2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Biography
2016-17: Opened the indoor season with an eighth-place finish (4:26.42) in the mile run at the John Tierney Classic ... Shaved nearly nine seconds off that time (4:17.82) at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... Helped put points on the board at the MVC Indoor Championships as a member of Loyola's Distance Medley Relay team (5th; 10:21.40) ... Member of the Ramblers' Raleigh Relays Champion 4x800m Relay team (7:33:08) ... Clocked top 800m time of 1:56.81 at the Beach Invitational ... Competed in the 1,500m (3:58.13) and 5,000m (15:47.34) at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
2015-16: Posted a personal-best time of 1:54.54 in the 800m run at the GVSU Big Meet during the indoor season ... Notched a fourth-place finish (1:57.59) in the same event at the Illini Classic ... Member of Loyola's 4x800m relay team that clocked a time of 7:46.27 en route to finishing fourth at the Gladstein Invitational ... Recorded back-to-back third-place finishes in the 1,500m run at the Gibson Invitational (3:54.04) and the Redbird Invitational (3:50.62) ... Clocked a personal-best time of 3:50.39 at the Illinois Twilight ... Contributed to Loyola's team score at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship with an eighth-place (4:04.49) in the 1,500m run final ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection.
2014-15: Clocked a personal-best mile time of 4:12.72 at the Meyo Invitational...Notched two fifth-place finishes in the 3,000m, including at the GVSU Big Meet with a personal-best time of 8:22.82... Member of the distance medley relay team that finished runner-up at the MVC Indoor Championships...Opened the outdoor season with a first-place finish in the 1,500m at the Bulldog Opener...Clocked a personal-best 1,500m time of 3:50.89 en route to a runner-up finish at the Mt. SAC Relays...Scored points at the MVC Outdoor Championships with two seventh-place finishes (800m & 1,500m).
2013-14: Finished runner-up in the mile at the Windy City Rumble with a personal-best time of 4:25.05...Also placed second in the 800m at the meet with a personal-best time of 2:00.61...Competed in the 3,000m at the MVC Indoor Championships... Opened the outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 4x400m relay at the Bulldog Opener ...Placed fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational with a personal-best time of 9:46.12...Competed in the 3,000m steeplechase and the 5,000m at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
High School: Conference champion in 1,600m in 2013...State Runner-up in 3,200m...State medalist in cross country in 2012...1,600m Indoor state champion in 2012...2011 state champion in cross country...National qualifier for cross country in 2011...Honor roll.
Diffee's Collegiate Bests
Event |
Time |
Meet |
Date |
800m (I) |
1:54.54 |
GVSU Big Meet |
2016 |
Mile (I) |
4:12.72 |
Meyo Invitational |
2015 |
3,000m (I) |
8:22.82 |
GVSU Big Meet |
2015 |
800m (O) |
1:52.05 |
MVC Championships |
2015 |
1,500m (O) |
3:50.39 |
Illinois Twilight |
2016 |
3,000m SC (O) |
9:37.10 |
Raleigh Relays |
2015 |
5,000m (O) |
15:16.14 |
EIU Big Blue Classic |
2016 |