Jason Renze

Photo by: Josh Armstrong

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Madrid, Iowa
Squadron:
32 Road Runners
High School:
Madrid

AIR FORCE HIGHLIGHTS

Two-Time NCAA Qualifier, 3000-Meter Steeplechase

Three-Time All-Mountain West

JUNIOR YEAR | 2023: Competed in six meets…member of the Falcons’ postseason lineup…first-team all-conference honoree…posted a career-best 8K time of 23:41.2 to finish seventh at the Mountain West Championships…placed within the top half of the 8K fields at the Virginia Invitational (24:25.7, 101st) and Nuttycombe Invitational (24:34.5, 132nd)…Falcons’ No. 5 runner at the NCAA Championships…clocked a 10K time of 30:44.8 to finish 122nd out of 254 runners and help the men to a 12th-place team finish…posted a career-best time of 30:24.4 during 10K debut at the NCAA Mountain Regional, finishing 48th of 123 runners…opened the season with a fourth-place, five-mile time of 26:00 at the Air Force Classic…received the team’s Most Improved award…academic all-conference.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2022: Raced in four meets…clocked a career-best 8K time of 24:46.7 to finish 15th out of 323 runners at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational…helped Air Force to a runner-up finish as the team’s No. 4 runner…also a member of the scoring lineup that won the Trojan Invitational…clocked a time of 25:08.1 to finish 19th out of 109 runners at that meet…placed ninth out of 111 runners after posting a 26:14.9 finish at the UCCS Open…opened the season with a four-mile time of 20:31 at the Air Force Classic (11th)…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2021: Competed in three meets…made collegiate debut at the Air Force Open (22:009.4, 19th)…posted a personal-best 8K time of 26:20.9 at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational (69th)…added a 33rd-place finish at the UCCS Open (27:38.2)…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: Two-time NCAA Qualifier in the 3000-meter steeplechase…earned all-conference honors in that event as a junior after finishing third at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships…recorded the fifth-fastest time in Academy history (8:46.22) to win the Stanford Invitational in 2024…led off the all-conference distance medley relay that placed second at the MW Indoor Championships that year...two-time selection to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Madrid High School…claimed three event titles at the Iowa 1A State Championships as senior, winning the 800-meter, 1600-meter and 3200-meter events…placed third at the state cross country championships as a junior…helped cross country team to three-straight state title.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jason David Renze…nickname is Mort…son of Dan and Misty Renze…has three siblings (two older, one younger)…majoring in astronautical engineering…future plans include becoming an engineer…hobbies include reading…favorite author is Brandon Sanderson…favorite snack is victory…member of Cadet Squadron 32.