Achievement Chronology
- 1999 - Foot Locker national high school cross-country champion
- 2000 - Foot Locker national high school cross-country champion
- 2001 - IAAF World Junior Cross-Country Championships bronze medalist
- 2001 - 4th place at NCAA Cross-Country Championships
- 2003 - NCAA 5,000 m runner-up to Robert Cheseret
- 2003 - NCAA and Big 12 cross-country champion while at the University of Colorado at Boulder
- 2003 - USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Cross Country Athlete of the Year
- 2004 - Athens Olympics qualifier for the United States in the 10,000 m race
- 2005 - USATF 12k cross-country champion
- 2005 - Winner of the Belfast International Cross-Country
- 2006 - 4th place at the Edinburgh Cross-Country, defeating Serhiy Lebid and Alistair Cragg
- 2006 - 11th place at the ING New York City Marathon. 2:14:01
- 2007 - 3rd place at the U.S. Cross Country Championships
- 2007 - 9th place 10,000 m at IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan
- 2007 - 2nd place at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials, qualifying for the Beijing Olympics
- 2008 - 1st place at the U.S. Cross Country Championships.
- 2008 - 9th place, 1st American, at the Men's Olympic Marathon in Beijing, China, with a time of 2:11:59.
- 2009 - 2nd place at the U.S. Half Marathon Championships.
- 2009 - 11th place, 2nd American, at the 2009 Flora London Marathon
- 2009 - 2nd place, 10000m, USA Outdoor Championships, 27:58.59
- 2009 - 6th place, 10000m, at IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany
- 2009 - 3rd place, 5000m, at IAAF Golden League Meet in Zurich, Switzerland, setting the American Record in the 5000m of 12:56.27.
- 2009 - 3rd place, half marathon, at IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, running the 2nd fastest time by an American with a time of 60:00.
- 2010 - 1st place, 12000m, USATF Cross country Championships, won with a time of 34:34.
- 2010 - 8th place at the ING New York City Marathon. 2:12:33
- 2012 - 4th place at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials (announces semi-retirement from the marathon for the time being)
- 2012 - 3rd place at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials (10,000m), qualifying for the London Olympics
- 2012 - 13th place, 10000m, at the London Olympics. 27 minutes, 45.89 seconds
- 2012 - 9th place, 1st American, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, 2:07:47
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