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- Hometown:
- Des Moines, Iowa
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Carlisle
Bio
Honors & Awards
- One-time letterwinner (2024)
2024 | freshman
- Competed in all six races
- Recorded a season-high 12th place finish at the Bill Buxton Invitational
- Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:40.3 at the A-R-C Championships
High School
- Graduated in 2024 from Carlisle High School
- Second Team All-State Cross Country (2023)
- First Team All-Conference RRC
- State qualifier in the 1600m and 4x800 (2024)
- Academic All-State in Cross Country and Track
- Three-year letter winner in Cross Country and Track
- Graduated Salutatorian
- National Honor Society Member
- Small Town National Recognition
- AP Scholar Award
- Math League State Qualifier (2022)
Personal
- Parents are Chad and Nataly De Cleene
- Has five siblings, Judah, Justus, Eve, Selah, and Hadd
- Majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics
- Also a member of the Storm track and field team
News Mentions
Leggett and Johnson pace Storm for seventh place finish at NCAA Regionals
Led by Cole Leggett and James Johnson’s top-30 performances, the Simpson men’s cross country team took seventh overall at the NCAA...
November 15, 2025
Johnson and Leggett earn All-Conference; lead Simpson to fourth at A-R-C Championships
With top-20 finishes, James Johnson, and Cole Leggett were named A-R-C All-Conference performers, leading the Storm to a fourth place finish at...
November 1, 2025
Engler guides Storm to fifth place finish at Bradley Pink Classic
As the season moves forward, Drew Engler continues to impress, setting a new personal record and leading Simpson to a fifth place finish at the...
October 17, 2025
Storm come up big at Dan Huston Invitational
The Simpson men’s cross country refused to slow down, racing a second place finish, including wins over four regionally ranked opponents, at...
October 4, 2025
Johnson claims individual title, Storm take second at Les Duke Invite
Nobody could catch the sophomore as James Johnson won the Les Duke Invitational on Saturday, outpacing the second place finisher by nearly seven...
September 13, 2025
Men's cross country tabbed seventh in preseason coaches regional poll
For the fourth straight year, the Simpson College men’s cross country team enters the season ranked in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross...
August 26, 2025
