Bio

Honors & Awards

• One-time A-R-C All-Academic (2024)
• Two-time letterwinner (2023, 24)

2024 | sophomore

• Competed in five races
• Recorded a season-high 37th place finish at the Bill Buxton Invitational
• Ran a season-best 8K time of 28:31.0 at the A-R-C Championships

2023 | freshman

• Saw action in five races
• Ran his best 8k time at the A-R-C Championship in 29:11.2

High School

• A 2023 graduate of Southeast Valley High School
• Six-time Twin Lakes Conference Champion (two cross country, four track)
• Six-time state qualifier in track and field
• State cross country qualifier in 2022
• Student Council President
• Three-time Most Outstanding Attorney in Iowa Governor’s Mock Trial Series
• Part of the National Honor Society

Personal

• Son of Travis and Bethany Rippentrop-Nuss
• Has one brother, Owen
• Majoring in chemistry with a minor in education studies
• Also a member of the Storm track and field team