Bio

Honors & Awards

• Three-time letterwinner (2021,22, 24)

2024 | senior

• Ran in four races over the year
• Finished with a season-best time of 28:39.0 at the A-R-C Championships

2023 | junior

• Did not compete in XC

2022 | sophomore

• Ran in five races on the year
• Set a career-best in the 8k at the Platte River Rumble with a time of 27:16.1
• Placed eighth on the team at the Les Duke Invitational

2021 | freshman

• Participated in five races his first year
• Finished 19th overall at the Bill Buxton Invitational with a time of 21:15.3

High School

• A 2021 graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School
• Two-time regional qualifier in cross country
• Team captain as a junior and senior
• Earned four letters in cross country and track and field
• Member of National Honor Society

Personal

• Son of Lisa Render and Brad Gardner
• Has a brother, Charlie
• Majoring in economics: finance