His 13.6 120yd high hurdles led the nation in 1966
5-time state champion (setting 3 state meet records)
1965, 1966, 120-yard high hurdles, setting state meet records each year
1965, 1966, 180-yard low hurdles
1965 880-yard relay, setting a state meet record of 1:30.1
Set National Junior Olympics 120-yard high hurdles mark, 14.1 (1966), breaking a mark that had stood for 9 years
Won 1965 & 1966 Duke-Durham Relays 120-yard high hurdles, the largest meet in North Carolina and one of the most prestigious in the South at the time (setting a meet record of 14.5 in 1966; also ran on winning 440-yard relay in 1966, also setting a meet record of 44.0)
Won 1966 News-Piedmont Relays 120-yard high hurdles at Furman (considered one of the best meets in South Carolina)
Won 1966 N.C. Junior Olympics 120-yard high hurdles and 180-yard low hurdles
Won 1966 Southeastern Junior Track & Field Championships in Atlanta, 120-yard high hurdles and 180-yard low hurdles (setting a record of 19.4 in the 180-yard low hurdles)
Most Outstanding at Southeastern Junior Track & Field Championships, Atlanta, 1966
Invited to prestigious Golden West Invitational, 1966 (this was considered the best meet in the country and you had to be invited to compete)
 
IN COLLEGE,  Duke University
Ran for legendary Duke coach, Al Buehler (had outstanding career there)
ACC’s top-50 track athletes of all time
6-time ACC Champion
1971 IC4A 60-yard hurdle champion
1968 & 1969 IC4A 60-yard hurdle runner-up
1968 & 1971 IC4A 120-yard hurdles runner-up

Ranked 15th in the world in the 110-meter high hurdles, 1969
1969 World University Games bronze medalist, 110-meter high hurdles
1968 United States Olympic Team alternate

POST-COLLEGIATE
Ran track on the international level, 1968-82
4-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
2-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist
Coached at Florida (1971-74), N.C. State (1974-77), Duke (1977-79 & 1989-90) and North Carolina (1979-80) and UCLA
USA Track & Field Elite Athlete Coach
Also opened the Pheidippides franchise in Raleigh which is believed to be the first specialty running store in the triad.