THE TEAM

Dani Aragon

Hailing from Billings, Montana, Dani went to University of Notre Dame to run for the fighting Irish. There, she was a 2015 First Team All-ACC in the mile, a 2015 Second Team All-ACC in the 3,000 meters, a 2013, 2014, and 2015 NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round qualifier and First Team All-American in the distance medley relay. She also broke the school record in the 1500m with her 4:12.50 run at the NCAA East Regional meet, qualifying her to the NCAA 1500m Championship. Upon graduation she joined Oiselle where she qualified to the U.S. Olympic Trials over 1500m. She then joined Empire Elite before finding her way to Puma Elite. Dani raced throughout the 2024 track season, capping of the season with the U.S.A. Olympic Trials 1500m.

Hometown: Billings, Montana, U.S.

High School: Billings Senior

University: Notre Dame

Major: Sience-Business

Favorite Shoe: ForeverRun

Favorite Music Artist: Beyonce

Personal Bests

800m: 2:00.30 1500m: 4:04.50 Mile: 4:31.66 3000 Metres: 9:22.34 Road Mile: 4:24.75

Paddy Dever

Paddy began his career at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom prior to transferring to Tulsa. There he was a four-time All-American and the 2021 NCAA Champion over 10,000m. He was the 2021 British national Champion over 5000m. 2022 was a busy rookie year for him as he competed in the Commonwealth Games, European Championships, and World Championship. At the Comm Games he finished 7th place in the 5000m with a time of 13:22.10. Patrick opened his 2024 season with a massive personal best over 5000m in mid February at Boston University clocking 13:04.05, becoming one of four british athletes with the standard in that event so far this year. Paddy then followed up that phenomenal performance with a 27:08.81 10,000m at the Sound Running 10k, which made him the second fastest Brit over the distance of all time, behind 4 time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah.Paddy competed in the 10,000m at the European Championships, after winning the Night of 10kPBs, becoming the British Champion in the event, and finished 6th. He went on to place second at the British Championships 5000m, securing his berth to the Olympic Games.

Hometown: Leyland, England

High School: Davis Senior

University: Loughborough University | Tulsa

Major: Accounting

Favorite Shoe: Deviate 3

Favorite Band: Arctic Monkeys

Mile: 3:58.62 3000 Metres: 7:37.39 10,000 Metres: 27:08.81 5000 Metres: 13:04.05 Half Marathon:1:03:02

Personal Bests

Amon Kemboi

A man with incredible range, he has formidable personal bests from 800m to the half marathon. While in college he was First-team All-America in Cross Country, indoor track, and outdoor track, and was the 2021 SEC Outdoor 5,000m Champion for Arkansas. Prior to this he ran at Campbell, where he placed among the top 10 in his last two NCAA Championship races for the Camels. Since joining Puma Elite Running Team he wreaked havoc on the domestic circuit winning many road miles, domestic track meets, and became champion of the Sir Walter Miler in 2023. He opened his 2024 indoor season with a 3:58 mile at 5300ft of Albuquerque, and backed it up with a 7:3899 3000m a week later in Boston, a PR. He concluded his epic indoor season with a 9 second 5000m PB in 13:06.30. Outdoors he would set PBs in both the mile and 1500m of 3:54.21 and 3:33.49, and will finish off his season at the 5th Avenue Mile.

