Kenton Bachmann

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Knoxville, TN
High School:
Hardin Valley Academy

Career Records

Awards
2021 All-ACC First Team (Indoor)
2021 ACC Academic Team (Indoor)

Top 10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 2 - DMR (Indoor) – 9:38.52
No. 4 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:40.54
INo. 3 – 600m (Indoor) – 1:20.46
No. 4 – 800m (Indoor) – 1:48.84
No. 6 – 800m (Outdoor) – 1:49.11

Collegiate PR
300 – 37.16
600 – 1:20.46
800 – 1:48.84
1000 – 2:29.38
1500 – 3:56.46
Mile – 4:22.96

2022 (Senior)
Outdoor: Placed 12th at the ACC Outdoor Championship in the 800m ... Grabbed a top-10 finish at the Virginia Challenge ... Received two seventh place finishes at the Duke Invite in the 800m and 4x400m ... Won the 800m event at the Charlotte 49er Classic.

Indoor: Collected his first collegiate 600m win at the Mondo College Invitational running a (1:22.94)...Set a new PR in the 1000m (2:29.38) at the Hokie Invitational…Took first place in the DMR (9:53.42) at the Bob Pollock Invitational.

2021 (Junior)
Outdoor: Began the season setting a new PR in the 1500m (3:56.46) at the Raleigh Relays…tallied three separate top-three finishes in the 800m…Finished 16th at the ACC Championships in the 800m…Placed 23rd in the 800m at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round

Indoor: Set two new collegiate PR’s in the 300m (37.16) and the 600m (1:20.46) at the Hokie Invitational…Collected six top-ten finishes during the season… Placed seventh in the 800m (1:48.84) in the 2021 Indoor ACC Championships.

2020 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Distance runner who won the mile at the JDL Early Bird Invitational with a 4:22.96 … Had a season-best 1:51.45 in the 800m at the Iowa State Classic (2/14) … Took third in the 800 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/25)...Finished the season with a sixth place finish in the DMR at the ACC Championships.

2019 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Ran at six meets for the Deacs...made his collegiate debut at the Charlotte 49er Classic and finished 10th in the 800m (Mar. 14-16)...took seventh in the 800m at the High Point Vertklasse (Mar. 21-23) and helped the men's 4x400m relay to a third-place finish...member of men's 4x400m and 1600SMR teams at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 29-30)...finished sixth in the 800m at the Charlotte Invite (Apr. 12-13)...Also ran in 800m at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 19-20) and Liberty Qualifier (May 1).

High School
Earned four letters in cross country and four letters in track and Hardin Valley Academy…Earned All-American status in the 4x400m relay at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 2018…Two-time state indoor champion in the 800m…Member of the state champion 4x400m relay team in 2018…State outdoor and indoor runner-up in the 800m in 2018…Three-time indoor state champion in the 4x400m relay…Earned All-State honors a combined 12 times in individual and relay events…2018 All-Metro Cross Country Team…Three-time All-Conference in cross country and twice in track and field.

Personal
Son of Jay and Valerie Bachmann…Born Dec. 8, 1999…Chose Wake Forest over Tennessee and Georgetown…Mother ran cross country and track & field at Tennessee from 1986-1990…Father played football at the University of Iowa from 1979-1982...Major is undeclared.