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Junior
Hometown
American Fork,
Utah
Last School
American Fork High School
Roster Years
2017 | 2019-2020-2021
Personal
- Parents are Steve & Tiffany Clinger
- Wife, Morgan Bower, plays libero for BYU women's volleyball
- Major: Business Management
- Mission: Sapporo, Japan (2019-20)
- Also recruited by Oregon
Before BYU
- Coached by Timo Mostert at American Fork High School
- The 2016 Gatorade Cross Country National Athlete of the Year
- Two-time Gatorade Utah Runner of the Year
- A four-time Nike Cross Nationals qualifier and a two-time champion, first male athlete in NXN history to win back-to-back individual titles
- An eight-time state champion in cross country, the 1600m and 3200m
- As a senior in 2016, posted times of 15:28.4 to win the Nike Cross Nationals Final and 14:42.9 to win the 5A Utah state title – a course and meet record
- As a junior in 2015, won the Nike Cross Nationals Final with a time of 15:03.2, the 5A Utah state title with a time of 14:52.8 and the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional championships in 14:42
- Closed his high school cross country career with 15-straight victories at three miles and 5K
- In track, posted personal PRs of 1:52.92 in the 800m (ran at altitude), 4:02.90 in the mile and 8:44.70 in the 3200m
Career Stats
Men's Track & Field Athlete Profile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2017
- All-American
- WCC Freshman of the Year
- All-WCC First Team
- Finished first for the Cougars and 24th overall at the NCAA National Championships (29:46.32) and was named an All-American as a result
- Helped BYU to its perfect score at the West Coast Conference Championships with his third-place finish (23:29.0)
- Finished seventh at the Pre-Nationals Invitational (23:17.0)
Distance | Time | Finish | Meet |
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10K | 29:46.4 | 24th | NCAA Championships |
8K | 23:29.0 | 3rd | WCC Championships |
8K | 23:17.0 | 7th | Adidas Pre Nationals |
8K | 23:46.9 | 4th | Dellinger Invitational |
4M | 19:24.4 | 5th | BYU Autumn Classic |
Sophmore Year
2020-2021
- All-American
- All-WCC First Team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
- Competed and scored in all five meets for the BYU men's team
- Finished 13th overall at the NCAA Championships to earn the second All-America honors of his career and help BYU to a seventh-place finish (second BYU runner to cross)
- Took third place at the WCC Championships (second BYU runner) to earn his a spot on the All-WCC First Team for the second time while helping the Cougars claim their sixth consecutive conference title
- Won the Weber State Invitational
- Was the second Cougar to cross at the OSU Invitational (3rd overall) and Silver State XC Challenge (4th overall)
Distance | Time | Finish | Meet |
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10K | 30:19.8 | 13th | NCAA Championships |
8K | 23:05.9 | 3rd | WCC Championships |
8K | 23:05.5 | 4th | Silver State Collegiate Challenge |
8K | 23:50.9 | 1st | Weber State Cross Country Invitational |
8K | 23:38.7 | 3rd | Oklahoma State Invitational |
Junior Year
2021
- Set new 10k career-best time of 28:55.7 at Nationals
- Named All-WCC Men's Cross Country First Team
- Named All-Mountain Region
- Named All-American with 8th-place finish in national title meet.
- Three-time All-American (2017, 2020, 2021)
- Following the 2021 season, has...
- competed in 15 meets for the Cougars
- finished in top-10 in 13 of 15 meets, including five consecutive
- finished in the top-5 in 10 of 15 meets
- Six podium finishes
- One meet win (Weber State Invitational 2020-21)
Distance | Time | Finish | Meet |
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8k | 24:27.8 | 4th | Roy Griak Invitational |
8k | 23:06.0 | 8th | FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals |
8k | 23:27.5 | 3rd | WCC Championships |
10k | 29:42.9 | 3rd | NCAA Mountain Regional |
10k | 28:55.7 | 8th | NCAA National Championships |
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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M Cross Country | Apr, 01
Mantz named National Scholar Athlete of the Year
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ImageM Cross Country | Feb, 25
Cross country racks up WCC honors
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ImageM Cross Country | Feb, 11
Men’s Cross Country Voted No. 1 in WCC Preseason Poll
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ImageM Cross Country | Oct, 17
BYU women’s cross country dominates OSU Invitational, men finish third
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ImageM Cross Country | Jul, 26
Nineteen cross country athletes named to WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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ImageW Cross Country | Jul, 26
Nineteen cross country athletes named to WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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ImageM Track & Field | Mar, 14
BYU’s men’s program ranks No. 9 in Program of the Year standings, women’s program No. 12
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ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 20
Three cross country athletes named All-Americans
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ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 18
BYU cross country finishes third and 11th at NCAA National Championships
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ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title
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ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title