Career-Best Performances:

Cross Country:

8k: 25:33.3 - Brooks Memphis XC Twilight (Oct. 7, 2007)

10k: 31:09.6 - NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 8, 2008)

Track and Field:

5,000-Meter Run: 15:10.64 - David Noble Relays (April 13, 2008)

2008 (Cross Country): Named to the Lone Star Conference All-Academic Team for his academic and athletic efforts...led A&M-Commerce to a No. 5 ranking in the final USTFCCCA South Central Regional Poll, fifth place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional meet and third place honors at the Lone Star Conference Championships...57th at the NCAA Championships and eighth among individuals, covering the 10k course at the Cooper Lake's Playground in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania in a time of 32:36...qualified for the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional, crossing the line in a 10k time of 31:09.6...earned his second-straight all-Lone Star Conference honor with a fourth-place overall finish in a time of 23:45...his second-place finish at the UIW Cardinal Invitational led A&M-Commerce to the team title...en route to being named the LSC Men's Runner of the Week, he finished 13th (25:52.11) at the Brooks Memphis Twilight.

2008 (Track and Field): Won the 5,000-meter run (15:10.64) at the David Noble Relays...fourth at the Tarleton State Relays in the 5,000-meter run (15:29.93)...fifth at the Lone Star Conference Championships in the 5,000-meter run (15:32.74) and at the Mean Green Twilight (15:35.03).

2007 (Cross Country): Team earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition for their efforts in the classroom...selected as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete for the men's cross country team at the athletic department's end-of-year banquet...13th at the NCAA South Central Regional, covering the 10k course in 32:33.4...earned all-Lone Star Conference honors with a ninth-place finish in an 8k time of 26:29.73 at Eddie Moore Park in Commerce...finished 21st among collegiate runners and 28th overall at the Brooks Memphis XC Twilight in a time of 25:33.30...for his efforts at the Brooks Memphis XC Twilight, he was named as the LSC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

Prior to A&M-Commerce: At Oklahoma Baptist, he was an all-region and all-conference cross country performer in 2006...member of the cross country team advanced to the NAIA national championships, where they placed fourth and as an individual, he placed 55th...a national qualifier in the 5,000-meter run for the NAIA indoor track and field championships in 2007...set the Paris High School record in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter run, where he was a two-time state qualifier in cross country and track and field...finished sixth in the state in the 3,200-meter run as a senior.

Personal: Born January 21, 1988...son of David and Radonna Tyndell...a kinesiology major.