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2012 Outdoor: Redshirted … Competed unattached in the 800 meters.

2012 Indoor: Competed unattached in the mile (4:16.97) and 3000 meters (8:49.45).

2011 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Competed in four meets as an unattached runner.

High School: Earned 10 varsity letters at Blacksburg High School (four in cross country, three in indoor and outdoor track) … Member of the Virginia AA State Champion cross country team in 2008 and 2009 … Ran on the state champion 4x800m relay for indoor and outdoor track in 2009 … Placed first at the Nike Indoor Nationals in 2010 as a member of the 4x1600m relay … Ran a leg on the 2010 outdoor state champion 4x400m and 4x800m relays … Placed second in the state in the outdoor 1,600m in 2011 … Member of two school-record setting relay teams.

Personal: Born on September 24, 1992 in Sacramento, Calif. … Son of Jonathan and Theresa Link … Has three siblings, Nicholas, Sophia and Audrey … High school teammate of fellow Hokie George Carter … Plans to major in engineering.