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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Nathan Kent

  • Class Junior
  • Position Sprints
  • Height 6-3
  • Hometown Rocklin, Calif.
  • High School Rocklin

Biography

Career Performance List / Football Bio

Career Honors:
2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier 
(400m - Outdoor)
2024 Second-Team All-American (400m - Outdoor)
2024 NCAA Championship Qualifier (400m - Outdoor)
2024 NCAA East Regional Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 NCAA East Regional Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2024 Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet (Indoor) / (Outdoor)
2023 Patriot League Men’s Rookie of the Meet (Outdoor)
2024 Patriot League Champion (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 Patriot League Champion (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2024 First-Team All-Patriot League (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 First Team All-Patriot League (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 Second Team All-Patriot League (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor)
2024 IC4A Men’s Most Outstanding Performer
2024 IC4A All-East (200m - Outdoor Champion) / (400m - Outdoor Champion)
2023 IC4A All-East (400m - Outdoor Champion) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor Champion)

2023-24 (Sophomore Season): HONORS:  Olympic Trials Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) ... Second-Team All-American (400m - Outdoor) … NCAA Championship Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) … NCAA Regional Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … IC4A Champion (200m - Outdoor) / (400m - Outdoor) … 2024 Patriot League Indoor and Outdoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet … Patriot League Champion (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … First-Team All-Patriot League (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … Indoor: Named the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet after winning three events at the conference championship… Placed first in the 200m (20.88), 400m (46.83) and 4x400m Relay (3:11.04) … Set a new school record in the 200m with his time at conference and broke the Patriot League Championship 400m meet record … Claimed victories in the 200m (21.22) and 400m (47.45) at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet. Outdoor: Competed in the Olympic Team Trials in the 400m where he set a program record with a time of 45.32 in the semifinals ... Garnered Second-Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400m for placing 13th in the race (45.85) … Clocked in the second-best 400m time in school history (45.69) at the NCAA East Regional to qualify for nationals … Also a member of the 4x400m relay team that broke the program record at regionals with a time of 3:04.59 … Was named the IC4A Men’s Most Outstanding Performer for winning the 200m (21.06) and 400m (46.41) … Earned the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet accolade for winning three events at the conference championship … Claimed first place in the 200m (20.98), 400m (47.26) and 4x400m Relay (3:09.76) … Posted victories in the 200m (20.84) and 400m (47.31) at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet … Set a new school record in the 100m at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational with a time of 10.35.
 
2022-23 (Freshman Season): HONORS: NCAA East Regional Qualifier (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … Patriot League Men’s Rookie of the Meet (Outdoor) ... Patriot League Champion (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (4x400m Relay - Indoor) / (200m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (200m - Indoor) / (400m - Outdoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor) … (400m - Outdoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … INDOOR: Placed second in the 200m with a time of 21.42 at the Patriot League Championship … Ran the 10th-fastest 200m in Navy history (21.39) in the preliminary race at the conference championship … Took third place in the 400m at the league championship by posting the ninth-best time in school history at 47.44 … Helped 4x400m relay team with the event at the Patriot League Championship by breaking the Navy and Patriot League record at 3:10.96 … Placed second in the 400m at the Army-Navy Star meet with a time of 49.46 … Member of 4x400m relay team that posted third-best time in school history (3:11.93) at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational … OUTDOOR: Won the 200m at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 21.17 … Placed second in the 400m at the conference championship with a time of 47.81 … Helped 4x400m relay team finish in first place with a time of 3:10.79 and 4x100m relay team place second with the eighth-best time in school history at 40.46 … Claimed the 400m title at the IC4A / ECAC Championship with a time of 46.38 and competed in the 4x400m relay to help Navy win with a program record time of 3:06.87 to qualify for the NCAA East Regionals in both events … Posted the 10th-fastest 400m (46.47) in the 400m preliminaries at the East Regionals … Won the 200m at the Army-Navy Star Meet with a season-best time of 21.16

High School
2022 graduate of Rocklin High School in Rocklin, Calif ... Earned varsity letters in track & field (4) football (3) ... Set school records his junior year in the 100, 200 and 400 meters ... Garnered Third-Team All-State (Calif.) football honors senior year ... A First-Team CIF
Sac-Joaquin Section selection and he was named the league’s offensive MVP ... Was a member of The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps

Personal
Son of Roosevelt Jr. and Maura Kent ... Father, Roosevelt Jr., was a three-time NAIA All-American jumper for the Azusa Pacific track & field team (1983-86) ... He was less than a foot away from winning a national championship in the triple jump, finishing as runner-up with a leap of 49-feet, 4-inches. He was Azusa Pacific’s first NAIA All-American in the triple jump ... Mother, Maura, was also a member of Azusa Pacific’s track & field team (1983-86) ... Also plays wide receiver for the Navy football team

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints
    6'3"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'3"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
    6'3"