2006-07: Outdoor: second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Redbird Invite (10:18.89) ... ran a 15:33.54 in the 5,000-meters at the Butler Twilight.

2005-06: Indoor: took eighth place in the 3,000-meters (9:37.31) at the Redbird Open during the indoor season ... was ninth in the same event in the dual meet against Indiana State. Outdoor: top performance of the outdoor season came at the Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational where he earned a sixth-place finish in the 5,000-meters (16:15.04).

At Victor J. Andrew HS: MVP and team captain of cross country team senior year ... all-conference and all-sectional performer in cross country and track and field... received team sportsmanship award sophomore and junior year.

Personal: Born 3/15/87 ... son of Kevin and Mary Syring ... majoring in business administration.