Biography
At Utah Valley University ...
Junior (2017): Indoor: Became Utah Valley’s first distance runner to win WAC indoor titles in the 3,000-meter (8:29.91) and 5,000-meter (14:43.05) in the same season… earned WAC Outstanding Track Performer at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… recorded the fifth best 3,000-meter time (8:25.11) in program history at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… moved into sixth all-time on the UVU record list in the 5,000-meter (14:54.42) at the Mountain States Games… finished third at the Mountain States Games in the 5K… picked up a victory in the 3K at the Mountain States Games with a time of 8:33.58… added another win in the 3,000-meter (8:30.63) at the Boise Jacksons Open Invite… placed second in the mile (4:21.85) at the Weber State Winter Open… took second in the 3,000-meter (8:46.50) at the NAU Tune Up…. finished third in the mile (4:16.29) at the WAC Championships… led the WAC with the top 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter times… ranked second in the WAC in the mile… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Tallied the second fastest 10,000-meter time (29:48.45) in school history at the Mt. SAC Relays… finished with the program’s all-time third fastest 5,000-meter (14.17.76) at the 2017 Oxy Invitational… placed fifth at the Mt. SAC Relays in the 10K… set the fourth fastest 3,000-meter time (8:29.93) in UVU history at the UC Riverside Spring Classic… earned a victory at UC Riverside in the 3K… added a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter (8:33.74) at the UVU Collegiate Invitational… finished second in the 5,000-meter (14:29.22) at the 39th Annual Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State… placed third in the 3K and 5K at the WAC Outdoor Championships in Edinburg, Texas… ran a season-best time of 3:53.40 in the 1,500-meter at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational… posted the second best 5,000 and 10,000 times in the WAC on the year… ranked third in the WAC in the 1,500-meter… Academic All-WAC.
Sophomore (2016): Indoor: Finished with a season best in the mile on a time of 4:15.16 at the UW Invitational… added a season-best time of 8:43.16 in the 3,000-meter to place sixth at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… helped UVU distance medley relay team to a WAC title at the WAC Championships with a time of 10:18.52… placed third in the mile at the WAC Championships… ranked second in the WAC in the mile… 13th in the WAC in the 3K… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Set a personal record of 3:51.23 in the 1,500-meter at the 2016 Oxy Invitational… placed second in the 5,000-meter on a season-best mark of 14:36.29 in the season opener at the UNLV Spring Invitational… finished second in the 1,500 (3:56.05) at the UVU Collegiate Invitational… added a second-place finish in the 1,500-meter (3:58.01) at the Wildcat Outdoor Open… placed third in the 5,000-meter (15:00.37) at the BYU Robison Invitational… finished third in the 1,500-meter (3:57.26) and seventh in the 5K (14:47.37) at the WAC Outdoor Championships in Kansas City, Mo. … ranked fourth in the WAC in the 1,500-meter… fifth in the WAC in the 5K… 12th in the WAC in the 800… Academic All-WAC.
Freshman (2015): Indoor: Clocked a season-best time in the mile of 4:16.35 at the Air Force Indoor Team Challenge… clocked a season best of 8:47.69 in the 3,000-meter at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… finished season ranked 11th in the WAC in the mile… helped UVU distance medley relay squad to WAC title and school record with a time of 9:53.74 at the WAC Championships… finished second in the mile (4:22.35) at the Snake River Open… 17th in the WAC in the 3000… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Won the WAC individual title in the 1,500-meter at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:51.10… finished with a season-best time of 14:54.30 in the 5,000-meter to place fourth at the UNLV Spring Invitational… won the 1,500-meter (3:55.96) at the UVU Collegiate Invitational… placed third in the 1500 at the WAC Championships… ranked third in the WAC in the 1,500-meter… eighth in the WAC in the 800… ninth in the WAC in the 5K… Academic All-WAC.
REDSHIRT (2014): Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Stansbury High School in Stansbury Park, Utah ... took second at State in the 1600m in both 2010 and 2011 ... also took seventh at the 2010 State Cross Country Meet ... posted personal records of 1:58 in the 800, 4:19.99 in the 1600, 9:33 in the 3200 and 15:13 in the 5K ... also played basketball and football in high school.
Personal ...
Graduated from Stansbury HS in 2011 with a 3.99 GPA ... born Aug. 3, 1992 ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a mission for the LDS Church in Accra, Ghana (Aug. 2011-Aug. 2013) ... plans to major in Pre-Physical Therapy at UVU ... parents are Karson and Lenna Lambert.
