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2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Tristian Spence

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Grand Junction, Colo.
  • High School Central HS
  • Major Elementary Education

Biography

Accolades

  • Member of the 2023 National Runner-Up team at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships

  • Member of the 2024 National Champion team at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships

  • Member of the 2024 National Runner-Up team at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships

  • Member of the 2024 National Champion team at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships

  • Member of the 2025 National Runner-Up team at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships

  • National Champion, Outdoor Track & Field, 5000m (2025)

  • National Runner-Up, Indoor Track & Field (2025)

  • All-American, Cross Country (2023, 2024)

  • All-American, Indoor Track & Field, 5000m (2024, 2025)

  • All-American, Indoor Track & Field, 3000m (2025)

  • South Central Regional Champion, Cross Country (2024)

  • RMAC Cross Country Freshman of the Year (2023)

  • All-Region, Cross Country (2023, 2024)

  • All-RMAC, Outdoor Track & Field, 1500m (2024)

 

2024-25

Cross Country

  • Finished in 4th Place at the 2024 RMAC Cross Country Championships, 19:45.2

  • South Central Regional Champion, 21:18.6

  • Finished 11th at the 2024 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, 20:51.8

Indoor Track & Field

  • Set a career best in the 3000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, 9:07.95

  • Set a career best in the Mile at the New Mexico Team Open, 4:45.55

  • National Runner-Up in the 5000m at the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, 16:10.60

  • FInished 8th in the 3000m at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, 9:30.29

Outdoor Track & Field

  • National Champion in the 5000m at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 16:16.11 

  • Set a career best in the 5000m at the Portland Track Festival, 15:40.70

2023-24

Cross Country

  • Finished 16th place at the 2023 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships (20:21.3)

  • Finished 13th place at the 2023 NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships (20:58.3)

  • Finished 15th place at the 2023 RMAC Cross Country Championships (21:37.3)

Indoor Track & Field

  • Posted a career best in the 3000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, 9:20.80

  • Posted a career best in the Mile at the Western Colorado Open, 5:05.75

  • Finished 4th in the 5000m at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, 16:15.46

Outdoor Track & Field

  • RMAC Runner-Up in the 1500m in a career best time of 4:23.86

  • Set a career best in the 5000m at the Sound Running Track Fest, 15:53.49

 

Prep: Graduated from Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2022

 

Off the Track: Daughter of Aaron and Michelle Spence… majoring in Elementary Education

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-2025Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2025-26Junior

    Distance

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