Lucas Bons
Distance
Ht
6'
1"
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Dublin, 
Ohio
Last School
Dublin Coffman HS
Roster Years
2021-2023


BYU Highlights

  • First Team All-American (2023, eighth in DMR - 9:39.45)
  • Second Team All-American (2021, ninth in the mile - 4:01.96)
  • In 2021, he recorded the second-best mile time in school history with a 3:55.45 finish at the Husky Classic
  • In 2021, recorded the third-best 1500m time in program history with a 3:37.68 to finish third at the Fresno State West Coast Relays
  • 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

Personal

  • Parents are Jeffrey and Rebecca Bons
  • Has five siblings
  • Sister, Clarissa Bons Whiting, competed for BYU track and field, cross country (2013-14)
  • Married to Sydney Cluff
  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Missionary Service: Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (West Africa) from 2018-20
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction
  • Fun Fact: can snap, whistle and raise one eyebrow all at the same time
  • Instagram: bons.lucas | LinkedIn: Lucas Bons

Before BYU

  • Personal Bests: 1:53.91 (800m), 4:09.25 (1600m), 9:08.60 (3200m)
  • Runner-up in the 1600m at the 2018 OHSAA DI State Championships
  • Five-time all-Ohio selection in cross country and track (2015-18)
  • Ohio outdoor 4x800 relay state champion (2014)
  • Academic all-Ohioan (2015-18)
  • Also recruited by Georgetown, Ohio State and Stanford

Stats

Indoor Personal Bests

Time

Event

Meet

1:50.11

800m

2023 BYU Indoor II

3:55.45 (No. 2 all-time at BYU)

Mile

2021 Husky Classic

7:55.38

3000m

Boston Season-Opener (Dec. 2021)

 

Outdoor Personal Bests

Time

Event

Meet

1:49.74

800m

2021 Hayward Premiere

3:37.68

1500m

2021 Fresno State West Coast Relays

3:59.28

Mile

2021 BYU Robison Invitational

Career Stats

Men's Cross Country Athlete Profile

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2022

Indoor

  • Competed in two meets, finishing fourth at the Boston Season-Opener with a personal-best of 7:55.38 in the 3000m. 

Outdoor

  • Did not compete
Sophmore Year 2023

Indoor

  • Competed in five meets
  • First Team All-American after competing as the last leg on the DMR squad that placed eighth (9:39.45) at the NCAA DI Indoor Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Recorded a new personal-best in the 800m (1:50.11) during BYU's second indoor invitational
  • Ran a 3:57.11 mile at Washington's Ken Shannon Invitational
Junior Year

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

2021

Indoor (2021) 

  • Finished ninth in the men’s mile final at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:01.96, garnering All-America Second Team honors. 
  • Recorded the second-best men’s Mile time in school history with a 3:55.45to finish second and set a new personal best at the Husky Classic. 
  • Finished second in the men’s 3000m with a personal-best time of 8:34.39 at the BYU Cougar Indoor II. 
  • Finished second in the men’s 800m with a personal-best time of 1:53.76 at the Air Force Invitational. 

Outdoor (2021) 

  • Recorded the third-best men’s 1500m time in program history with a 3:37.68 to finish third at the Fresno State West Coast Relays. 
  • Took third in the men’s 800m with a personal-best time of 1:49.74 at the Hayward Premiere. 
  • Took second in the men’s mile with a personal-best time of 3:59.28 at the BYU Robison Invitational. 

Overall

  • Received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors 
  • Doug Padilla, Lucas Bons, Casey Clinger - 2021 Robison Invitational

    Doug Padilla, Lucas Bons, Casey Clinger - 2021 Robison Invitational