Pepperdine University Athletics

Honors and Awards:
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (Silver) — 2024-25

PEPPERDINE XC 2025 (SO): Finished second in the Waves Invite (8/29) with a time of 17.54.2

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2025 (FR): Broke Pepperdine's school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a promising true freshman season ... Competed in 10 outdoor track meets ... Ran the third-fastest 1,500 meter  time in program history at the Oxy Invitational (5/3) with his time of 3:52.77 ... Broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/16) with his time of 9:07.84 ... Ran the seventh-fastest 5K time in program history at the AstroAI Distance Classic (3/8) where he ran a time of 14:34.58 ... Made his collegiate debut at the Wesmont Sunshine Open (2/8), where he ran the second-fastest 3K time in program history with a time of 8:24.15.

PEPPERDINE XC 2024 (FR): Had a promising debut season by breaking into the program's top-20 leaderboards in the 8-kilometer (25:00.3, 19th) and 10-kilometer (32:02.1, 15th) distances ... Was a scoring runner in all six races, including both postseason races ... Broke 26 minutes in his first collegiate 8K at the Pacific Invite (9/20) with his time of 25:52.2 ... Was Pepperdine's second runner at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/4) with his time of 25:08.9 ... Ran his season-best time of 25:00.3 at the Highlander Invitational (10/19), which was good for 31st place ... Was Pepperdine's fourth runner at the WCC Championships (11/2) ... Ran the program's 15th-fastest time in program history in his 10K debut at the NCAA West Regional (11/15) with his time of 32:02.1).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School located in Brooklyn, New York in 2024 … lettered all four years in high school … Specializes in long distance … Holds indoor school record for 5,000-meter run and 3,200-meter run … State champion 3,000-meter steeplechase … Second team All-American 2,000-meter steeplechase … #2 3,000-meter steeplechase time in the nation … Holds nine school records … All-American 4x1 mile 

PERSONAL: Born in Austin, Texas … Son of Amber and Logan Gentry … Brother to Mya and Calvin … Chose Pepperdine because “I'm a Christian, and the values of the school matched with mine. It's small, which I like because of how large my HS was. I felt like I matched with the people on the team, and it is such a beautiful spot.”

FAVORITES: Hobbies include games with friends and family … Sports hero is Charles Olivera … Favorites include Yared Nuguse (athlete) … New York Yankees (team) … Reason for God (book) … Megamind (movie) … Survivor (TV Show) … Tame Impala (artist) … Sushi (food) … MMA (sport)