Hometown: Kapsabet, Kenya

High School: Kabote Adventist Secondary

University: Arkansas | Campbell

Major: Mathematics

Favorite Shoe: Magnify 2

Music Artist: Sauti Sol

800m: 1:46.99 1500m: 3:33.49 Mile: 3:54.21 3000 Metres: 7:38.99 5000 Metres: 13:06.30 Half Marathon: 1:03:13

Personal Bests

Jess McGorty

After becoming the New Balance Outdoor Nationals champion in the 5,000m Jess moved to Palo Alto to join Fiona at Stanford where she quickly made an impact helping Stanford women finish fourth at the NCAA cross country championships. As a sophomore she would finish 10th in the NCAA 1500m final, and would come 11th individually at the following NCAA cross country championships. Toward the end of her career at Stanford she demonstrated her versatility as a distance runner, making her debut over 10,000m. Upon leaving Stanford for Puma, along with being a 1500m NCAA finalist and her all-american honors she would be a two time PAC 12 team champion (2019, 2020-21). After struggling through injury in ealy 2024 she managed to put together a great summer where she ran and won the Pittsburgh road mile, and had great efforts in both the Guardian mile (Cleveland) and the Sir Walter Miler.

Hometown: Addison, New York, USA

High School: Corning-Painted Post

University: Stanford

Major: Human Biology

Favorite Shoe: ForeverRun

Favorite Music Artist: Beyonce

Personal Bests

1500m: 4:11.06 Mile: 4:35.56 3000 Metres: 8:59.38 5000 Metres: 15:50.70

Fiona O'Keeffe

Upon Joining Puma Elite, Fiona quickly established herself as a bright light for the future of American distance running. Her debut half marathon, Houston Half in 2022, was the fastest debut half marathon by any US woman, and the 5th fastest time ever by any woman from the US. Cutting her teeth in the NCAA first at Stanford, and finishing at New Mexico, she established herself as a major player at the NCAA level, where she was a six time All-American, PAC 12 cross country champion, and US junior national 5,000 champion. Since joining Pume Elite, along with her stellar half marathon debut, she ran personal bests in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and 10 mile races, while earning siler as the 2022 NACAC 5,000m and placing 11th in the 5k at the world road running championships in Latvia. And in February of 2024 she had a historic run at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. In her debut marathon, she won the Trials in 2:22:10, the fastest debut by an American ever in the event, breaking the Olympic Trials record. Tuning up for the Games, she flew to the UK to race the NIghtof10kPBs in Highgate, placing second. Unfortunately, injury led Fiona to withdraw early on in her Olympic debut.

Hometown: Davis, CA

High School: Davis Senior

University: Stanford | University of New Mexico

Major: Earth Systems

Favorite Shoe: Deviate Elite 3

Favorite Music Artist: Goth Babe

3000 Metres: 8:53.47 10,000 Metres: 30:52.77 10 Kilometres Road: 32:24 5000 Metres: 15:01.34 5 Kilometres Road:15:24 Half Marathon 1:07:42 Marathon: 2:22:10

Personal Bests

Angel Piccirillo

An Indiana County legend and perhaps the quickest 100m runner of the group, Angel excelled through college while at Villanova, before running for Oiselle then Oregon Track Club Elite, and finally arriving in Raleigh with Puma. While at Villanova Angel was a nine time All-American, nine-time BIG EAST champion,six-time Penn Relays champion, and All-time collegiate record holder in the 1000 meters. While at OTC she whittled her 800m PB down to 2:01.51 and made the semi-final of the USA Championships in that event. Since joining Puma, Angel has dropped over 5 seconds in her 1500m down to 4:05.32 and made her berth to the USA Championship 1500m final. Additionally she split a hand timed 2:00.71 800m during a time trial to cap off her ‘23 season. Early 2024 she opened her season at the Dempsey with a 2:35.65 1000m and 2:05.1 800m. Angel opened her season with a 4:05.82 1500m at Wake Forest, good enough to qualify her to her second U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. After the Trials where she was a semi-finalist, she completed a European race circuit before ending her season.

