| Place Of Birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Residence | Gunnison, Colorado, USA |
| Coach | Self Coached. Previous coach, Duane Vandenbusche |
| Club | Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
| Recent Results | 2nd over 1,0098m at altitude - 19:51 (The Best Cross Country Meet on the Planet, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 28-Jan-2006) |
Commonwealth
Games History | Manchester 2002
12th in the 5000m (13:45.87)
8th in the 10,000m (28:35.27) |
Olympic
Games History | Athens 2004
17th in the heat of the 5000m (13:50.00)
Sydney 2000
17th in the heat of the 10,000m (29:31.83) |
| Other | Personal Best:
1500m - 3:45.28 (Palo Alto, California, USA, 03-May-2002)
3000m - 7:52.26 (Palo Alto, California, USA, 07-Jun-2003)
5000m - 13:22.64 (Walnut, California, USA, 19-Apr-2002) 10,000m - 27:53.28 (Palo Alto, California, USA, 30-Apr-2004)
Half Marathon - 1:03:59 (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, 01-Jan-2002)
Mar - 2:17:20 (Duluth, Minnesota, USA, 18-Jun-2005)
Michael was a member of NYC2012's International Circle of Olympians in their bid to host the Olympics. Michael is an assistant coach at Western State College, in the USA. |