2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Brenna Barkley

Paul Knight

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Durango, Colo.
  • Highschool Durango
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering (B.S.) / Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: Received a B.S. in quantitative biosciences & engineering in May 2025. Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (5,000m) .... USTFCCCA All-Region (5,000m) … Second-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) … Competed in four indoor meets primarily running the 5,000m … Finished 11th in the 5K at the NCAA Championships in 14:02.34 … Was fifth at the RMAC Championships in 14:55 … Qualified for nationals thanks to a career-best 13:43.17 5K at the Terrier Classic in Boston … Opened the season running the mile in 4:09.48 and the 3,000m in 8:28.62 at the Colorado Classic. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (10,000m) … First-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) … Second-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) … USTFCCCA All-Region (10,000m) … Competed in four outdoor meets, running the 5,000m and 10,000m … Set a personal best in the 10K of 28:38.87 at the Stanford Invitational to qualify for nationals … Finished ninth in the 10K at the NCAA Championships in 30:40.22 … Won the RMAC silver medal in the 5K at 14:53.46 and scored with a fourth-place 10K showing of 30:55.34 … Ran a season-best 5K time of 13:58.70 at the Bryan Clay Invite.

2023-24: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (5K) …First-Team All-RMAC (5K) … Ran the 3K and 5K indoors, qualifying for NCAA Indoor Championships in both … At nationals, finished 11th in the 5K in 14:10.18, and 13th in the 3K in a career-best 8:20.51 … RMAC Championships silver medalist in the 5K, finishing in 14:23.36 … Also scored in the 3K finishing eighth in 8:32.86 … Ran a career-best 3K of 8:26.04 at the Mines Winter Classic, and finished the 5K in 14:10.42 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (5K and 10K) … Competed in four meets in the 5,000m and 10,000m … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10K … Scored in both events at the RMAC Championships, running a fifth-place 30:31.24 10K and sixth-place 14:40.18 5K … Ran PRs in both during the season, clocking 29:55.79 in the 10K at the Dan Caprioglio Invite and 13:57.43 in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invite … At the NCAA Championships, finished 14th in 31:01.04.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Competed twice during the indoor season, running in the mile (4:20.93) at the Colorado Invitational and then running a 14:08.35 5,000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Boston … His 5K time ranks eighth on the Mines all-time top-10 performance list. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (10,000m) … Qualified for nationals with a 30:13.87 10K at the Mines Mini Meet … Ran an eighth-place 30:19.92 at NCAA Outdoors in Pueblo to land on the podium in eighth.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track & field and cross country at Durango High School in Colorado ... Recorded a pair of top-25 finishes at the state cross country championships, taking 10th and 11th in different years ... Also took ninth in the state in the 3,200-meter run during the track season ... Career times feature a 4:20.6 at altitude in the 1,600-meter run and 9:26.6 at altitude in the 3,200-meter run ... Top cross country time was 15:28.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

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