Lucas Bons
Distance
Ht
6'
1"
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Dublin, 
Ohio
Last School
Dublin Coffman HS
Roster Years
2021


Personal

  • Parents are Jeffrey and Rebecca Bons
  • Has five siblings
  • Sister, Clarissa Bons Whiting competed for BYU track and field, cross country (2013-14)
  • Also recruited by Georgetown, Ohio State and Stanford
  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Mission: Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan West (2018-20)
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction
  • Fun Fact: can snap, whistle and raise one eyebrow all at the same time

Before BYU

  • Personal Bests: 1:53.91 (800m), 4:09.25 (1600m), 9:08.60 (3200m)
  • Runner-up in the 1600m at the 2018 OHSAA DI State Championships
  • Five-time all-Ohio selection in cross country and track (2015-18)
  • Ohio outdoor 4x800 relay state champion (2014)
  • Academic all-Ohioan (2015-18)

Stats

Indoor Personal Bests
Time Event Meet
1:53.76 800m 2021 Air Force Invitational
3:55.45 Mile 2021 Husky Classic
8:34.39 3000m 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor II

 

Outdoor Personal Bests
Time Event Meet
1:49.74 800m 2021 Hayward Premiere
3:37.68 1500m 2021 Fresno State West Coast Relays
3:59.28 Mile 2021 BYU Robison Invitational

Career Stats

Men's Cross Country Athlete Profile

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2021

Indoor (2021) 

  • Finished ninth in the men’s mile final at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:01.96, garnering All-America Second Team honors. 
  • Recorded the second-best men’s Mile time in school history with a 3:55.45to finish second and set a new personal best at the Husky Classic. 
  • Finished second in the men’s 3000m with a personal-best time of 8:34.39 at the BYU Cougar Indoor II. 
  • Finished second in the men’s 800m with a personal-best time of 1:53.76 at the Air Force Invitational. 

Outdoor (2021) 

  • Recorded the third-best men’s 1500m time in program history with a 3:37.68 to finish third at the Fresno State West Coast Relays. 
  • Took third in the men’s 800m with a personal-best time of 1:49.74 at the Hayward Premiere. 
  • Took second in the men’s mile with a personal-best time of 3:59.28 at the BYU Robison Invitational. 

Overall

  • Received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors 
Sophmore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



  • Doug Padilla, Lucas Bons, Casey Clinger - 2021 Robison Invitational

    Doug Padilla, Lucas Bons, Casey Clinger - 2021 Robison Invitational

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    2021 Y-Awards
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    Nine Cougars move up BYU Top 10 board

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    Nine Cougars move up BYU Top 10 board