Career Bests
2014
All-Summit League performer during the indoor season ... helped 4x400 relay win at The Summit League Indoor Championships. Added third-place finish in the 800 and seventh-place finish in the 400... won the 800 at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet ... placed first in the 1,000 at the Bill Bergan Invitational ... finished second in the 1,000 at the USD Twilight ... placed third in the 1,000 and the DMR at the Holiday Inn Invitational ... competed in three events during the outdoor season ... finished sixth in the 400 at the USD Snowbird ... was seventh in the 800 at the Wildcat Classic ... finished 20th in the 4x400 at the Mt. SAC Relays...named to the Summit League honor roll, earning Distinguished Scholar status ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
2013
Redshirt.
2012
Capped off outstanding season with trip to NCAA West Preliminaries in 800 meters...earned six All-Summit League honors (three indoor and three outdoor)...part of 4x400 relay team that won title indoors (3:17.77) and outdoors (3:16.33)...was second in the 800 meters at both indoor and outdoor championships as well...also part of distance medley relay team that took second at Summit League Indoor Championships (9:59.91)...was third in 400 meters at outdoor championships...ran personal-best of 1:49.64 in 800 meters in winning event at Arkansas Spring Invitational...finished with four event wins on the season...named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2011
Earned two All-Great West Conference honors with his performance at the GWC Indoor Championships...won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.30 and was a member of South Dakota's third place distance medley relay team...ran on the 4 x 400 meter relay team that placed fourth at the indoor championships...also ran the 400 meter dash during the season and had a season-best time of 49.56 at the Bill Bergan Invite...earned a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the GWC Outdoor Championships...ran an 800-meter outdoor season-best time of 1:52.26 at the Baldy Castillo Invite.
2010
Earned three All-Great West honors...won the 800 meters at the GWC Indoor Championships in 1:55...also a member of the second-place 4x400-meter relay squad at the event...claimed second at the GWC Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters with a season-best 1:51...also qualified for the 2010 U.S. Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake.
Prep
A standout middle distance runner for Coach Everett Gebhart at Washington High School...as a senior ran the ninth-best 800-meter time in state history at 1:54.59...anchored the 4X400 to a state record at 3:19.37 in 2009...anchored the 4X800 to a second all time in state history at 7:52.20 in 2009...won the 2009 Nebraska Mid-America Indoor Winter Track and Field Classic in a time of 1:58.18...named 2009 Dan Lennon Invitational Class A most Valuable performer... 2009 South Dakota Class AA State Track Meet... member of the first place 4x800-meter relay and second place finishes in the 4x400-meter relay, 800 and 400 meters...his performance helped Washington to a second place finish...as a junior placed seventh in the 800 meters at the state track meet...also member of the third place 4x400-meter and fourth place 4x800-meter relays...held school records in the 800 meters, 4x800-meter and 4x400-meter relays...posted personal bests of 48.7 in the 400 meters, 1:54.4 in the 800 meters and 4:40 in the 1,600 meters...also a two-year starter on the football team.
Personal
Son of Glen and Carol Shade...Physical Education major with a minor in Coaching.
