Junior Allen

Photo by: Gary DeVore, Cadet Wing Media

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Upper Marlboro, Md.
Squadron:
20 Red Tails
High School:
Oakton

AIR FORCE HIGHLIGHTS

NCAA Qualifier, 3000-Meter Steeplechase (2026)

All-Mountain West, 3000-Meter Steeplechase (2026)

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2025: Raced in six meets, including all three postseason events…posted a career-best 8K time of 23:24.7 to finish 15th out of 91 runners at the Mountain West Championships…Falcons’ No. 3 runner at the conference meet…member of the Air Force lineup that placed second at the Bill Dellinger Invitational…used a 23:43.4 finish to place 12th out of 89 runners at that meet…finished 11th out of 259 runners in the open division of the Gans Creek Classic (23:53.2)…Falcons’ No. 3 finisher at the NCAA Championships…posted a personal-best 10K time of 29:55.0 at the national meet (146th)…made 10K debut at the NCAA Mountain Regional (31;14.2, 37th)…opened the season with a five-mile time of 25:28.9 at the Air Force Classic (eighth).

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2024: Competed in two meets…was Air Force’s top finisher at the Colorado Springs XC Open, clocking a career-best 8K time of 25:36.8 to finish seventh out of 136 runners…made collegiate debut at the Woody Greeno / Jay Dirksen Invitational…used a time of 26:00.8 to finish 36th out of 246 runners and help the Falcons to a third-place finish.

MAJOR TRACK & FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: NCAA Qualifier in the 3000-meter steeplechase as a sophomore…earned all-Mountain West honors in that event after placing third at the outdoor championships in 2026…recorded the fourth-fastest time in Air Force history (8:40.45) during that finish…ran the second leg of the 4x1600-meter relay that won the Drake Relays in 2026.

HIGH SCHOOL: Oakton High School…two-time Virginia 6A champion…ran on the 4x800-meter relay that claimed the indoor title as a junior…won the 1600-meter run during the outdoor season of senior year…also won the Oklahoma 5A title in cross country as a sophomore…named cross country MVP all four years…also earned MVP honors of the track team twice (junior year, outdoors; senior year, indoors)…six-time letterwinner from Oakton High School.

PERSONAL: Full name is Terrance Leland Allen…goes by Junior…son of Terrance and Cynthia Allen…father, a member of the track and cross country teams as a freshman and sophomore at USAFA, currently serves in the Air Force…has two older sisters…majoring in management…future plans include becoming a fighter pilot or combat rescue officer…named to the Dean’s List…member of Cadet Squadron 20.