Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi ne a yankin Flanders na Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Mount Olive kuma ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai tsere mai nisa yayin da yake can, yana karɓar girmamawa na makarantar sakandare na Amurka guda hudu kafin ya kammala karatu a 1998. Ya yi wasan farko na kasa da kasa a wannan shekarar a
1998 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Duniya, ta kammala na 40 a tseren matasa.