2011 Outdoors: Ran both the 1500 meters and 5000 meters at the Dick Shea Open on March 25, finishing fifth in the 1500 (4:13.21) and 14th in the 5000 (16:33.65)...Crossed the line 11th in the 1500 at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 15, posting a time of 4:13.18...Placed seventh in the 1500 at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 7, notching a season-best time of 4:01.33.
2010-11 Indoors: Captured ninth place in the mile (4:29.74) at the MAAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 18.
2010 Cross Country: Finished 15th at the season-opening Stony Brook Invitational (Sept. 4), completing the 6200-meter course in 21:36.53.
2010 Outdoors: Clocked a time of 4:06.64 in the 1500 meters, good enough for 10th place, at the Monmouth Season Opener on March 26...Placed 10th in the 800 meters (2:01.00) at the FDU Track Classic on April 10...Finished 12th in the 1500 (4:11.35) at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 2.
2009-10 Indoors: Took fourth in the mile (4:35.60) at the Yale Lidlifter Invitational on Dec. 5.
2009 Cross Country: Posted a 10th-place finish (21:09.73) in the season-opening Stony Brook Invitational on Sept. 5...Ran a season-best time of 26:22.0 over 8000 meters at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 2...Placed 60th in a time of 28:45.10 at the MAAC Championships on Oct. 30...Took 192nd at the NCAA East Regional Championships (Nov. 14), finishing the 10,000-meter course in 35:48.0.
2009 Outdoors: Registered a time of 4:17.99 in the 1500 meters at the MAAC Outdoor Championships (May 3).
2008-09 Indoors: Ran the mile at the NYC Gotham Cup on Jan. 16, finishing in a time of 4:43.80.
2008 Cross Country: Competed in five meets...Took eighth in the season-opening dual meet with Iona (Sept. 5), completing the 3000-meter course in 9:48.6...Finished 46th at the MAAC Championships (Nov. 1), running a time of 26:58.14 over 8000 meters...Posted a time of 36:59.8 over 10,000 at the NCAA East Regional Championships (Nov. 15).
Before Manhattan: A seven-time Class A state champion, winning three titles in the 1600 meters, and two each in the 800 meters and 3200 meters at Gallup Catholic High School...Holds the New Mexico Class A record in the 1600...Finished seventh in the 2007 state cross country meet after placing sixth in 2006.
Personal: Son of Gerald Jochem and Paula Puente-Bekis...Majoring in marketing...Born on January 20, 1989.
