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Updated: June 2, 2018

2018 outdoor: Recorded a time of 1:50.13 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the 800 meters ... Qualified for the finals in the 800 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships, running a personal-best time of 1:50.06, and finished eighth in the finals with a time of 1:50.49 ... Finished seventh in the 800 meters at the National Relay Championships with a time of 1:51.28 ... Collected a time of 1:50.47 in the 800 meters and ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay team at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a personal-best time of 3:51.90 in the 1,500 meters to finish ninth and was part of the distance medley relay team that placed sixth at the Tennessee Relays … Ran a time of 15:10.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2018 indoor: Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.66 at the Roanoke Tune Up … Tallied a time of 1:53.76 in the 800 meters at the Music City Challenge … Placed sixth at the Camel City Invitational in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.15 … Clocked a time of 2:27.97 in the 1,000 meters at the Liberty Kickoff … Ran a personal-best time of 4:20.29 in the mile to place eighth at the Keydet Invitational.

2017 outdoor: Competed in the 800-meter run at the ACC Championships, placing 30th ... Ran the 800 at three different meets during the regular season, earning a personal-best time of 1:51.76 at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Was a part of the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team at the Tennessee Relays, crossing the line in 3:24.28 for third place ... Made his outdoor debut at High Point's VertKlasse Meeting, placing 33rd in the 1,500-meter event.

2017 indoor: Finished with a career-best time of 1:51.08 in the 800-meter run at the ACC Championships, placing 14th overall … Placed fifth in the 600 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 1:20.75 … Competed in VT uniform for the first time in his career, placing 14th in the 800 at the Music City Challenge ... Also was a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 12th overall with a time of 3:18.48 at the Music City Challenge ... Ran unattached in the 800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet, finishing in a time of 1:51.51 for a third-place finish ... Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational, recording a time of 2:27.85 … Ran unattached in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational, finishing in a time of 4:20.94.

High school: Lettered one year at West Springfield in Northern Virginia under Chris Pellegrini and two years at Ballard under head coach Bob Mirenzi … A six-time all-state selection … An eight-time all-region choice … A two-time captain at Ballard … Earned four varsity letters in outdoor track (two at West Springfield and two at Ballard) … His personal bests are 1:52 (800), 4:12.91 (mile) and 15:44 (5,000).

Personal: Born Oct. 27, 1997 in Lich, Germany … Son of John and Kim Buck … Has one sister, Abby … Majoring in water, resources, policy and management.