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Graham Blanks was a member of the 2024 USA Olympic team in the 5,000 meters where he finished in ninth place. Although he placed fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 13:12.61, the third-place finisher had not met the Olympic cutoff time of 13:05.00, so Blanks advanced to the Paris Olympics. He is the 2024 and 2023 NCAA Cross Country Champion, one of 13 men to win NCAA XC at least two times. In 2024, Graham’s NCAA XC time of 28:37.7 was a course record and Heps XC time of 22:14.6 was the fastest time ever for an Ivy League student-athlete at a Heps 8-kilometer race. At the 2023 NCAA Track and Field Championships he finished sixth at 10,000 meters and second at 5,000 meters. While recovering from a stress fracture, Blanks was fifth in the 2024 NCAA 5,000 meters. Graham is a nine-time All-American and seven-time Ivy League Champion, representing Harvard University. He is a three-time NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Champion. At the 2024 Boston University Season Opener indoors, Blanks won the 5,000 meters in a 12:59.89 PR, the second fastest indoor 5,000 meters ever run by a collegian and met the qualifying standard for the 2025 World Championships. In high school at Athens Academy, Graham was the 2018 and 2019 Georgia State 1A Cross Country Champion, the latter in Course Record time. Other notable prep cross country wins include at the 2019 Great American XC Festival and 2019 NXN Southeast Regional. He also was the 2019 Georgia State 1A 3,200 Meter Champion. His personal best times are: 1,000 meters – 2:23.16; Mile – 3:56.63; 3,000 meters – 7:44.76; 5,000 meters – 12:59.89; and 10,000 meters - 28:15.90. Graham is pursuing a degree in Economics with a minor in Philosophy and is on track to graduate in the spring of 2025. New Balance signed him to an NIL deal in late 2023 and to a professional contract in late 2024. He was very gracious to spend fifty minutes on the phone for this interview in late 2024 just after completing final semester exams.
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We spoke a year ago when you had just won NCAA cross country, you had run close to 13 minutes flat for 5,000 meters and we were talking about what was upcoming in 2024. We talked about the Olympic Trials, but didn’t really talk about you possibly becoming an Olympian. Now that you are an Olympian and, though you want bigger outcomes in future racing, how does it feel to have the tagline, ‘Graham Blanks, Olympian,’ and you are once and forevermore a USA Olympian?
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It was very cool obviously and to be an Olympian as an American makes it even more special.
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At the beginning, your year didn’t go smoothly after your winter break when you were injured and missed a couple months of training in early 2024. What did that do physically, mentally, and how did your plan morph into cross training and then getting back to running and time on your legs which is different than other aerobic training, so you were prepared for high-level training again?
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It was difficult and there were doubts about returning to where I once was. But the training was quite simple. We switched to cross training mode, and I spent a lot of time swimming and biking. Eventually, after a few weeks and once we received the doctor’s permission to resume impact exercise. We used an AlterG treadmill so I could get used to running again. Then I started running for six or seven weeks and that is when the real training began. I didn’t feel that good running after taking so much time off of being on my legs.
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Once the Olympic Trials approached, did you do much in terms of simulator workouts at shorter distances and did you still have doubts since you had to run a qualifying heat before you raced the finals?
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I got some confidence in my racing by being somewhat battle-tested during the NCAA season. I got to race a couple times in championship settings. Then the Olympic Trials prelims were a steppingstone for the finals so I could work on my closing speed, which was my main focus.
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Since the top three in the Olympic Trials clinched spots on the USA team, what did you know during the Olympic Trials final as far as your 13:12.61 fourth place position and whether Parker Wolfe, who finished ahead of you in third place, had the Olympic qualifying standard? And were you pleased with your race and how much confusion was there over the next week when you didn’t know if you would be named to the USA Olympic team?
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During the race, when I was in fourth place, I was aware that Parker Wolfe didn’t have the Olympic qualifying standard. I would have preferred to have finished third, but it wasn’t happening that day. Parker had a great outdoor season. After the race, I was pretty happy and somewhat surprised to come in fourth place. There was a lot of confusion as we were waiting for the process to shake out, but to get the spot was very cool.
