2020 Cross Country Roster
Bent, Holly
Holly Bent
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Colo.
- High School:
- Monarch
Bio
2020: Did not compete.
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2019: Just missed All-America honors at NCAAs, finishing 43rd in 20:54.0 ... she was the second Buff to finish the race and helped CU finish 10th overall ... was 21st overall at the Mountain Regional, CU’s No. 3, to earn her first all-region nod ... recorded All-Pac-12 Second Team honors with a 14th-place finish at the conference championship ... CU finished fourth in the team race and she was the second Buff to finish ... was the sixth CU harrier to finish at pre-nationals, finishing 51st overall ... started the season with an individual win at the Wyoming Invitational.
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2018: Earned a spot on the varsity roster as a redshirt freshman, gradually improving throughout the season ... was fifth overall at the Wyoming Invitational, which earned her a spot on the roster for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, where the CU women recorded a huge team win; she was 79th overall as CU’s seventh runner...was the Buffs second scorer two weeks later at pre-nationals, finishing 58th overall ... the postseason started off well as she placed 22nd at the Pac-12 Championship, which was the highest finish of any freshman in the race and earned her the title of Pac-12 Freshman of the Year...served as the alternate at regionals, but was back racing at NCAAs, finishing 80th overall as CU’s seventh runner...CU won the NCAA team title, defeating New Mexico 65-103.
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2017: Redshirt ... did not complete.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Raced four seasons for Monarch High School, lettering every season...placed 13th at the Colorado High School Athletic Association 5A State Championships after an 11th place finish at regionals as a senior...was also 12th at the Front Range League Championships...qualified for the Nike Cross Country Regional Championships where she finished 52nd overall ... had a very successful season as a sophomore, winning the state regional meet en route to a fourth-place finish at the state championship ... recorded three personal records in 2017 on the track ... clocked 2:15.60 in the 800-meters, 5:05.94 in the 1,600 and 10:54.62 in the 3,200 ... competed in all three events at the state championships, clocking a fifth-place finish in the 1,600 (with her PR time of 5:05.94) and a 10th-place finish in the 800, finishing just under her PR (2:16.88) ... earned academic all-league honors all four years.
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HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:15.60; 1,600-meters: 5:05.94; 3,200-meters: 10:54.62.
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IN THE CLASSROOM: Majoring in media production … minoring in Spanish and political science ...  GPA greater than 3.0 ... named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2018.
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PERSONAL: Holly Frances Bent ... born December 21, 1998 in Sydney, Australia ... daughter of Robert Bent and Nicole Harden-Bent ... father was a goalkeeper in the Scottish professional league ... is bilingual (Spanish and English) and has four passports (United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom) ... enjoys skiing, traveling, camping and writing children’s books ... spent one summer teaching English to children at the School of Hope in Jocotenango, Guatemala.
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2019: Just missed All-America honors at NCAAs, finishing 43rd in 20:54.0 ... she was the second Buff to finish the race and helped CU finish 10th overall ... was 21st overall at the Mountain Regional, CU’s No. 3, to earn her first all-region nod ... recorded All-Pac-12 Second Team honors with a 14th-place finish at the conference championship ... CU finished fourth in the team race and she was the second Buff to finish ... was the sixth CU harrier to finish at pre-nationals, finishing 51st overall ... started the season with an individual win at the Wyoming Invitational.
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2018: Earned a spot on the varsity roster as a redshirt freshman, gradually improving throughout the season ... was fifth overall at the Wyoming Invitational, which earned her a spot on the roster for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, where the CU women recorded a huge team win; she was 79th overall as CU’s seventh runner...was the Buffs second scorer two weeks later at pre-nationals, finishing 58th overall ... the postseason started off well as she placed 22nd at the Pac-12 Championship, which was the highest finish of any freshman in the race and earned her the title of Pac-12 Freshman of the Year...served as the alternate at regionals, but was back racing at NCAAs, finishing 80th overall as CU’s seventh runner...CU won the NCAA team title, defeating New Mexico 65-103.
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2017: Redshirt ... did not complete.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Raced four seasons for Monarch High School, lettering every season...placed 13th at the Colorado High School Athletic Association 5A State Championships after an 11th place finish at regionals as a senior...was also 12th at the Front Range League Championships...qualified for the Nike Cross Country Regional Championships where she finished 52nd overall ... had a very successful season as a sophomore, winning the state regional meet en route to a fourth-place finish at the state championship ... recorded three personal records in 2017 on the track ... clocked 2:15.60 in the 800-meters, 5:05.94 in the 1,600 and 10:54.62 in the 3,200 ... competed in all three events at the state championships, clocking a fifth-place finish in the 1,600 (with her PR time of 5:05.94) and a 10th-place finish in the 800, finishing just under her PR (2:16.88) ... earned academic all-league honors all four years.
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HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:15.60; 1,600-meters: 5:05.94; 3,200-meters: 10:54.62.
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IN THE CLASSROOM: Majoring in media production … minoring in Spanish and political science ...  GPA greater than 3.0 ... named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2018.
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PERSONAL: Holly Frances Bent ... born December 21, 1998 in Sydney, Australia ... daughter of Robert Bent and Nicole Harden-Bent ... father was a goalkeeper in the Scottish professional league ... is bilingual (Spanish and English) and has four passports (United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom) ... enjoys skiing, traveling, camping and writing children’s books ... spent one summer teaching English to children at the School of Hope in Jocotenango, Guatemala.
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