Hometown: Homer, Pennsylvania, USA

High School: Homer-Center

University: Villanova

Major: Psychology

Favorite Shoe: Fast-R 2

Favorite Band: Beyonce

800m: 2:01.51 1000m: 2:35.65 1500m: 4:05.32 Mile: 4:27.26

Personal Bests

Isai Rodriguez

A high school standout, Isai made his name know in Oklahoma as a multiple time state champion and gatorade Player of the Year. He kept his talents in his home state running for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Isai started his collegiate cross country campaign with a 4th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships as a redshirt freshman. Later in his career he helped the cowboys to a team 3rd place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where he finished 8th. Outdoors the following year he would make his NCAA berth on the outdoor track over 10,000m, finishing 10th with a time of 27:52.92. He began his final cross country season with a win at his home course, beating NCAA champions in the field, on his was to breaking the course record with an 8K time of 23:05.8. He then helped his team to a consecutive 3rd place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships where was 22nd. He capped off his collegiate career with a 5th place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m. He began his post collegiate career doubling at the USA Track and Field Championships in the 5000m and 10,000m where he finished 17th and 7th. His 7th place finish led him to the Pan American Games in Chile, which he won from the front by breaking the field early. Since joining Puma he placed 3rd at the Manchester Road Race, and second at the U.S. 8k Championships.

Hometown: Inid, Oklahoma

High School: Ringwood High

University: Oklahoma State

Major: Business Management

Favorite Shoe: Fast R 2

Favorite Music Artist: Drake

Personal Bests

3000 Metres: 7:54.33 5000 Metres: 13:25.84 10,000 Metres: 27:52.92 Half Marathon: 62:02

Alex Maier

The two time Texas state champion took his talents up to Oklahoma State, where he made a mig impact for his team and on the NCAA. While at Oklahoma, Alex earn a runner-up finish in the 10,000 Meter final of the NCAA Championships, with a time of 28:12.68, and was the Midwest Region Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Runner of the Year in the 2022 cross country season which saw him finish 5th overall at the NCAA Championships. He began the following indoor track season with 13:11.80 in the 5,000 Meters , which was the fourth-fastest time in American and NCAA history at the time. He later ran at that years Millrose Games, running 7:43.05 in the 3,000 Meters, the 13th fastest time in NCAA history. Alex ended his career with the cowboys doubling at the U.S.A. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m and 5,000m. He now looks to begin his road career with the Chicago marathon this autumn.

Hometown: Flower Mound, TX

High School: Flower Mound HS

University: Oklahoma State University

Major: Electrical Engineering

Favorite Shoe: Magnify 2

Favorite Music Artist: Frank Zappa

Personal Bests

Mile: 3:56.44 3000 Metres: 7:43.05 5000 Metres: 13:11.80 10,000 Metres: 28:12.68

Mick Stanovsek

Mick is the lead content creator for the team, running the team socials and photographing our athletes at sessions and races. After walking on to the University of Oregon track team following a freshman year of solo miles and hopping fences, Mick quickly rose in ranks as a Duck. He secured a spot on the DMR team at the NCAA indoor championships which gave him his first of eight All-American honors. He went on to help the Ducks win 2 Penn relays in the DMR and 4xmile before transferring to Washington. He ended his collegiate career as a two time 1500m NCAA finalist and 1000m school record holder for the huskies. He joined Oregon Track Club upon graduating, he finished 4th at the Australian Championships 1500m, which led him to representing his home country of Australia at the 2022 oceania games, winning a silver medal. In 2024 he took on the steeplechase, running 8:29.70 to win his heat of the Portland Track Festival. Later that summer he placed 2nd at the Pittsburgh road mile and a close 3rd at the Guardian road mile (Cleveland). He finished his season close to home at the Sir Walter Miler running a PB of 3:54.10.