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How were you notified and how did you find out that you made the USA Olympic team, who was with you and how was the excitement for your family?
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I received a phone call from my agent and my coach. I was with my girlfriend in Philadelphia. That was fun to be able to share that moment. I flew back to Boston and my family met me there a day later to help me pack to head to Switzerland for altitude training to get ready for the Olympics. Everyone was extremely excited, and it was an exciting time.
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There were only five weeks for training between the Olympic Trials and the Paris Olympics. What were key features of your training at altitude in Switzerland and on the track to get you sharpened for a race that would be at a higher level than you had ever raced before?
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I used the altitude training to get a little extra boost. My training didn’t change that much compared to what I have done in the past. There were tempo runs on the track a couple weeks before the Olympics where I was working on readiness for the last kilometer, the last 400 meters and the last 200 meters of the race. We did foot speed training. To be honest, Coach Gibby tells me what to do and I do it. I don’t look too far beneath the surface. I trust my coach and he had me well-prepared for the Olympics.
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When you arrived in Paris where there was a Team USA training facility, did you do any training with the USA 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter athletes - Grant Fisher, Abdihamid Nur, Nico Young, and Woody Kincaid – or were you all doing your own workouts prescribed by your individual coaches?
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Everyone was doing their own workouts since we each had our own coach. We would see each other at the facility
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What was it like being in the Olympic Village and training on the track amongst the USA Olympians like Grant Holloway, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin and being one of them?
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It was very cool, but the best part was being able to compete myself. I was able to race against the great distance racing competitors and the crowd was amazing. I tried to soak it all in after I raced the final and had to step off the track.
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Before the finals, you had to place in the top eight in your heat to automatically qualify for the final. What can you relate about your heat which started with a slow pace before it wound up, the race was tight and there were five finishers in the 14:08s, four more in the 14:09s and you finished sixth? When you were in the midst of the race was it a matter of staying out of trouble, not getting tripped and were you cognizant of where you were and confident you would place in the top eight?
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I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to get boxed in when push came to shove in the last 400 meters. I tried to stay tucked in most of the race but, once we were approaching the last few laps, I tried to stay on the outside so I would have room to sprint when it was time to go.
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I’ve spoken with many Olympic and World Championships distance competitors and the consensus is one of the factors that many weren’t prepared for was the longer check in period and being in waiting rooms before racing and its effect mentally and physically on race preparation. Had you talked with other athletes and the USA team staff to be prepared for these differences?
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The USA staff had coaches who helped me out and walked me through what to expect. That was a long process, but one I had heard about, so I was pretty well-prepared. I was able to go with the flow and act like I had been there before. But it was certainly a big change.
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Let’s talk about the Olympic final. You toed the line and there were guys like Jacob Ingebrigtsen, three strong runners from both Kanya and Ethiopia, and your USA teammate, Grant Fisher, there. Did you sort of pinch yourself a little but, once the race started, it was go time to race?
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It was cool to be able to race guys like that. But, when it is time to compete, I focus and don’t look at my competitors as being bigger than me. I look at them as my competitors. I know what some of the athletes’ strengths and weaknesses are. Once I was on the track, it was the same competing that I did in college and was still 5,000 meters, though there were great contenders there with me.
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Can you take us through the race, how you were feeling and what you sensed around you as it started out relatively slowly and then wound up considerably in the last few laps and especially the last 400 meters as you finished in the top ten at the Olympics with your time of 13:18.67 for ninth place?
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It was a slow race for the first bit. The last mile or 2,000 meters really picked up fast. That was how I wanted the race to play out, but it ended up being a little above my level at the time. The last 2,000 meters was extremely fast, and the exceptionally good runners were able to run even faster over the last 400 meters. I didn’t have it that day to be up in medal contention and that will be what I’m working on the next few years for the 2028 Olympics.
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 13:13 was off the front at the finish with five guys at 13:15 and some separation to the next few finishers where you were. How hard were you pushing to catch Jacob Krop of Kenya and did you realize you nipped him by only one hundredth of a second for ninth versus tenth place?
