The 20-year-old recently ran an indoor personal best 1500 metres of three minutes 34 seconds at a grand prix in New York.

He says he'll use primarily college competition between now and the Olympics as building blocks to what will hopefully be a successful debut.

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19 Apr: An initial group of 15 have been named to represent New Zealand in athletics at the Paris Olympics

16 Apr: Kenyan runner Willy Mnangat says he was a pacesetter for He Jie during controversial finish to Beijing half marathon

13 Apr: For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds

11 Apr: Paris Olympics to feature prize money for track and field gold medallists, paid by athletics governing body

11 Apr: Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars

09 Apr: Why Craig Jones, Australia's top Brazilian jujitsu athlete, went to Ukraine's front line

17 Mar: A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington

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