Lewis-Clark State College Athletics

2018-19 - SENIOR: Finished 117th (25:51.4) at the NAIA Cross Country National Championship ...placed 12th (27:12.6) at the Frontier Conference Championship ... career-best in the 8K (25:31.0) at the Inland Empire Challenge (Oct. 13) ... Outdoor: Qualified for Nationals in the marathon after running the Dumm & Dummer Half Marathon (1:09:52.0) (2/23/19) ... placed third at Nationals in the marathon (2:41:57.57) to become the first LC All-American in the marathon

NAIA Runner of the Week - 9/5/18
Frontier Conference Runner of the Week - 9/3/18
Outdoor Nationals Qualifier: Marathon
NAIA All-American: Marathon (third place)

2017-18 - JUNIOR:  Competed in the 8K NAIA National Cross Country Championship (70^th, 25:57.7)…Top finishes, 12^th in 6K at Whitworth (20:30.7); 31^st in 8K at Cascade Conference Preview meet (27:18.8); first in the 5,000 at Linfield (15:44.4); second in the 3,000 at Vandal Invitational (8:51.21); fourth in 1,500 at Whitworth (4:18.1); ninth in the 10,000 at Spokane CC (32:13.77)…Ran career-best 8K at Inland Empire Challenge (25:42) Indoor: Set new career-best in the 3,000m (8:51.21) at the Vandal Indoor Invitational ... career-best mile (4:34.09) at the WSU Open Outdoor: Set career-fastest 5,000m (15:28.17) at the Sam Adams Classic ... personal-best 1,500m (4:14.45) and 10,000m (32:13.77) at WAR XI ... ran career-best 800m (2:04.56) at Whitworth Twilight

Academic All-Conference 

2016-17 - SOPHOMORE: Cross Country: Competed in the 8K NAIA National Cross Country Championship (282nd, 27:51.9)…Top finishes, third in 4x400 relay at Linfield Open; fourth in 10,000 at Whitworth (34:18.40);  15^th in 6K at Northwest Invitational (20:12.6); 25^th in 8K at Vanguard Invitational (27:39.5) Indoor: Best finish came at the WSU Cougar Indoor where he finsihed 6th in the 5,000m (16:35.96) Outdoor: Best finish came in the 10,000m where he finished fourth (34:18.4) at the 2017 Bucs Scoring Meet ... finished fifth in the 5,000m (16:36.86) at the Whitworth Twilight ... career-best 3,000m (9:44.4) at the Cougar Invitational where he finished 16th 

2015-16 - FRESHMAN: Cross Country: Made his collegiate debut finishing 67th in the Clash of the Inland Northwest posting a time of 20:29.8…Finished 37th in the Erik Anderson Invitational with a time of 28:26.5 … finished 125th at the 41st Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational in 27:55.0 Indoor: Posted  bests in the 600 at 1:32.89, mile at 4:34.97, 3,000 at 9:42.63 Outdoor: Posted bests in the 1,500 at 4:24.74, 5,000 at 16:23.60 and 10,000 at 34:25.54
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Logos High School where he competed in cross country, basketball, lacrosse and track and field…Received the Knight, captain and leadership awards…Member of 2012 Idaho State Cross Country Champions…Won state Track and Field Championship as a senior, and was member of fourth-place basketball team
 
PERSONAL: Son of Jeffrey and Tracie Handel…Has six brothers and two sisters…Majoring in Exercise Science