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I was trying to chase him down. I was surprised I caught him as I came from fairly far behind him as I tried to beat him.
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In the USA, ten or fifteen thousand spectators are the largest crowds we see at track and field meets except at the Penn Relays. What was it like in the Olympic stadium with nearly 80,000 spectators?
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It was the best part. The Paris Olympic Committee put on a great Olympics, and it was an honor to run in front of that many people.
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Did you attend Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and were you able to watch many track and field events and other sports or, because the 5,000 meters was toward the end of the Olympic schedule, were you primarily focused on training and getting your rest?
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I was able to go to table tennis competition and the Closing Ceremonies and both were great.
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Were there any athletes you met on the USA team or from other countries that were standouts in your memory to meet or hang out with?
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I got to be with the USA team, but I had met many of them before and I was familiar with them. I spent most of my time at the Olympics getting ready for my races. Then I would leave the Olympic Village and hang out with my family and friends that travelled to watch me race.
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Did you or your family do any Olympic pin trading?
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They were looking around for some pins and I kept some of my Olympic pins.
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When we spoke late last year, you mentioned that you wanted to return for your final cross-country season with your Harvard teammates and you were savoring that expectation. How special was it to come back for the 2024 cross-country season with your teammates?
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It was awesome. I felt incredibly lucky to have another year because I love running cross-country at Harvard. I enjoy running around Boston in the fall and being in that team environment.
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You’ve said to me before that you have a good idea what is coming up in training because Coach Gibby keeps the plan consistent. How were your workouts going this fall as you aimed to defend your NCAA cross-country title and there were several other top athletes who had that championship goal?
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It went well. We ran the same workouts we ran every year at Harvard. We were also able to ramp up the mileage quite high fairly quickly. We had a good training block going into the latter half of the season. I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly the training went because, sometimes when training is rushed, it can be a bit difficult.
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An aspect of Coach Gibby’s methodology is that he doesn’t always tell his athletes the day’s workout or the entire workout. When we race, we don’t know with certainty what our competitors are planning so does this prepare you more for the unexpected?
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It definitely does. We try to get ready for those difficult decisions we must make in races, especially when we are in pain. The training prepared me for those moments and gave me confidence going into the races.
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In late November, at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship, at the Zimmer Championship Course in Verona, Wisconsin, there were dozens and dozens of competitors toeing the line. What was it like the first five kilometers when focus is on being in good position, avoiding falls and coping with congestion until the pack thins out?
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The race was congested, but I was able to navigate my way to the front within the first hundred meters. I held my position and tried to stay out of trouble. I stayed on the outsides at times on the turns where it can get very crowded. I tried to keep it very calm that first kilometer.
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In the latter stages of the race, Habtom Samuel from New Mexico was hot on your tail and both of you know each other very well. I’m sure you had a plan to win, and he had a plan to beat you, so how did that play out as you were able to defend your title and win?
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We are similar in the way we operate in race environments. When I had a little gap on Habtom with 2k to go, I knew I had to go for it and take the opportunity while I had it. Then I made that big push with about 1,200 meters to go and that opened up the race.
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When you were coming down the home stretch and finally realized you were going to win, how was that final ten or twenty seconds? Was it joy, relief or a combination of emotions?
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I was trying to take it all in just like at the Olympics. But I was trying to get to the finish line because that last stretch at Madison is tough, is uphill and feels like it is never going to end.
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After the race, we saw something we see often in big time soccer matches as Habtom Samuel and you exchanged race jerseys. How cool was that to do after the two of you have competed with and against each other for the past few years and on that day had both gave your all and then you shared that special moment?
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That was sweet and I’m glad he wanted to do that jersey exchange. I thought it would be cool to do that as I have much respect for him. That was a special moment.
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Next you did a repeat of last year where you went to Boston and raced 13:03 indoors for 5,000 meters, while this year you topped that time with 12:59.89. What was it like to break the 13-minute mark and to get the 2025 World Championships standard at the same time?
