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Senior
Hometown
American Fork,
Utah
Last School
American Fork High School
Roster Years
2020-2023
BYU Highlights
- Seven-time All-American
- Five outdoor All-American honors: First Team (10,000m, 2023), Second Team (5,000m, 2023), Second Team (10,000m, 2022), Second Team (5,000m, 2022) Second Team (5,000m, 2021)
- Two indoor All-American honors: First Team (5,000m, 2023), First Team (3,000m, 2023)
- 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)
- Placed third in the 10,000m at the 2023 Outdoor NCAA Championships (28:13.63)
- 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
- USTFCCCA All-Academic honors (2022, 2021)
- 2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team
Personal
- 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
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
- Also recruited by Oregon
Stats
Indoor Personal Bests |
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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 |
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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 |
Career Stats
Men's Cross Country Athlete Profile
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
- Competed in two meets, finishing first with a personal-best 7:58.31 in the 3000m at the BYU Cougar Invitational II.
Outdoor
- 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
- 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
Outdoor
- Earned First Team All-American honors in the 10,000m with a podium finish of third (28:23.41) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 5000m (14:12.54)
- Became No. 5 all-time at BYU in the 10,000m, crossing the line at 28:01.67 to take second overall at the Bryan Clay Invitational
- Finished first in the 5000m at the Oxy Invitational (13:44.72)
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
Doug Padilla, Lucas Bons, Casey Clinger - 2021 Robison Invitational
- M Track & Field | Jun, 27
Mantz takes 8th place in 5000m final on last day of U.S. Olympic Trials
- ImageM Track & Field | Jun, 24
Three Cougars advance at U.S. Olympic Trials
- ImageM Track & Field | May, 01
Cougars post all-time marks amid power outage at West Coast Relays
- ImageM Track & Field | Apr, 24
Cougars conclude Robison Invitational with historic performances
- ImageM Track & Field | Apr, 03
Bates, Mantz break school records at Hayward Premiere
- ImageM Cross Country | Mar, 15
Mantz wins individual national title at 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships
- ImageM Track & Field | Feb, 13
Mantz Clocks World-Leading Time in 5000m, Smashes School Record
- ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 06
Clinger wins Weber State Invitational