Aric Kedge

Photo by: Justin Tafoya, NCAA Photos

Photo by: Trang Le

Class:
Senior
Events:
800m
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.
Height:
5-11
High School:
Albuquerque Academy
Squadron:
31 Grim Reapers

SENIOR YEAR | 2020-21: Team captain.

JUNIOR YEAR | 2019-20: Earned all-conference honors as a member of the distance medley relay that finished second at the Mountain West Indoor Championships (9:49.02, adjusted for altitude)...competed in the 800-meter run during seven meets, accounting for four top-five finishes...clocked a career-best time of 1:52.83a to earn the top collegiate finish at the Air Force Collegiate Open (second overall)...named the Mountain West Track Athlete of the Week following that meet...won the Colorado Invitational with a (then-best) time of 1:54.66a.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2018-19: Member of the 4x800-meter relay that accounted for the third-fastest time in Academy history (7:30.15) at the Drake Relays...competed in the 800-meter run during four outdoor meets...clocked a career-best time of 1:53.27 to finish fourth at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic...earned runner-up honors in outdoor debut at the Jerry Quiller Classic (1:55.12, adjusted for altitude)...collected an additional top-five finish at the UNC Invitational (1:53.59a)...also competed in that event twice during the indoor season...clocked an indoor-best time of 1:58.71a at the Air Force Collegiate Open...competed in two mile events, posting a personal-best time of 4:25.09 at the Air Force Invitational.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2017-18: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Albuquerque Academy...won the 800-meter at the 2017 New Mexico 4A-6A State Championships...earned runner-up honors in that event at the state meet as a junior...member of five state championship teams (three in track, two in cross country)...earned all-state honors in cross country after finishing seventh at the 2016 championship meet...seven-time all-state selection in track and field...finished first in the 800-meter run at the Richard Harper Memorial Track Meet...finished second in the Elite 800 at the Chandler Rotary Track Invitational...six-time academic all-district selection for cross country and track...started a program that donates running shoes to high school athletes in need...served as Senior Class Officer.

PERSONAL: Full name is Aric Adam Kedge...nickname is “Big Ric” ...son of Adam and Lisa Kedge...father competed in cross country and track at the University of New Mexico...has one younger brother, AJ, who is a junior on Air Force’s track and cross country teams...also has one older sister...majoring in geospatial sciences...future plans include becoming an intelligence officer in the Space Force, before becoming the governor of New Mexico and, eventually, a leader in the track and field community...currently serving as the Assistant Athletics Officer for squadron...previously served as Group 4 Honor NCO...member of the 500 Club for recording a perfect score on the Academy’s aerobic fitness test...named to the Athletic Director’s List...hobbies include running, collecting Nike Zoom Victory 1 spikes, making dorm room pancakes and coffee, being an “aerobic-based 800-meter runner”, listening to U2, doing mechanical engineering problems, impersonating Jeb’s southern accent, spending quality time with AJ Kedge, enjoying various kinds of sparkling water, and believing that “everyone is a cross country runner in the fall”...took Astro310 over the summer, while mentoring roommate Ryan Johnson...also led Air Force to two Rose Bowl appearances in NCAA Football 14 on Xbox 360 and learned how to golf...favorite food is his mom’s homemade burritos (second favorite food is pizza)...would like to “thank Christ for this amazing opportunity to compete for the Falcons” and his parents for “helping me get to where I am today”...would also like to give a shout out to his dogs, Maverick and Tucker...member of Cadet Squadron 31.