VMI Athletics

2016-17: Named Second Team Academic All-American...first Keydet in any sport to make higher than a Third Team AAA since 2006...third track and field Academic All-American in six years...posted four PR's during track season...served as one of the team's captains during cross country season...set a new 8K PR twice, including at the SoCon Championships, where he finished 54th....was VMI's #4 runner at the regional meet...off the course, Phillips ranked #1 in the country on the National Order of Merit list among ROTC cadets.

2015-16: Competed in four races during cross country season...posted a seasonal best 8K time of 27:25 at the Wake Forest Invite...finished eighth in the mile at the HPU Team Challenge indoors...was 12th in the 1500 at the Liberty Twilight outdoors...member of VMI's Elite 18 for academic prowess.

2014-15: Competed in four of the team's seven cross country races...had a seasonal best of 28:11 at the WCU Catamount Classic, where he placed 28th...during the outdoor track season, recorded a new personal best in the 1,500 at the Charlotte Invite (4:01.95)...finished fourth in the 3K at the Fred Hardy Invite...was 10th in the conference in the indoor 3K in a new personal best time for the event (8:44.38)...opened his year with a bang with a PR in the mile (4:25.82) and a second-place finish in the unseeded section at the ETSU Invite.

2013-14: Had a very strong true freshman cross country season, serving as one of VMI's top five runners for the majority of the year...had his best 8K time at the Blue Ridge Open (26:13)...was 24th at the conference meet...posted a 31:56 as VMI's #4 runner at the SE Regional Championships...indoors, was 14th in the 3K at the conference championships...finished 23rd in the mile at the NYU Saturday Night Shootout...outdoor season saw him place 21st in the 1,500 at the conference meet...was eighth in the 5K at the Fred Hardy Invite...posted a seasonal best 1,500 time (4:05.44) at the Liberty Collegiate Invite, where he won his heat and finished seventh.

High School/Personal: Member of the Blacksburg HS team that won this past season's AA state cross country championship…also competed with Blacksburg at the Nike XC Nationals, where he team finished 10th.

Personal Bests:

800-Meter Run: 1:57.23
1,500-Meter Run: 3:59.18
Mile: 4:17.22
3K: 8:44.38
5K: 14:57.50
8K: 26:00