Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Montana

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Tanner Klumph

Distance runner
SENTINEL HS
MISSOULA, MONTANA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:56.21

Class AA state meet (individual)

2nd

Class AA state meet (team)

128th

Eastbay West Regional Championships
“Tanner is very open when it comes to his training and is always willing to learn and absorb as much information as possible. He’s a hard worker.”
Diego Hammett
Head Coach - head coach of Sentinel High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 155-pound senior won the Class AA state meet this past season with a time of 15:56.21, breaking the tape 10.88 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Spartans to a second-place finish as a team. Klumph clocked the state’s best 5K time of 2021 with 15:40.66 to win the Coaches Invite in the season’s opening race. He also won the Runner’s Edge Missoula City Meet and crossed the line 128th at the Eastbay West Regional Championships.

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Academic Achievement

Klumph has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Minnesota this fall.

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Exemplary Character

President of the Sentinel High National Honor Society, Klumph has played the string bass since he was in the fifth grade. He has volunteered locally as a youth tutor and track coach, and has also donated his time on behalf of multiple community service initiatives through his church youth group.