2009 (Cross Country): 12th place at the NCAASouth Central Regional and seventh at the LSC Championships,earning All-Region and All-Lone Star Conference honors in theprocess...third overall (first out of Division II) in the WestTexas Buffalo Stampede...19th overall (third out of Division II) atthe Brooks Memphis Twilight...97th at the Oklahoma State CowboyJamboree.
2009 (Track & Field): Redshirted.
2008 (Cross Country): Named to the LoneStar Conference All-Academic Team for his academic and athleticefforts...led A&M-Commerce to a No. 5 ranking in the finalUSTFCCCA South Central Regional Poll, fifth place finish at theNCAA South Central Regional meet and third place honors at the LoneStar Conference Championships...57th at the NCAA Championships andeighth among individuals...qualified for the NCAA Championshipswith a fifth-place finish at the NCAA South CentralRegional...earned his second-straight All-Lone Star Conferencehonor with a fourth-place overall finish...his second-place finishat the UIW Cardinal Invitational led A&M-Commerce to the teamtitle...en route to being named the LSC Men's Runner of the Week,he finished 13th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight.
2008 (Track & Field): Won the5,000-meter run at the David Noble Relays...fourth at the TarletonState Relays in the 5,000-meter run...fifth at the Lone StarConference Championships in the 5,000-meter run and at the MeanGreen Twilight.
2007 (Cross Country): Team earned USTFCCCAAll-Academic Team recognition for their efforts in theclassroom...selected as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete forthe men's cross country team at the athletic department'send-of-year banquet...13th at the NCAA South CentralRegional...earned All-Lone Star Conference honors with aninth-place finish at Eddie Moore Park in Commerce...finished 21stamong collegiate runners and 28th overall at the Brooks MemphisTwilight...for his efforts at the Brooks Memphis XC Twilight, hewas named as the LSC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.
Prior to A&M-Commerce: At OklahomaBaptist, he was an all-region and all-conference cross countryperformer in 2006...member of the cross country team advanced tothe NAIA national championships, where they placed fourth and as anindividual, he placed 55th...a national qualifier in the5,000-meter run for the NAIA indoor track and field championshipsin 2007...set the Paris High School record in the 1,600-meter and3,200-meter run, where he was a two-time state qualifier in crosscountry and track and field...finished sixth in the state in the3,200-meter run as a senior.
Personal: Born January 21, 1988...son ofDavid and Radonna Tyndell...a kinesiology major.