Holly Bent

Photo by: Shaun Wicen/CU Athletics

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-4
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Louisville, Colo.
High School:
Monarch

2018 NCAA Cross Country Champions

2021: Indoor: Did not compete. (Cross country)
Outdoor: Opened up her season at the Jerry Quiller Classic where she raced the 1500-meters.

2020: Indoor: Raced in the 3000 at the Colorado Invite and Husky Classic ... Ran a personal best 9:27.68 at the Husky Classic ... Raced in the 5000 at the MPSF Championship, finishing as the runner-up in a personal best of 16:12.52.
Outdoor: Canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Indoor: Competed in the Colorado Invitational in the mile with a new personal best of 5:00.70. Also competed at the Husky Classic and finished the 3,000 in 9:45.20.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets outdoors, including setting a personal best in the 5,000 of 16:40.95 at the Stanford Invitational. Ran a personal best in the 1,500 at the Colorado Invitation in 4:36.32. Concluded her season finishing 10th at the Pac-12 Championships in the 10,000 in 35:16.61.

2018: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY:
2019: Took the win at the Wyoming Invite ... was 14th at the Pac-12 Championships ... Was three places from her first All-American finish as she was 43rd overall at the NCAA Championships.
2018: Earned the title of Pac-12 Freshman of the Year as the highest placing freshman ... Bent served as the alternate at regionals, but was back racing at NCAAs, finishing 80^th overall as CU’s seventh runner as the Buffs won the NCAA team title.
2017: Redshirt. Did not complete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Bent raced four seasons for Monarch High School, lettering all four seasons. As a senior, she placed 13th at the Colorado High School Athletic Association 5A State Championships after an 11th place finish at regionals. Bent was also 12th at the Front Range League Championships. She qualified for the Nike Cross Country Regional Championships where she finished 52nd overall. Bent also had a very successful season as a sophomore, winning the state regional meet en route to a fourth place finish at the state championship. On the track, she recorded three personal records in 2017. She clocked 2:15.60 in the 800-meters, 5:05.94 in the 1,600 and 10:54.62 in the 3,200. Bent 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). Bent was also a good student, earning academic all-league honors all four years. She was also recruited by Cal Poly, New Mexico and Tennessee.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:15.60; 1,600-meters: 5:05.94; 3,200-meters: 10:54.62.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Bent is a journalism major and is minoring in Spanish and political science. Her GPA is above 3.20.

PERSONAL: Holly Frances Bent was born on December 21, 1998 in Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Robert Bent and Nicole Harden-Bent. Her father was a goalkeeper in the Scottish professional league. Bent is bilingual (Spanish and English) and has four passports (United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom). She enjoys skiing, traveling, camping and writing children’s books. Bent also spent one summer teaching English to children at the School of Hope in Jocotenango, Guatemala.