[2] His mile time puts him sixth on the all-time high school miler list, behind Alan Webb's 3:53.43 (2001), Jim Ryun's 3:55.3 (1965), Drew Hunter's 3:58.25, Reed Brown's 3:59.3 (2017), Matthew Maton's 3:59.38 (2015), and Grant Fisher's 3:59.38 (2015), and was the fastest time ever run by a California high school student until Colin Sahlman from Newbury Park High School ran 3:58.81 in 2022.

[5] He won the Golden West Invitational High School meet two-mile race in 1966 in a time of 8:55.4.

[7] After high school Danielson attended Brigham Young University, where he competed for the track team for a year but never managed to break four minutes for the mile again.

He married Carolyn Mooers in February 1968, their first son was born in June, all distractions at the same time he was attempting to qualify for the 1968 Olympics.

[13] During the trial, Danielson claimed the murder was a suicide attempt, a result of his use of Chantix,[14] a drug known a history of these side effects, included in disclaimers attached to its advertising.