Personal Bests
Indoor Track:
1,000-meters – 2:35.90 (Jackson’s Open – 12/4/2010)
Mile – 4:16.56 (UW Invitational – 1/29/2011)
3,000-meters – 8:29.28 (Husky Classic – 2/12/2011)

Outdoor Track:
1,500-meters – 4:00.47 (Stanford Invitational – 3/25/2011)
3,000-meters – 8:36.69 (Oregon Preview – 3/19/2011)
5,000-meters – 14:58.01 (Willamette Invitational – 4/2/2011)

• 2010-11 Portland State Rookie of the Year

CROSS COUNTRY:
(2010) Competed in six events during his true freshman year … Competed in the 4-mile and 10,000-meter runs once each and the 8,000 four times … Best finish in the 8,000 was a 33rd place finish at the Big Sky Championship with a time of 23:45.39 … Competed at the NCAA West Regional … Earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors.

INDOOR TRACK:
(2010-11) Competed in six meets in five events during the indoor track season … Competed in the 4x400 at the Jackson’s Open (12/4) and finished fourth … Recorded a season best time of 3:35.90 in the 1000 at the Jackson’s Open … Competed in the mile run three times with best time coming at the UW Invitational (1/29) … Recorded a season best time of 8:29.28 and finished 12th in his heat at the Husky Classic (2/12) … Competed in the distance medley relay and the 3,000 at the Big Sky Championship (2/25-26).

OUTDOOR TRACK:
(2011) Participated in seven meets during the track season competing three times in the 1,500-meters, once in the 3,000 and three times in the 5,000 … Set a personal best in the 3,000 with time of 8:36.69 at the Oregon Preview (3/19) which was good for an eighth place overall finish … Recorded a personal best at the Stanford Invitational (3/25) with a time of 4:00.47 in the 1,500 to finish 11th in his heat … Added a personal best at the Willamette Invitational (4/2) in the 5,000 with a time of 14:58.01 … Participated in the 5,000 at the Big sky Championship (5/14) and finished 17th.

WHITMORE LAKE HIGH SCHOOL:
Earned four letters each in cross country and track ... Four-time All-Michigan selection in cross country ... Also a four-time Tri-County Conference cross country champion ... Won the conference 3,200-meters championship 2007-08 and 2010 ... Team won four conference cross country championships ... Also competed in club indoor track.

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Born January 8, 1992 ... Son of William and Bonnie Carpenter ... Honors graduate ... Lists running and cycling as hobbies ... Plans to major in health and minor in Spanish.