East Tennessee State University

2022 Track and Field: Participated in five indoor meets and six outdoor meets for the Buccaneers ... Opened his season at the ETSU Track and Field Invitational as a member of the first-place 4x800m relay team that posted a time of 7:45.79 ... Set a personal best of 8:28.03 in the 3000m, earning a second-place finish at the 2022 Buccaneer Indoor Track and Field Invitational (Feb. 3-5) ... Set another personal best in the Mile with a time of 4:14.39 at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 11-12) ... Competed at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 26-27), placing 12th in the 3000m with a time of 8:39.89.

Began his outdoor campaign at the Charlotte 49er Classic (Mar 17-19) with a personal best performance in the 3000m Steeplechase, posting a time of 9:26.24 and securing a third-place finish ... Set a personal best of 14:54.35, and obtained a first-place finish in the 5000m at the VertKlasse Meeting (Apr. 1-2)

2021 Track & Field: Redshirt, did not compete in the 2021 season.

2020 Cross Country: Did not compete. 

Prior to ETSU: Competed in cross country and track and field at the University of Illinois in 2017 and 2018 before transferring to Tennessee in 2019. 

2019 CROSS COUNTRY AT TENNESSEE

• Competed in five meets during his first cross country season at Tennessee
• Tabbed his fastest 8K of the season with a time of 25:11.9 at the SEC Championships (11/1)
• Led the Vols at the Cavalier Classic (9/14), placing 30th overall with a time of 25:29.5 over the 8K course
• Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the Tennessee Tri-Star Cross Country Challenge (8/30), clocking a time of 21:15.24.

2019 TRACK & FIELD AT TENNESSEE

Indoor

• Won his heat in the 3K at the Tiger Paw Invite with a season-best clocking of 8:39.06
• Ran his first college indoor mile at Clemson, finishing 19th in 4:21.33 
• Made his indoor in-uniform debut at the Hokie Invitational, placing 17th in the 3000m with a mark of 8:48.61

2018 CROSS COUNTRY AT ILLINOIS

• Redshirted the season, did not compete

2018 TRACK & FIELD AT ILLINOIS

Indoor

• Redshirted the season, competed unattached

Outdoor

• Earned a runner-up finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Illinois Twilight, turning in a mark of 9:32.21
• Ran a 1:58.93 in the 800m to place 12th at the Illinois Twilight
• Made his college track debut at the SIU Bill Cornell Spring Classic, finishing 11th in the 1500m with a time of 4:00.77

2017 CROSS COUNTRY AT ILLINOIS

• Took part in the Louisville Classic with a college-best 8K time of 24:51.0
• Debuted at the Walt Crawford Dual on Sept. 1, 2017 - completing the 4.97-mile course in 26:14.4

HIGH SCHOOL ACCOLADES AT ROCK FALLS

• 2017 IHSA Class 1A 3200m State Champion
• 2016 IHSA Class 1A Cross Country State Champion
• New Balance Nationals 2,000m steeplechase 9^th Place 
• 2016 Class 1A 800m Runner-Up
• 2015 IHSA Class 1A Cross Country 3^rd Place

Personal: Born November 13, 1998 ... Son of Jasmin Hermes and Jody Hamblen ... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies.