19…Finished the MWC Championships with a 31:26.5 time, placing 51st.
2011 Indoors: Break through season putting him as one of the top UNM distance track runners on the team … Ran the mile and 3000m in Albuquerque before setting off to the UW Husky Classic to run a 5k … placed 11th in his heat in an extremely competitive field with a time of 14:18.83 … Also competed in at the MW Indoor Championships in the 3k and 5k placing in the top 15 in both races.
2011 Outdoors: Debuted the season with a 5k at Stanford running a time of 14:36.32 … ran the 3k steeplechase the next two following meets … First time running the race he clocked a 9:14.78 and the second time he bettered his time by 5 seconds, barely missing out on qualifying to the NCAA first round meet in Oregon … placed 8th at the MW Championships in the 3k Steeplechase in Ft. Collins …
2009-10
2009 XC: Competed at three meets (Lobo Invite, Kachina Classic and UNM vs. NMSU) unattached.
2010 Indoors: Ran in four meets, all unattached … Started the season winning the Lobo Opener in the 3,000m run, finishing in 8:52.49 … Followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the mile at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, clocking in at 4:24.65.
2010 Outdoors: Competed in four different races … lead the Lobos at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational at Cal Berkeley in the 5,000-meters with a time of 14:39.84 for 3rd place … finished in the top-10 in both the 800-meters and the 1500-meters at the Don Kirby Invitational
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Rio Rancho (N.M.) High School … only lettered one year in track for coach Sal Gonzales, but left as the school record holder in the mile (4:22) … 3-year letterman in soccer.
PERSONAL
Born in Rio Rancho, N.M … son of Kent and Linda Stam … has two older brothers, Brandon and Cory … plans to major in Mechanical Engineering.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Mile: 4:09.67*
3,000 meters: 8:14.83*
5,000 meters: 14:05.07
Outdoor
5,000 meters: 14:03.88
10,000 meters: 29:44.41*
3,000 steeplechase: 9:09.12
XC HONORS
• First Team All-Mountain West, 2011
• Second Team All-Mountain West, 2012 & 2013
• Mountain West Athlete of the Week, Oct. 16, 2012
• USTFCCCA All-Mountain Region, 2011-13
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2010-13
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
• All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2012 (3000, 5000)
• All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2012 (10000)
• Academic All-Conference: 2010-12
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete: 2010
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol