Personal
Born 12/16/77 in Eugene, Oregon ... parents are Darrell and Linda Carman ... served in the Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... married Brittney Poulsen ... majoring in international law and diplomacy.
At BYU
1997-T&F: Finished 2nd in the 3,000m at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships ...recorded a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships.
2000-CC: Finished ninth overall at the BYU Triple Crown, covering the four-mile course in 20:45...was the third BYU finisher at the Pre-National Invitational, running 32:12 for the 10K course...finished 11th overall in 25:48 (8K) at the MWC Championships...ran a 32:42 10K at the Mountain Regional... finished the 10K in 32:12 at the NCAA Championships.
2001-T&F: Ran his season-best time of 8:58.23 in the 3000 at the Wildcat Invitational...ran 3:58.23 in the 1500 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.
2001-CC: Third team finisher at Pre-Nationals, completing the 8K course in 25:21...earned second team all-MWC honors with an eight-place finish at MWC Championships...finished third for the team at the NCAA Nationals in a time of 30:53 (10K).
Before BYU
Set school records in both the 800m and the 1,500m at Elmira HS ... recorded several top-5 finishes and won the state championship in the 800m ... finished 17th at the National Junior Olympics as a senior in high school.
Stats
Best Mark: 5000m - 14:41
Finished 2nd in the 3,000m at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships ... recorded a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships.
Ran his season-best time of 8:58.23 in the 3,000m at the Wildcat Invitational ... ran 3:58.23 in the 1,500m at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.
Fourth in the mile (4:21.69) at the Wildcat Invitational ... won the 3,000m at the Gold Country Classic in 8:20.15 ... ran a season-best 8:18.70 to take third in the 3,000m at the Husker Invitational ... won Section 3 of the 5,000 at the Stanford Invitational in 14:23.75 ... took fifth in the 1,500m at the Wildcat Invitational in a season-best 3:57.23 ... finished fourth in the 5,000m at the MWC Outdoor Championships.
Placed sixth in both the mile (4:23.18) and the 3,000m (8:58.67) ... finished fifth at the SMU Invitational in the 3,000m with a time of 8:27.01 ... competed in the 5,000m (14:24.89) at the Stanford Invitational ... ran in the 10,000m (30:17.09) at Mt. SAC.