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

High School: NDCL | First Flight HS

University: Oregon | Washington

Major: Environmental Law

Favorite Shoe: ForeverRun

Favorite Music Artist: Gang of Youths

800m: 1:48.16 1500m: 3:39.49 Mile: 3:54.10 3000 Metres: 7:55.03 3000 Meters SC: 8:29.70 5000 Metres: 13:57.73

Personal Bests

Pat Tiernan

Patrick Tiernan is a three time Olympian and NCAA cross country champion .Prior to turning pro, Pat made his mark in the NCAA while at Villanova becoming a eleven time Big East Champion, and earning a bronze at the 2016 NCAA championships over 5000m and winning the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships. He went on to compete for Australia in Rio that same year over 5000m where he finished 19th. 2017 would show a 13th place finish at the World Cross Country Championships, and a double effort in the 5000m and 10000m at the World Championships, where he earned an 11th place finish over 5000m. In 2018 he qualified to the Commonwealth games in the 10,000m, and in 2019 he qualified to the World Championships over 5000m. And in 2021 he made his second Olympic games where he finished 19th in the 10,000m. And in January 2024 he ran into the history book with a 2:07:45 marathon in Houston, the second fastest ever by an Australian. At his third Olympics and first Olympic marathon Pat put together a phenomenal run, placing as the top Aussie in 2:10:34, placing 24th. His time is the fastest an Australian has ever run at the Olympics.

Hometown: Toowoomba, Australia

High School: St. Joseph's College

University: Villanova

Major: Mathematics

Favorite Shoe: ForeverRun

Favorite Music Artist: Ed Sheeran

1500m: 3:38.64 Mile: 3:56.82 3000 Metres: 7:37.76 5000 Metres: 13:12.68 10,000 Metres: 27:22.55 Half Marathon: 1:00:55 Marathon: 2:07:45

Personal Bests

Taylor Roe

Taylor had a busy time while at the University of Oklahoma. The nine-time Washington state champion continued her dominant running in the NCAA, where she capped off her sophomore season with a runner-up performance at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.and would follow that up the following year with another top-5 finish at the NCAA Cross Champs. At the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships, Taylor took the lead with 800m to go, ratcheting up a nearly 100m lead which served to hold off all contenders on the last lap, becoming the NCAA Champion over 3000m.She finished the 2022 season with a 3rd place finish in the 5000m at the NCAA Champs. She followed her success of the last indoor season with a 3rd place at the indoor Championships, and would go on to finish her Cowgirl career with a 3rd place finish at the NCAA Championship 10,000m. She debuted for the PUMA Elite Running Team at the 2024 U.S.A. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m.

Hometown: Lake Stevens, WA

High School: Lake Stevens High

University: Oklahoma State University

Major: Statistics

Favorite Shoe: Magnify 2

Favorite Music Artist: T-Pain

Personal Bests

1500m: 4:13.53 Mile: 4:33.56 3000 Metres: 8:51.60 5000 Metres: 15:12 10,000 Metres: 32:17.45

Dorcus Ewoi

Dorcus came to the US via South Plains Community College from Kenya. Following the 2020 indoor season, Dorcus transferred from South Plains Community College to Campbell University in North Carolina. In her first season with the Campbell Camels, she finished 1st in 1500m at Big South Outdoor Championships with time of 4:30.47 and took 2nd in 800m at Big South Championship. In cross country she finished 2nd at the Big South Conference Championships, then went on in the outdoor season to take first place in the 800m and 1500m at the Big South Championships, then become an NCAA Championship qualifier in the 800m, setting school records in the 800m (2:04.08) and the 1500m (4:17.51) along the way. She finished her college career with a fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Since joining PUMA Elite, she brought down her personal bests in both the 1500m and 800m, become the Penn Relays Pro 800m Champion, then went on to run 1:58.19 so establish herself as the second fastest Kenyan of the 2024 season. She kept her hot streak going with a win at the Sir Walter Miler in a meet record of 4:19.71, then followed that up with a win at Falmouth Mile in 4:22.

Hometown: Kitale, Kenya

High School: St. Francis Girls HS

University: Campbell University

Major: Clinical Research

Favorite Shoe: ForeverRun

Favorite Band: Burna Boy

Personal Bests

800m: 1:58.19 1000m: 2:37.26 1500m: 4:05.53 Mile: 4:19.71 3000m: 9:34.33