Further Information 

Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
3000 metres: 2007 - 5th
5000 metres: 2007 - 8th
10,000 metres: 2006 - 4th, 2008 - 1st

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Commonwealth Youth Games: 2004 - 3000m 4th
World cross country championships: 2007 - 64th, 2008 - 69th
World championships: 2009 - 10,000m 24th (29:18.59)
Commonwealth Games: 2010 - 5000m 8th (13:47.40)

ANNUAL PROGRESSION
800 metres:
2003 1:55
2004 1:54
2008 1:50.81
2009 1:52.32

1500 metres:
2003 4:00
2004 3:54
2007 3:43.14
2008 3:44.18
2009 3:42.78
2010 3:49.51

3000 metres
2003 8:35
2004 8:25
2007 8:03.64
2008 7:50.37
2009 7:58.93

5000 metres
2004 14:40
2005 14:26.46
2006 14:08.72
2007 13:52.51
2008 13:35.07
2009 13.30.63
2010 13:25.63

10,000 metres
2006 29:05.32
2008 28:03.02
2009 29:18.59

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS
800 metres: 1:50.81 - Sacramento State University (USA), 14/05/2008
1500 metres: 3:42.79 - Stanford University (USA), 27/03/2009
3000 metres: 7:50.37 - University of Washington (USA), 16/02/2008
5000 metres: 13:25.63 - Stanford (USA), 26/03/2010
10,000 metres: 28:03.02 - Melbourne, 11/12/2008

RECORDS
Northern Arizona University 5000 meters record: 13:35, Flagstaff (USA)
Northern Arizona University 10,000 meters record: 28:03, Flagstaff (USA)

Interesting Facts

David’s sporting career started on the basketball court, playing ball for nine years before accidentally stumbling into cross country running at school.

David attended Melbourne’s Xavier College and in 2004 was named school vice-captain.

Following high school David studied physiotherapy at La Trobe University for 18 months before taking up a running scholarship at Northern Arizona University, where he is studying exercise science.

He hopes to complete his masters in physiotherapy after graduating from NAU.

Athletics success runs in David’s family, with grandfather John McNeill a Victorian state champion in both the long jump and triple jump in 1939.

David is a vegetarian.