2027 Track & Field Roster
Vincent Luffey
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Aledo, Texas
- High School:
- Aledo HS
- Major:
- Kinesiology
2025-2026
Cross country – ran in the top-5 for ACU in 5 of the 6 meets on the season. Early in the season, he finished 14th in the UTA Gerald Richey Invitational (3rd ACU finisher) and followed that with a 81st place finish in the Chile Pepper Festival – the 4th best Wildcat finisher. He finished strong as he placed 27th at the WAC Championship as the 3rd best finisher for ACU in a personal best time of 23:56 for an 8K race and placing 76th in the South Central Region race in Fayetteville – the 2nd best ACU finisher and in a personal best time of 43:13 for the 10K XC distance.
Indoors – competed in 4 meets indoors. Opened the season by winning the mile at the TAMU McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational. Finished the season strong at the WAC Indoor Championship in Spokane, WA, by placing 6th in the mile with a personal best time of 4:08.73. He also placed 14th in the 3K running a personal best of 8:44.34. Vincent also ran on both relays – anchoring the 2nd place distance medley relay with a split of 4:09.08 in the 1600 meters and running the 3rd leg on the 5th place 4x400 relay.
Outdoors – competed in 4 meets outdoors. Opened his season with a 2nd place finish at the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational in the 800 in a personal best time of 1:50.70. He followed that performances by finishing 2nd in the Joe Gillespie Invitational 800, followed by a 2nd place finish in the 1500 at the Baylor Michael Johnson Invitational. Completed an excellent season by placing 6th at the WAC Outdoor Championship in a personal best time of 3:51.56 and also placing 13th in the 800.
2024-2025
Cross Country – an early season bout with sickness caused Vincent to miss the first three meets of the year, but he came back strong in the championship at season’s end. He finished 67th at the WAC Championship meet, then ran the 10K distance (the only time during the season for that distance) at the South Central Region Championship meet in College Station – finishing 101st in the field as the #3 ACU finisher.
Indoors – competed in 4 indoor meets – placed 4th in the mile at both the TTU Red Raider Invitational and the Stan Scott Invitational. He finished the season at the WAC Indoor Championship by getting 9th in the finals in the mile run (he was the 3rd fastest time in the prelims with a personal best time of 4:13.05). He scored at the conference meet when he ran an outstanding opening 1200-meter leg of the 3rd place distance medley relay in a split of 3:05.31.
Outdoors – competed in 4 meets, highlighted by a 2nd place finish in the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational 800 and a 5th place finish in the 1500 at the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor with a personal best time of 3:53.90. Finished the year with a 14th place finish in the 1500 at the WAC Outdoor Championship at UTA.
Before ACU: Vincent had a good HS career running for the Bearcats of Aledo HS, with his greatest accomplishments on the track. As a senior, he had to rehab an injury for the entire XC season and eased into competition on the track, yet he narrowly missed going to the state meet as he placed 4th in the 1600 and 5th in the 800 at the Region 1-5A meet. During his junior year, he placed 4th in the District 5-5A XC meet and in the spring, he dominated the District 5-5A meet in the distances, winning both the 1600 and 3200 and placing 2nd in the 800. At the Region 1-5A meet, he missed going to the state meet by the narrowest of margins as he placed 3rd in the 800. That same year, he placed 9th in the 1600 at the TTFCA Meet of Champions in a loaded field, running a personal best time of 4:18.35. As a sophomore, Vincent placed 3rd in both the 1600 and 3200 at the District 5-5A meet and in that same year he ran on a 4x800 relay at the Aledo Bearcat Relays that holds the Aledo school record. Vincent finished his HS career with personal bests of 52.15 in the 400, 1:55.79 in the 800, 4:18.35 in the 1600 and 9:37.76 in the 3200.
Personal: Vincent graduated from Aledo HS in 2024 having taken 9 Advanced Placement classes. He was active in volunteer service in the Young Men’s Service League and the Student Leadership Team, as well as at his home church – Christ Chapel Bible Church-West Campus. He is a Kinesiology major at ACU, with plans to attend Physical Therapy school after his undergraduate. Vincent’s parents are David and Alicia Luffey and he has 2 brothers – Nolan and Cason.
Why did you choose ACU: The campus has a welcoming atmosphere. ACU was the best fit for me and it checked the most boxes of things that will help me now and, in the future.
My favorite thing about ACU: All the friends I made in my first year at ACU how close all of us are.
