Prior to Houston
Competed his freshman through junior years at Rice University...WAC Cross Country Freshman of the Year in 2003...ran a personal best of 4:01 in the mile and had a 10K time of 29:50.
High School
Ran under Gerald Stewart at Klein Oak...won the State Championship in the 1600M...set a 1600M state record...ran the fastest high school mile time in the nation in 2003.
Personal
Born October 11, 1984...son of William and Elizabeth Magness...enjoys running...also recruited by Rice, Oregon, Cornell, Stanford and Arkansas...majoring in Kinesiology.