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2006 Honors: ACC Champion, Cross Country; All-Region, Cross Country; NCAA Qualifier, 3000m Steeplechase; NCAA East Region Qualifier, 3000m Steeplechase; All-East Region, 3000m Steeplechase; All-ACC, 3000m Steeplechase; NCAA Provisional Qualifier, 10,000m; NCAA Provisional Qualifier, Indoor 5000m. 2005 Honors: NCAA Qualifier 3000m Steeplechase; All-East Region, 3000m Steeplechase; NCAA East Region Qualifier, 3000m Steeplechase; All-ACC, 3000m Steeplechase; ACC Champion, Indoor 5000m. 2004 Honors: NCAA Southeast Region runner-up Cross Country (10,000m); All-ACC, Cross Country (8,000m); South Carolina State Collegiate Cross Country Champion; All-State, Cross Country (8,000m). 2003 Honors: NCAA All-American, 3000m Steeplechase; NCAA East Region Champion, 3000m Steeplechase; NCAA East Region Qualifier, 3000m Steeplechase; All-ACC, 3000m Steeplechase.
Clemson Highlights
Ranks third on Clemson's all-time list in the 3000m steeplechase and fourth in both indoor 3000m and 5000m; also fifth in the outdoor 10,000m.
2006-07
Cross Country: Won the individual title at the ACC Championships with a personal best time of 23:52.5, which broke the Panorama Farms 8K course record...first individual champion in the conference for Clemson since Kevin Hogan in 1994...finished with a solid time at Pre-Nationals despite a shoe coming loose early...earned All-Region honors with third-place finish at Louisville, leading Clemson to a fifth-place team showing...finished 45th at the national meet, recording a time of 31:52.8 on a muddy course.
2005-06
Outdoor: Competed in the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships...finished 14th but ran the final five and a half laps without a shoe...shoe was knocked off after the second water jump...prior to the finals he had a fifth-place effort in the prelims with a time of 8:39.59, his season-best...earned second straight runner-up finish at the East Region Championships in the steeplechase, thus earning the automatic bid to the National Championships in Sacramento...time was 8:48.37 at regionals...earned third All-ACC honor in the steeplechase after placing third in 8:55.49...that was a regional-qualifying mark for him...posted an NCAA provisional mark in the 10,000m with a time of 29:29.34 at the Stanford Invitational...that time ranks fifth in school history in that event...posted a time of 14:13.03 in the 5000m at the Penn Relays. Indoor: Posted a provisional-qualifying effort in the 5000m after finishing second place at the Meyo Invitational...crossed the finish line in 14:04.34...ran the 3000m at the Clemson Opener and distance medley relay at the Clemson Invitational...posted the Tigers' top 3000m time of the season thus far after finishing in 8:11.38...scored for the Tigers in both the 3000m and 5000m at the ACC Championships in Blacksburg, VA. Cross Country: Competed in the first two events of the season and then at the Regionals for the Tigers...finished 36th at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 26:26...was 66th at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Greenville, NC with a time of 32:01.9 on the 10K course.
2004-2005
Outdoor: NCAA outdoor qualifier in the 3000m steeplechase with a career-best time of 8:35.96 at the East Region Championships...regional qualifier in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:41.69 at the ACC Championships, placing second and earning All-ACC honors...had a time of 9:18.45 at the Solid Orange Classic...regional qualifier in the 1500m with a time of 3:44.17 at the Georgia Tech Invitational...clocked a 3:52.08 at the ACC Championships, finishing seventh...won the 1500m at the Solid Orange Classic with a time of 3:52.85...has not placed lower than second at the East Region Championships, as he won the 3000m steeplechase in 2003 and finished second this year. Indoor: NCAA provisional qualifier in the mile, 3000m and 5000m...posted a season-best and provisional qualifying time of 14:03.60 in the 5000m run at the Notre Dame Invitational to finish third...ACC Champion in the 5000m with his time of 14:16.03...All-ACC honoree in the 3000m with a second-place finish and a time of 8:13.78...recorded a season-best time of 8:05.09 in the 3000 at the Notre Dame Invitational...clocked a 8:14.40 in the 3000m of the Kentucky Invitational...ran a season-best time of 4:05.30 to provisionally qualify in the mile at the Clemson Classic to win the event.
Cross Country: Led the Tigers during the 2004 campaign...qualified for the NCAA Championships, in which he finished 58th with a time of 32:07.1...the runner-up at the Southeast Region Championships, covering the 10K course in 30:11.7...earned All-ACC honors at the conference meet with a fourth-place finish and time of 24:44.5...placed 28th in the Pre-Nationals meet, crossing the finish line in 24:36.2...won the Clemson Invitational/South Carolina Collegiate Cross Country Championships meet in 24:45.20...tabbed ACC Performer of the Week for that performance.
2003-04
Outdoor & Indoor: Red-shirted Cross Country: In only his second meet of the season, finished as the Tigers' number-three runner at the ACC Championships with a 29th-place finish and time of 25:42.5...competed in the Bulldog Stampede, finishing 20th with a time of 27:06.30.
2002-2003
Outdoor: Earned All-America honors in the 3000m steeplechase...finished eighth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships with a lifetime-best effort of 8:36.92...recorded a time of 8:41.67 in the preliminaries of the steeplechase at the national meet... East Region Champion in the 3,000m steeplechase with lifetime-best performance of 8:40.80, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships...member of 4xMile relay team that set the school record of 16:48.71 at the Penn Relays...earned All-ACC honors in the 3,000m steeplechase with his second-place finish in 8:52.30, qualifying for the East Region Championships...finished 10th in the 1500m at the conference meet with a time of 3:52.35...recorded a time of 3:51.90 in the preliminaries of the 1500m at the conference meet...anchored the winning distance medley relay team at the Clemson Relays...won the college division of the 3,000m steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 9:06.13...finished third in the 1500m at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 3:52.16. Indoor: Finished third in the 3000m at the Maryland Invitational with a time of 8:30.64...at the Virginia Tech Challenge, placed fifth and recorded a time of 4:15.43 in the mile run...posted a time of 14:37.61 in the 5,000m at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational.
Pre-Clemson
Israel junior record holder in 10 events ranging from
the 1500m through the 10,000m...won the 2002 Israeli championship in
the 1500m...the Israeli champion in the 3000m steeplechase in 1997
and 1998...finished sixth in the 3000m steeplechase at the world
junior championships in 2000...placed eighth at the European junior
championships in 1999 in the 3000m steeplechase.
Personal
Born 1/9/81...majoring in business.
Best Marks
Mile - 4:05.30
1500m - 3:41.73
3000m - 8:05.09
3000m steeplechase - 8:34.12
5000m - 14:03.60
10,000m - 29:29.34
8000m (XC) - 23:52.5
10,000m (XC) - 30:11.7
