Bio

Honors & Awards

• A-R-C Runner of the Week (9/12/22)
• Two-time A-R-C All-Academic Team (2021-22)
• Three-year letterwinner (2020-22)

2022 | junior

• Named A-R-C Runner of the Week after placing second overall in a then career-best 8k 25:43.7 at the Les Duke Invitational
• Set a career-best in the 8k at the Platte River Rumble in a time of 25:40.3, finishing 42nd overall
• Took third overall in the Bill Buxton Invitational with a career-best 19:34.4 6k run
• Named to his second consecutive All-A-R-C Academic Team

2021 | sophomore

• Finished in the top seven for the Storm in all six races he ran
• Was one of 12 Storm runners named to the A-R-C All-Academic Team
• Took third place overall at the Bill Buxton Invitational with a time of 19:48.2
• Was the second Storm runner to cross the finish line at the Grinnell Invitational, running a career-best 26:08.9 8k

2020 | freshman

• Raced in four meets this fall for the Storm
• Finished sixth on the team in two races to highlight his rookie campaign
• Tallied eighth overall against Nebraska Wesleyan in the season opener
• Ended ninth on the team and 63rd overall at the American Rivers Conference Championships

High School

• A 2020 graduate of Des Moines Lincoln High School
• A two-time conference champion and seven-time state qualifier
• Graduated with a 4.01 grade-point average

Personal

• Son of Randy and Lisa Klein
• Has one sister, Audrey
• Double majoring in mathematics and economics: finance
• Also a member of the Storm track and field team