Casey Clinger - M Track & Field

Casey Clinger

Distance

Class

Senior

Hometown

American Fork,

Utah

Last School

American Fork High School

Roster Years

2020-2023

2023 Indoor First Team All-American (3,000m, 5,000m)
2022 Outdoor Second Team All-American (5,000m, 10,000m)
2021 Outdoor Second Team All-American (5,000m)
Holds four school records: outdoor 5,000m (13:23.33), indoor 3,000m (7:43.96), indoor 5,000m (13:17.36) and indoor DMR (9:21.18)
During the 2023 indoor season, he became the school record-holder in the 3,000m, 5,000m and as a member of the distance medley relay team. He also registered a No. 4 all-time mark at BYU in the indoor mile at 3:57.13. At indoor nationals, he finished as the runner-up in the 5,000m at 13:38.12 and fourth in the 3,000m at 7:49.37 to earn two First Team All-American honors.
During the 2022 outdoor season, he set the school record in the 5,000m and became No. 7 all-time at BYU in the 10,000m. He earned Second Team All-American honors at outdoor nationals after finishing 10th in the 5,000m (13:33.20) and 12th in the 10,000m at 28:22.99.
Earned his first All-American honors in the 2021 outdoor season, named to the Second Team for his 5,000m performance of 13:34.56 at outdoor nationals.
USTFCCCA All-Academic honors (2022, 2021)

Parents are Steve & Tiffany Clinger
Wife, Morgan Bower, plays libero for BYU women's volleyball
Major: Business Management
Missionary Service: Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sapporo, Japan (2019-20)
Instagram: casey_clinger | LinkedIn: Casey Clinger

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
Also recruited by Oregon

Indoor Personal Bests
Time	Event	Meet
13:17.36 (No. 1 all-time at BYU)	5000m	Sharon Colyear-Danville Season-Opener (2023 Season)
7:43.96 (No. 1 all-time at BYU)	3000m	2023 Razorback Invitational
3:57.13 (No. 4 all-time at BYU)	Mile	2023 David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Boston)

Outdoor Personal Bests
Time	Event	Meet
3:38.16 (No. 5 all-time at BYU)	1500m	2021 Fresno State West Coast Relays
3:59.02	Mile	2021 BYU Robison Invitational
13:23.33 (No. 1 all-time at BYU)	5000m	2022 Bryan Clay Invitational
28:01.67 (No. 5 all-time at BYU)	10,000m	2023 Bryan Clay Invitational

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2020

Sophmore Year 2021

Indoor (2021)

Clocked the second-best men’s 5000m time in program history with a 13:28.79 to finish second at the UW Invite.

Outdoor (2021)

Finished 16thin the men’s 5000m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 13:34.56.
Recorded the fifth-best men’s 1500m time in program history with a personal best of 3:38.16 at the Fresno State West Coast Relays.
Recorded the second-best men’s 5000m time in BYU history with a 13:24.90 to finish third at the Hayward Premiere.
Claimed first in the men’s mile with a personal-best time of 3:59.02 at the BYU Robison Invitational.

Overall

Received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
Finished 12th in men’s 5000m final at U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 13:50.20
Met Olympic qualifying time in men’s 5000m at 13:24.90

Junior Year 2022

Indoor Season

Competed in two meets, finishing first with a personal-best 7:58.31 in the 3000m at the BYU Cougar Invitational II.

Outdoor Season

Second Team All-American in both 5000m and 10,000m.
Finished 10th at nationals in the men's 5000m at 13:33.20.
Finished 12th at nationals in the men's 10,000m at 28:22.99.
Broke Conner Mantz's BYU men's outdoor 5000m school record with a time of 13:23.33 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14.
No. 7 all-time at BYU in the men's 10,000m at 28:16.15.
Finished the season ranked No. 8 nationally in the men's 5000m at 13:23.33.
Finished the season ranked No. 17 nationally in the men's 10,000m at 28:16.15.

Senior Year 2023

Indoor Season

First Team All-American at NCAA DI Indoor Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico for two events: the 5000m and 3000m. In the 5000m, he finished as the runner-up, crossing the line at 13:38.12. He took fourth overall in the 3000m with a time of 7:49.37.
Broke Conner Mantz's 5000m BYU record by over 10 seconds, claiming first in BYU history after running a 13:17.36 time at the 2022 Sharon Colyear-Danville Season-Opener in Boston.
Set the BYU all-time record in the 3000m with a time of 7:43.96 at the Razorback Invitational. The finish broke Ed Eyestone's 38 year-old school record set in 1985.
The final leg on the school-record DMR squad, helping break the prior top finish at BYU by nearly eight seconds with a 9:21.18 time.
Became No. 4 all-time in the mile with a 3:57.13 time set in February at Boston's David Hemery Valentine Invitational.

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year