Off the clock.

I like being outside and staying active. Guitar and photography are the quieter hours on my own, with room to reflect and slow down a little.

Shouting with a fist raised while running down the red carpet of an Ironman 70.3 finish chute

Orange Trek road bike leaning on a boulder at the edge of a mountain lake

Helmet-and-sunglasses selfie on an empty two-lane road through the hills, a riding partner stopped behind

Section 1

Triathlon

I came to it as a runner. I'd just finished a marathon when a friend took me out on a ride on my dad's borrowed gravel bike, and that same summer I learned proper freestyle technique and signed up for Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. There's less time for it during the school year, but I still ride whenever I can. After graduation I'd like to train for and finish a full 140.6.

Next up: Ironman 140.6
Ride: Trek Checkpoint frame · Hunt carbon wheels · Madone carbon racing bars
Favorite route: Hyalite Canyon

Album cover of Unplugged by Eric Clapton

Album cover of Harlem Street Singer by Blind Gary Davis

Section 2

Guitar

I've been playing since freshman year of high school, mostly fingerstyle and flatpicking, and the vibrato still needs work. What I play follows what I listen to: blues, country and folk, and soft rock, so a lot of Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Dire Straits and Fleetwood Mac. This semester I'm in an advanced guitar class at Michigan, finally learning theory and standard notation properly and hopefully putting together my own arrangement.

Guitars: Fender Stratocaster II · Martin D-18 · Taylor 210e
Learning: "Layla" (acoustic) by Eric Clapton
Always playing: "Death Don't Have No Mercy" by Reverend Gary Davis
Favorite artist: Fleetwood Mac

The whole club team posed together on the pitch under an overcast sky after practice

Shielding the ball from two Michigan defenders under the lights of a night match

Striking a ball during a daytime training session, two teammates watching from behind

Walking across a floodlit pitch at night in a blue pinnie during an evening session

Section 3

Club soccer

I grew up watching soccer with my dad. He was the Liverpool fan and I was the Arsenal one, and for as long as I can remember we spent early Saturday mornings playing pickup together. I started taking it more seriously in high school, playing on a semi-professional team my junior and senior years, then joined the men's club team as soon as I got to Michigan. I've enjoyed playing with Maize for the last three years, and I'm hoping to go to collegiate club soccer nationals this year.

Position: Outside back
Team: Maize FC, Michigan Men's Club Soccer
Playing since: As long as I can remember

Cover of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

Section 4

Reading

I read a lot of science fiction and general fiction, with some philosophy mixed in, and a steady side rotation of books on entrepreneurship, psychology and behavior. I'm always open to recommendations.

Reading: "The Third Door" by Alex Banayan
Favorite: "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Up next: "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus

Four friends sitting in a row on a brick wall along the Arno in Florence, the old riverside buildings behind them

Section 5

Film photography

I shoot on a Canon A-1 that turned up in my basement and, it turned out, had belonged to my stepdad's grandfather. Film suits me because it slows everything down: one frame per moment, and no idea what you got until the roll comes back. It makes me more grateful when I look back at the photos, and more present in the moment I'm taking them.

See the Film section

Camera: Canon A-1
Go-to stock: Kodak Gold
Latest roll: Italy, 2026