College: Varsity member all 4 years...Competed in two events in 2006.

High School:  Lettered 4 years at Claremont High School...First-team All-League his senior season...Competed in the CIF Championship as an individual his junior and senior seasons...Captained the team as a senior. 

Personal: Of Swedish and German descent...Interests include the Inland Empire, weightlifting, more weightlifting, long discourses on economics courses and professors, cars, Dubrovnik, plaid shorts, ducks, and coots...Nicknames include Kurty, Muscle Man, Blondie, and The Machine.

Goals/Expectations/Outlook for the 2008 Season: To crack the starting lineup and flex his muscles to all of SCIAC Favorite Quotes:

"I gotta go lift!"..."I don't know what I'm going to do in San Francisco! I hope there's a gym!"..."Sometimes I wish I was a bird"