Set the world indoor mile record of 3:55.0 in 1974 

Six-time All-American at the University of North Carolina 

2-time NCAA champion (NCAA indoor 1,000-yard title, 1973; NCAA indoor mile title in 1974) 

Won gold in the 1,500 meters at the 1975 Pan Am Games while in college 

Won the mile at the prestigious Penn Relays in 1974. 

In high school, he won 3 NCHSAA state outdoor titles in the 880 yards (1969), and mile (1968 and 1970).

Before high school national meets were prevalent, his times of 1:53 and 4:18 were incredible considering he ran those at the 1A/2A state meet an on inferior surfaces.