TFRRS PROFILE
2024
• Appeared in six meets and had two top 10 finishes
• Earned personal best times in the 10k (30:41.43) and the 3000 (8:27.53)
• Placed 8th in 10k at the PacWest Championships (31:55.18)
• Placed 22nd in 5000 at the PacWest Championships (15:46.26)
• Highest finish was 5th in the 3000m run at the Golden Eagle Invite
2023
• Academic All-PacWest
• Appeared in six meets
• Two top 10 finishes, highest finish was sixth in the mile at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (4:18.02)
• Finished 7th in 10k at PacWest T&F Championships (31:23.09)
• Fifteenth-best in the PacWest Conference in the 5000 (14:43.77) and 12th-best in 10K (31:09.77)
• Achieved three additional personal bests in the 1500 (4:10.39), 5000 (14:43.77) and mile (4:18.02)
2022
• Appeared in six meets
• Achieved personal bests in the 10K (30:51.61), 800 (2:00.55), and 3000 (8:26.09)
• Finished 7th in the 5000 at the PacWest T&F Championships with a time of 15:04.57
2021
• Appeared in four meets during his first year with the Eagles
• Highest finish was eighth in the 10K at the PacWest Track & Field Championships (33:59.55)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped three varsity seasons at La Serna High School, graduating in 2020
• Part of a Del Rio League Championship cross country team in 2019 and two league champion track teams
• Helped the Lancers finish sixth at the CIF Division 1 Southern Section Finals in cross country
• Set the three-mile and 5k school record as a senior and earned Del Rio League runner of the year
• Named his cross country team's most valuable runner and First Team All-Del Rio League as a junior
• Recognized on the honor roll and with a "Be Your Best" award multiple times
• Graduated with a seal of biliteracy
PERSONAL
• Born October 12, 2002 to Gina and Jeremy Baltzer
• Has one younger sibling, Jayce
• Majoring in kinesiology with the hopes of becoming a physical therapist
• Enjoys photography, playing guitar and reading comics
• Favorite Bible Verse: Hebrews 11:1
• Why I Chose Biola: "To not only continue my education and running career, but to continue to grow stronger in my faith and have a closer relationship to God."