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It was great to get the job done early. Now I can focus on getting ready for the U.S. Championships in the summer and I don’t have to worry about getting the standard. Being able to do it in front of the home crowd was super cool.
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Last year you signed an NIL deal with New Balance and now, two days after that indoor 5k, signed a professional contract with New Balance. How good was your relationship with New Balance over the past year, were you quite confident you would sign with them, and did you entertain any other offers from the likes of Nike, Adidas, or Puma?
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New Balance was at the forefront. I enjoyed collaborating with them during that year in college. I was hoping we would be able to work out something with them and, thankfully, we did. I have enjoyed my time with them and the people that I have worked with.
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You also plan to remain with coach Alex Gibby. I’ve interviewed almost two hundred athletes and in my mind is a conversation I had with Bernard Lagat last week. Bernard continued to be coached as a professional by Coach James Li who coached him in college at Washington State. It seems that so many of the great athletes find that the coach who has worked with them is the best one for the long haul as you both know each other so well. Were there any thoughts of different coaches or was Coach Gibby the one for you?
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Coach Gibby is the man for me. We found a program that works well for me, and I don’t see any reason to switch anything up now. He knows me well as an athlete. That is a valuable resource, and I am glad to keep him on board.
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Will you still train with your Harvard teammates, are there other professional athletes based in Boston to train with, and will you head out to Flagstaff to incorporate altitude training stints as a professional?
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I will continue to train with my college teammates during spring semester. Then I hope to race in some great meets this coming summer. I am looking forward to finding people who want to train with me after college and I am open to that.
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When we spoke last year, we discussed how your personal best mile was 3:56 and you were fine with that. But, after racing in the Olympics and seeing how fast your competitors are, does Coach Gibby, you or both of you think that you will run the mile or 1,500 meters a few times so you can get faster and increase your ability to compete on the world stage?
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You will most likely see me race at those distances one or two times this year. That is something I want to work on this year for the Tokyo World Championships and for the next few years.
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Looking ahead to the 2025 USA Championships, the field is loaded with Grant Fisher, Abdihamid Nur, Nico Young, Woody Kincaid, Joe Klecker, and others. Since it will be tough to make the U.S. team, what is your focus to be physically and mentally ready for that last 120 meters of the race when there are a bunch of men kicking to see who makes the team?
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The training will work itself out physically. I’ll be ready with my training. It requires a lot of confidence to make those teams. It also requires a lot of will to dig deep at the end of those big moments. I’ve gotten better at that throughout the years. I certainly can improve a lot in the final stretches of the race and, hopefully, I can keep taking big steps forward and be a player in the last one hundred meters.
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Again, I’d like to refer to my recent conversation with Bernard Lagat. He was relating about his home stretch duels with Mo Farah where he went too early one time with 110 meters to go and couldn’t hold Farah off, though he may have been able to win if he waited until 80 meters to go. There is a fine line between knowing when to start your finishing sprint and then working to extend it another five meters or eight meters. How hard are you working on knowing your current sprint distance at the end of a race and extending it?
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That last kilometer or mile is in my wheelhouse to wind it up early since many runners don’t want to run that way with an extended push. That is hard to do. With the training I do and the ways I have won races in the past, that is a strategy I like to deploy. Many times I have to go into a race, go with the flow and make my decisions based on what is happening around me.
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It must be so exciting since there are a number of high-quality athletes in your races who are very equal in talent and each of you has a race strategy to win. Then each of you executes your strategy at the same time and that must make it fun when several of you execute at a high level and one of you is able to make your plan work the best.
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It is definitely fun – one hundred percent.
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You love cross country racing which is evident by you coming back for another season with your Harvard teammates. Also, last year you mentioned that you don’t want to end my career without running at the World Cross Country Championships. Since the 2026 World Cross Country Championships are in Tallahassee, Florida in January 2026, do you have the 2025 U.S. Cross Country Championships and 2026 Worlds on your calendar?
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One hundred percent. I have to make the team first, but I want to be in that race in Tallahassee. I want to be up front and see what it is like to cross-country race on the world stage. The NCAAs are so competitive, and I am interested in seeing how I can compete with competitors from around the world.
