Bryce Hoppel

CAREER RESULTS

2019 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Continued his 2019 winning streak with a first place finish in the 800-meter run at the Texas Relays (3/27-3/30), clocking in with a time of 1:48.94 in his first outdoor meet of the year … Won his seventh-straight 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.69 at the Battle on the Bayou (4/6), finished first in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:47.98 and was a member of the third place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:10.64 … Won the 800-meter run with a time 1:49.10 and the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:48.36 and was a member of the second-place finishing 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:10.58 at the 92nd Kansas Relays (4/17-20) … Extended his individual race winning streak to 13 with a victory in the 800-meter run at the National Relay Championships (4/26-4/27), setting a meet record and a facility record with his time of 1:45.87.

2019 INDOOR (Jr.)
Recorded a first place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.10 and finished first in the one-mile run with a time of 4:16.57 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) … A member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team that posted a combined time of 3:16.19 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) … Set a meet record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.44, which was the No. 9 performance in KU history and was a member of the third-place 4×400-meter relay that finished with a combined time of 3:13.17 at the Texas Tech Open (2/1-2/2) … Won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.10 at the ISU Classic (2/8-2/9), posting the No. 7 performance in KU history … Earned two Big 12 championships, winning the 800-meter run with a personal-best and school-record breaking time of 1:46.84 and winning as a member of the distance medley that finished with a combined time of 9:57.78 and finished third in the 4×400-meter relay with a combined time of 3:10.23 … Won the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/8-9) 800-meter run title, clocking a school record time of 1:46.46 to become the first KU men’s athlete to win an indoor title in the event … Ran what was then the No. 8 time in school history in the prelims of the 800 at the NCAA Indoor Championships, hitting the line in 1:48.30 to post the top qualifying time.

2018 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Finished seventh for the Jayhawks and 13th overall in the men’s 6K race at the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) with a time of 20:05.1 … Placed 29th in the men’s 8K at the Rim Rock Classic (9/29) with a time of 25:45.5 … Finished 75th in the unseeded men’s 8K at the Pre-National Invitational (10/13) with a time of 27:45.31 … KU’s seventh finisher and 32nd finisher overall at the Big 12 Championship (10/26), clocking in with a time of 25:28.4.

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished third in the invitational section of the 800-meter run at the Texas Relays (3/28-31) with a time of 1:48.69 … Won the quadrangular section 800-meter run at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a time of 1:49.82 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed second with a time of 3:06.97 … Won the 800 meters a the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) with a time of 1:48.64 and was a member of the 4×800-meter relay team that placed sixth with a combined time of 7:42.90 … Clocked a time of 1:49.69 in the final of the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) to place fourth and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that also placed fourth with a time of 3:05.65 … Qualified for the NCAA Championships by placing sixth in the quarterfinal of the 800-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a personal-best time of 1:47.93 to become the No. 8 performer in school history in the event … Also helped the 4×400-meter relay team qualify for the NCAA Championships by placing 12th at the West Prelims with a combined time of 3:06.12 … Became the No. 5 performer in school history in the 800 meters in the semifinal round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) by posting the top time of 1:46.90, qualifying him for the finals … Earned First Team All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the final of the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships with a personal-best time of 1:45.67 to become the No. 2 performer in school history … Also earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 15th-place 4×400-meter relay team.

2018 INDOOR (So.)
Opened his season at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) where he posted wins in the 800-meter run (1:52.99) and the mile run (4:10.67) … Notched victories in the 800 meters (1:52.13) and the mile (4:09.95) at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed fourth with a time of 3:16.42 … Became the No. 4 performer in KU indoor history at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) in the 800 meters, clocking in at 1:48.36, which was also the fourth-fastest indoor time at KU at the time … Clocked the second-fastest time in Kansas history in the 800 meters at the ISU Classic (2/9-10) with a time of 1:47.09 to win the event … A member of the distance medley relay that recorded the 10th-fastest time in school history at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17), where the team clocked a time of 9:45.62 … Won the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) in the 800 meters, clocking in with the third-fastest time in KU indoor history of 1:47.20 and was a member of the distance medley relay team that placed fourth with a time of 9:53.39 … Qualified for the 800-meter run final at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) by posting the sixth-fastest time in KU history in the prelims at 1:47.96 … Earned First Team All-America honors with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters.

2017 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.)
Earned Academic All-Big 12 Honors … Opened the season with a 17th place finish at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) where he completed the 6K in 21:09.6 … Saw a 21st place finish and 8K time of 26:44.8 at the Rim Rock Farm Collegiate Classic (9/30) … Competed at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) where he placed 172nd in the men’s 8K unseeded race in 26:55.8 … Took 45th place with an 8K time of 25:11.7 at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) … His 10K time of 31:47.1 landed him with a 150th place finish at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships.

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Posted a third-place finish at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round (5/25-27) in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.16 … Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) with a time of 1:52.33 … Won the 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) clocking in at 1:50.73.

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Finished second as a member of the distance medley relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 9:47.44 … Posted a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championship with a season-best time of 1:48.82 … Contributed to a first-place victory by the 4×400-meter relay team at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11) with a time of 3:08.18.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Claimed 800-meter title at the 2016 Texas 6A State Track & Field Championships with a time of 1:49.67 … Finished his senior campaign undefeated in the 800 meters … His career best in the 800 meters came at the 2016 Texas Track & Field Coaches Association (TTFCA) Inaugural Meet of Champions with his time of 1:49.58, good for a first-place finish … Runner-up in the 800 meters at the 2015 Texas State meet with a time of 1:53.24 … Third-place finisher in the 1,600 meters at the 2016 Texas State meet with a time of 4:10.51 … Broke school records in the 800 meters (1:49.67), 1,600 meters (4:10.51) and 3 miles (14:54.00) … In cross country, his fastest 5K outing came at the 2015 Odessa Invitational when he finished in 15:39.96 and claimed fourth place overall … Graduated in the top 10 of his high school class.

PERSONAL
Son of Monty and Rita Hoppel … Has two older siblings, Kelsey and Megan … His father, Monty, is the Midland Rockhounds Baseball General Manager … His sister, Kelsey, played basketball for Lubbock Christian University from 2011-16 … Majoring in mechanical engineering … Aspires to become an engineer and travel the world.