Drew Bosley

Drew Bosley

Personal information
Born	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500m: 3:39.32 (Azusa, 2022) Mile: 3:59.34 (Seattle, 2022) 3000m: 7:36.42 (Boston, 2023) 5000m: 13:13.26 (Boston, 2022) 10,000m: 27:53.48 (Palo Alto, 2025)

Drew Bosley (born 8 October 2000) is an American long-distance and cross country runner. He won three consecutive NCAA cross country titles with Northern Arizona University. In 2023, he was the American collegiate indoors record holder over 3000 metres. ^[1]

Career

Bosley attended Homestead High School in Wisconsin where he won two straight Division I state titles in cross country, before studying at Northern Arizona University from 2019. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bosley was the first finisher for NAU at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championship, ahead of fellow true freshman Cole Hocker and redshirt freshmen Dylan Jacobs and Abdihamid Nur. ^[5] Bosley won his third consecutive NCAA Cross Country team title with Northern Arizona in November 2022, finishing third individually. ^{[6] [5]} The following year, in his final NCAA cross country appearance in 2023, he placed fifth individually as NAU placed second overall. ^[7] In 2023, he ran 7:36.42 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, in Boston, Massachusetts, to set a new indoor collegiate record over 3000 metres, ^[8] although that record was broken the following year by Ethan Strand. ^[9]

Bosley missed most of 2024 with injury and later turned professional, training under Mike Smith with the Nike Swoosh Track Club Flagstaff, based in Flagstaff, Arizona, and placed seventh over 10,000 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June 2025 in Eugene, Oregon. ^{[5] [10] [11]} On 1 November 2025, Bisley placed fifth on the road at the Abbot Dash 5k in New York City. ^[12]

Personal life

His parents, Andy and Laura Bosley, both competed in athletics at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin-Parkside, respectively. His father coached at Homestead High School in Wisconsin and coached Bosley at the junior level. ^{[13] [4]}

References

1. "Drew Bosley". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
2. Mull, Cory (May 11, 2020). "WIAA Champs Retro: Drew Bosley's Distance Double". Mile Split. Retrieved 5 Dec 2025.
3. "NAU Freshman Drew Bosley On Altitude, Donuts & XC Goals". Flotrack.org. 20 Sep 2019. Retrieved 5 Dec 2025.
4. Mull, Cory (12 November 2018). "Drew Bosley Wants To Bring A Title Home". Mile Split. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. Gault, Jonathan (4 December 2025). "2025 USA XC preview: Who will represent Team USA at World XC in Tallahassee?". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
6. Radcliffe, JR (28 Nov 2022). "Homestead High School graduate up to three NCAA DI cross-country team titles, and this one had drama". jsonline. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
7. Stanley, Logan (November 18, 2023). "Second to run: NAU cross-country men, women finish as runners-up in NCAA championships". Cronkite News. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
8. Dutch, Taylor (9 March 2023). "How to Watch the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships". Runners World. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
9. Prevor, Harry (7 December 2024). "Ethan Strand Breaks NCAA Indoor 3K Record At BU Opener". Flotrack. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
10. Hamilton, Brian (27 December 2023). "Mystery in the aspens: How did a running dynasty take root in Flagstaff?". New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
11. "USA Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
12. "Three-Peat For Rodenfels At Abbott Dash-5K In New York - RRW". Runnerspace. 1 Nov 2025. Retrieved 1 Nov 2025.
13. Ciurlik, Declan (January 23, 2018). "It runs in the family". The Highlander Online. Retrieved 5 December 2025.