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2023-24 Men's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Gavin Thomas

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cranberry Township, Pa.
  • High School Seneca Valley

Biography

Career Highlights
• 12-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
• One-Time All-PSAC Honoree
• One-Time USTFCCCA All-Region Honoree

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Philip Thomas ... Majoring in Health Care Administration and Management. 

2024 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both the decathlon (sixth place / 5,877 points) and the long jump (15th / 6.46 meters) … Took part in the decathlon on two other occasions, winning the Tim Weaver Invitational with 5,704 points and placing ninth at the Susquehanna River Hawk Multi after compiling a season-high 5,891 points … Season-best long jump distance of 7.02 meters came during the decathlon at the Tim Weaver Invite.

2024 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the heptathlon, placing sixth with a season-high 4,423 points … Began year by compiling 4,221 points to take fifth at the Mike Kowal Multi-Meet … Ran a leg on The Rock’s 4x400-meter relay team that placed second at the Jud Logan Memorial (3:19.36) … Posted two top-15 finishes in the pole vault (10th / 3.79 meters) and the long jump (11th / 6.33 meters) at the Mount Union Wuske Open … Finished second in the heptathlon with 4.331 points at the YSU Mid-Major Invite … Took 10th in the long jump following a leap of 6.57 meters at the SPIRE Indoor Games in final tune-up for the PSAC Championships.

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at five meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both the decathlon and the long jump … Placed fifth in the decathlon at the conference championships after totaling a season-best 6,034 points in addition to finishing ninth in the long jump at 6.93 meters … Won the long jump at the Mountaineer Twilight Meet after posting a season-high mark of 7.09 meters … Compiled 5,446 points in the decathlon to finish in eighth place at the Susquehanna Easter Invite … Posted a mark of 6.70 meters for a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the John Papa Invite.

2023 (Indoor): Competed at five meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both the long jump and heptathlon, earning top-10 finishes in both events courtesy of a 6.78-meter mark in the long jump to place sixth and a season-high 4,353 points en route to a seventh-place showing in the heptathlon … Opened season by finishing ninth in the high jump at the YSU Invitational following a mark of 1.70 meters … Recorded 3,765 points to place eighth in the heptathlon at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational … Hit 6.68 meters to win the long jump at the Jim Wuske Open … Took part in the Mount Union Tune-Up in final preparations for the PSAC Championships, placing seventh in the high jump at 1.79 meters.

2022 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets … A USTFCCCA All-Region honoree … Earned All-PSAC honors in the decathlon after totaling a season-high 5,710 points to finish third in the event … Also qualified for the PSAC Championships in the long jump, placing ninth at 6.53 meters … Placed ninth in the decathlon at the Bison Classic with 5,352 points … Won the long jump at the SRU Open with a season-best mark of 6.99 meters … Also placed fourth in the long jump at the Red Flash Open with a mark of 6.59 meters.

2022 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the heptathlon, placing ninth with a season-high 4,019 points … Also qualified for the league championships in the long jump, finishing 17th at 6.33 meters in addition to helping SRU’s 4x400-meter relay team to a seventh-place showing at the PSAC Championships … Opened season by compiling 3,764 points to place seventh in the heptathlon at the Mike Kowal Multi Meet … Took 10th in the heptathlon at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational with 3,543 points … Placed second in the long jump at the Edinboro Invite with a mark of 6.54 meters … Recorded top-10 finishes in both the long jump (6.26m / sixth) and the high jump (1.65m / seventh) at the Al Hall Freedom Games.       

2021 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets in the 100-meters, 200-meters and long jump … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the long jump, placing sixth with a mark of 6.71 meters … Recorded a season-best mark of 6.79 meters to place sixth in the long jump at the Dave Labor Invitational … Posted season-best times in both the 200-meters (23.42 seconds) and the 400-meters (54.09 seconds) at the IUP Invitational … Placed fourth (6.67 meters) in the long jump at the Bill Lennox Invitational … In final preparation for PSAC Championships, placed second in the long jump with a mark of 6.58 meters at the Penn State Behrend Invite.

High School: Lettered four years in track and field at Seneca Valley ... Member of the 2017 WPIAL Championship team ... Broke the Seneca Valley High School long jump record. 

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