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You are still at Harvard through the spring 2025 semester as you work to graduate with a double major in economics and philosophy and you have been working on your thesis. Can you tell us about your academic journey at Harvard which is nearing completion?
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I’m excited to have one more semester and continue to take classes. I’ve enjoyed authoring a thesis for the Economics department and taking classes in both economics and philosophy for my major. My academic career at Harvard has been hard. A person would hope to learn a lot in college and at Harvard, which I have. I’m pumped to have another semester and am so lucky to go to Harvard.
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How has your course work in philosophy helped you when you read from and analyze these great thinkers from over the centuries? Has it helped you to become a better thinker both academically and during your races and also to not overthink?
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Studying philosophy has led me to be a deeper and more critical tinker. Perhaps, it has helped me in racing and making decisions throughout a race. It has enriched my life in a different manner. When I read these lengthy texts and try to grasp big concepts, it has provided context to my life and, as I mentioned, made me a critical thinker. Honestly, it is fun to think and examine life while we are alive and to ponder big concepts. Since I had the chance to do this in school, in class, and with professors, I wanted to take advantage of that opportunity before I didn’t have professors to help me read and understand as it is quite difficult.
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You’re young – only twenty-two years old – and there is this timeline of intelligence and being innately smart, followed by learning and then wisdom. Have your philosophy classes helped you to gain more wisdom at an early age than most people don’t until much later in life and can this pathway from intelligence to knowledge to wisdom serve you well while you are still a young man?
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Absolutely. I hope so.
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Sponsorships are sure to become more prevalent for you and one that came about this past year was Jittery Joe's, a coffee company in your hometown of Athens, Georgia, offering Runner's High, a special coffee celebrating you. Are you going to do any appearances or have fun promoting that coffee during your Christmas holiday break?
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It is a super cool partnership with them. I have always drank their coffee and had their beans shipped to me in Boston throughout my time at Harvard and I would make my own coffee in an aero press. Having my own can of coffee is very neat. Jittery Joe’s supports artists and athletes like me in Athens so it was a perfect fit as a sponsorship, and I think it will keep going for a while.
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Since you are now a professional athlete as of the last week and a half, how important is it for you to be sponsored by products and services you already use and believe in and are just second nature to you as you move forward and add additional sponsors?
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I certainly don’t want to endorse products I don’t use or endorse a company that I don’t have ties to. It makes it more natural to have sponsorships from companies and businesses that I already have relationships with and use their products. That is the plan I am happy to follow.
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As you wrapped up your running career at Harvard, you were named the USTFCCCA Northeast Region Men’s Cross-Country Athlete of the Year for an unprecedented fourth time, making you the first in NCAA history to receive this honor on four occasions. Also, you were named the NCAA Men’s National Cross-Country Athlete of the Year for the past two years. How cool is it to be recognized, do you think about it much or are those accolades you will look back on more when you are older?
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I think this is something I will look back on in the future. As you know, as athletes we live in the moment and always want more. It’s hard to be complacent. For now, I’m focused on being the best athlete I can be. It’s a race against the clock as we only have so many years as an athlete. In the years down the line, I will be able to appreciate the accolades even more. It’s cool to receive these trophies and I do appreciate the recognition as it is special to me to accept these awards.
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When I think back to when I interviewed Todd Williams, the great Olympian and University of Tennessee distance runner, he told me that his overarching focus when he got to college was to improve in the 10,000 meters each year by one second per lap. He did this four years in a row by staying injury-free and with small improvements in his fitness. Do you think about the big picture as you prepare for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships and 2028 Olympics that a five second improvement in your 5,000 meters each year will put you around 12:40 by 2028? Do you and Coach Gibby discuss how best to both avoid injury and achieve that slow, consistent improvement?
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Hopefully, I can keep that progress going. If I can stay consistent and avoid injury that can happen. It may not be five seconds each year, but that would be great. You are right that it is all about consistency. Hopefully, that will get easier for me next year when I am out of school and can spend a lot of time trying to recover and working on staying healthy while not having academic stress on my plate. That is a huge focus to stay healthy, train hard, train consistently and, if I can do that, the times will work themselves out.
