Bryce Lentz

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Photo by: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports

Photo by: Ethan Mito, NCAA Photos

Class:
Freshman
Events:
1500m / 5000m
Hometown:
Spring Brach, Texas
Height:
6-3
High School:
Colgan (Manassas, Va.)
Squadron:
07 Shadow Seven

AIR FORCE HIGHLIGHTS

Team USA, World Athletics U20 Championships (2022)

USATF U20 National Champion, 3000m Steeplechase (2022)

NCAA Semifinalist, 3000m Steeplechase (2022)

Mountain West Champion, 3000m Steeplechase (2022)

Two-Time All-Mountain West

Received a medical redshirt from the Academy for the 2023-24 academic year.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2022-23: Did not compete dur to injury.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2021-22: USATF U20 champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase…World Athletics U20 participant…NCAA semifinalist…Mountain West champion…set the MW Championship Meet Record with an 8:40.45 in the win…that time is also a Veterans Memorial Stadium Record…clocked the third-fastest steeplechase in Air Force history with a 8:39.73 performance at the NCAA West Preliminary…improved standing on the program’s steeplechase Top 10 three times…registered the sixth-fastest time in program history during a winning debut of 8:39.11 at the Stanford Invitational…jumped to No. 3 at the conference meet, before improving time at the West Prelim…scored for Air Force in the 5000-meter run at the MW Outdoor Championships, posting the fastest time by an Air Force freshman (13:57.89) – No. 13 mark all-time – to finish fourth in event debut…also recorded Air Force Top 20 marks in the mile (4:04.43 adjusted for altitude, No. 12) and 3000-meter run (8:03.72, No. 16) during the indoor season…named Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice during the outdoor season…set Air Force Freshman Class Records in the 3000-meter run, 5000-meter run and steeplechase…earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year award…academic all-conference selection…named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

MAJOR CROSS COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS: All-conference honoree as a sophomore…earned second-team status after placing eighth at the 2022 Mountain West Championships…helped Air Force to the team title with a conference-record 20-point total…member of the Falcons’ scoring lineup at the NCAA Championships…No. 5 runner on the team that finished seventh at the national meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Colgan High School…named Virginia’s Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021…three-time 3200-meter champion at the Virginia 6A High School State Championships (2020 indoor, 2021 indoor, 2021 outdoor)…claimed the state title in cross country as a senior…member of the 2019 All-RunWashington Preseason Cross Country Team…received the Academic Excellence and American Legion School Award (honorable mention) in 2018.

PERSONAL: Full name is Bryce Edward Lentz…nickname is Barb…son of Brad and Monica Lentz…has one sister…majoring in geospatial science…hobbies include hiking, camping and going to the shooting range…father was enlisted in the Air Force…member of Cadet Squadron 25.