CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Cross Country:
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 9th all time in the 6,000m - 19:35.2 - Viking Rust Buster (9/7/19)
Outdoor:
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 3rd all time in the 2k steeplechase - 6:20 - Teddy Twilight (3/3/18)
- Ranks 5th all time in the 3k steeplechase - 9:20.74 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/27/18)
PERSONAL BESTS:
Cross Country:
6,000m - 19:35.2 -
Viking Rust Buster (9/7/19)
8,000m - 26:11.4 - Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational (9/30/17)
10,000m - 34:32.0 - NCAA West Regional (11/11/16)
Indoor:
Mile - 4:28.67 - Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/13/18)
3,000m - 9:00.08 - Bronco Invitational (1/20/18)
Outdoor:
800m - 2:03.3 - 2016 (PSU Best: 2:03.47 - Pelluer Invitational, 4/14/18)
1,500m - 4:07.48 - Pelluer Invitational (4/14/18)
5,000m - 15:34.50 - L&C Spring Break Open (3/17/18)
2,000m Steeplechase - 6:20 - Teddy Twilight (3/3/18)
3,000m Steeplechase - 9:20.74 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/27/18)
2019 CROSS COUNTRY:
Set a new 6k personal best with his finish in 19:35.2 at the Viking Rust Buster (9/7)...Moved up to ninth all time in the 6k with his finish at the Viking Rust Buster.
Date
|
Meet (Distance)
|
PSU Finish
|
Overall Finish
|
Time
|
| 9/7 |
Viking Rust Buster (6k) |
4th |
22nd |
19:35.2 |
| 10/5 |
Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) |
13th |
104th |
27:51.5 |
2019 OUTDOOR:
Did not compete during the season.
2019 INDOOR:
Ran the 3,000 meters in 9:46.54 at the season-opening Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12).
2018 OUTDOOR:
Moved up to fifth all time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while shaving close to 47 seconds off his personal best with his time of 9:20.74 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/27-28)...Set a new personal best in the 1,500 meters with his finish in 4:07.48 at the Pelluer Invitational (4/13-14)...Ran his first 3,000-meter steeplechase at the SF State Distance Carnival (3/30-31), finishing in 10:07.73...Shaved close to 50 seconds off his personal best in the 5,000 meters at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16-17), finishing in 15:34.50...Moved up to third all time in the 2,000-meter steeplechase with his finish in 6:20 at the Teddy Twilight (3/3).
2018 INDOOR:
Shaved 15 seconds off his personal best in the 3,000 meters with a finish in 9:00.08 at the Bronco Invitational (1/20)...Set a 13-second personal best in the mile while finishing in 4:28.67 at the Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/12-13).
2017 CROSS COUNTRY:
Set an 8k personal best with his time of 26:11.4 at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational (9/30)...Placed a career-best third in the Vikings' lineup at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invite.
Date
|
Meet (Distance)
|
PSU Finish
|
Overall Finish
|
Time
|
| 9/30 |
Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational (8k) |
3rd |
38th |
26:11.4 |
| 10/14 |
Bronco Invitational (8k) |
7th |
134th |
26:20.5 |
| 10/28 |
Big Sky Championships (8k) |
7th |
86th |
28:17.8 |
| 11/10 |
NCAA West Regional (10k) |
7th |
201st |
34:33.4 |
2017 OUTDOOR:
Knocked a second off his personal best in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:23.18 at the Linfield Open (5/6)...Shaved close to six seconds off his personal best in the 1,500 meters with his finish in 4:10.96 at the Triton Invitational (4/22)...Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:22.58 at the John Knight Twilight (4/7)...Made his 5,000-meter debut as a Viking at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival (3/31), finishing in 16:24.22...Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:16.52 while opening his outdoor season at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/17-18).
2017 INDOOR:
Ran the mile in 4:41.79 at the Cougar Indoor Invitational (2/4)...Made his indoor track debut at the Idaho Duals (2/3), finishing the 3,000 meters in 9:15.34.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY:
Competed at all six meets during the season...Finished as high as fourth in the Vikings' lineup at the NCAA West Regional (11/11)...Set personal bests in the 6,000 meters (20:05.2), 8,000 meters (26:33.7) and 10,000 meters (34:32.0) at the John Frank Oregon State Invitational (9/3), Bronco Invitational (10/15) and NCAA West Regional (11/11), respectively.
Date
|
Meet (Distance)
|
PSU Finish
|
Overall Finish
|
Time
|
| 9/3 |
John Frank Oregon State Invitational (6k) |
5th |
36th |
20:05.2 |
| 9/17 |
Sundodger Invitational (8k) |
8th |
52nd |
27:07.30 |
| 10/1 |
Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) |
6th |
69th |
26:35.4 |
| 10/15 |
Bronco Invitational (8k) |
7th |
156th |
26:33.7 |
| 10/28 |
Big Sky Championships (8k) |
6th |
74th |
27:30 |
| 11/11 |
NCAA West Regional (10k) |
4th |
188th |
34:32.0 |
ARROYO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL:
Second-team all-league in cross country as a senior in 2015…Helped his track team win a league title as a senior in 2016…Captained his cross country and track & field teams…Named his cross country team’s most dedicated athlete as a junior in 2014…Named his cross country team’s most improved athlete in 2013…Won the U.S. Army National Scholar Athlete award as a senior in 2016…Earned a Coke Scholarship as a senior in 2016.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Son of Charlene Pech and Jeff Boomsma…Has a brother, Nathan Pech, and a sister, Kori Pech…Lists playing video games, recording YouTube videos, computers and modern technology as hobbies/interests…Hopes to work in the video game industry or in online entertainment for his career…Plans on majoring in computer science with a minor in graphic design.