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We talked about your primary goal in 2025 is to place in the top three for 5,000 meters at the U.S. Championships and, if that all pans out, does the goal then become to improve on your ninth place at the Olympics or to put yourself in medal position?
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I’m working to continue to improve, make that team and I want to be in medal contention. I go into every race with a winner’s mindset. I want to win every race. I’m going to work to get to the World Championships in Tokyo and put myself in the best situation to potentially win. I’m going to keep doing that until the next Olympics comes and, hopefully, I’ll have a particularly good shot to win in Los Angeles.
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When we spoke last year, you mentioned that balancing life, especially athletics and academics, and time management were keys to being successful. Have you found anything else this past year that has added to the mix, especially overcoming adversity with your injury and preparing for the unexpected?
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Not much has changed. I have a good setup here at Harvard. Since I’m a senior now, I’ve figured out my routine and I’ve stuck to the plan. I went through my school studies and training and ended up improving from the previous year. That validates that, if I can maintain consistency, I can keep improving.
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| Its late at night and you’re hungry – where do you go to eat? |
I go to Felipe’s or El Jefe’s. They are two Mexican restaurants in Harvard Square that are open late. I love Mexican food
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| Oddest thing a coach ever said to you? |
My high school coach, Neville Anderson, used some unique training methods. This isn’t something he said, but he would have us do workouts where he would tell one athlete what to run for a mile repeat. The rest of us wouldn’t know and he would have us take our watches off and make us run. That was pretty funny and an interesting way to train
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| Do you listen to any music before a race? |
I’m mostly quiet and focused. Sometimes I will listen to some reggae music before a race to calm down
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| What television show are you embarrassed to admit you watch? |
I watched a few episodes of ‘Love Island.’ It is a terrible show. I quit watching it pretty fast
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| What was the last music concert you attended? |
I saw ‘Pavement,’ but that was a long time ago when I was a sophomore in college
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| What is the one junk food you can’t resist? |
I straight up love ice cream
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| What is your most annoying habit? |
I spend a lot of time looking at maps and planning out running routes days and weeks in advance. I’m a map geek. A lot of people don’t understand that, and my teammates would say I spend way too much time planning out routes
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| What was your favorite Halloween costume? |
One year I dressed up in a Ghillie suit. It is a military, camouflage suit that looks like a bush. I dressed up like that as a kid and I could hide in the woods and scare people. That was fun
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| What is your favorite birthday memory? |
One of my best birthday gifts was when I was still playing soccer. I was in middle school at that point. My grandpa booked us a trip to London, and we went to watch Chelsea on the opening day of the Premier League season in 2016. It was super unique because I was a big Chelsea fan and to be able to go to Stamford Bridge Stadium was super cool
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| What music on your playlist would surprise people? |
I listen to a variety of music, and I think people would be surprised at the array of genres I listen to. It depends on the day whether I’m listening to rock, county, hip-hop or reggae. I shift through my musical tastes
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| What is the first thing you do in the morning? |
Brush my teeth
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| What is your worst cooking experience? |
One time I was grilling in Flagstaff, Arizona which is a very dry, arid location. I basically set this grill on fire. I don’t know how it happened. Thankfully, I had a friend who helped me turn off the gas. I was worried I was going to set the forest up in flames
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| What TV reality show would you like to be on? |
‘Survivor’ is the easy answer. We had a guy on the Harvard cross country team who went on last year for Season 46 and got second place, so I’m a bit of a ‘Survivor’ fan. I don’t think I’m cut out for it, but it would be cool to be on the show
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| What is your favorite cartoon? |
When I was growing up it was ‘Sponge Bob’
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| What is your favorite movie line? |
I like the movie ‘Dazed and Confused’ and there are many funny one-liners in that movie. One is ‘All right, all right, all right’ by Matthew McConaughey
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| What is the most exciting thing to do at night at Harvard? |
Studying. There is a lot happening in the dorms like hanging out with my friends and playing video games. But we have to study
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