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2024 Cross Country Roster

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Austin Gappa

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Snoqualmie, Wash.
  • High School Mount Si
  • Major Engineering

Biography

GRADUATE STUDENT (2024-25)

  • Named USTFCCCA All-American after finishing 24th at the NCAA DIII National Championships
  • Named USTFCCCA All-West Region after finishing 3rd at the NCAA DIII West Region Cross Country Championships
  • 1x Men's Outstanding Runner of the Meet
  • Named First Team All-NWC after coming 1st at the NWC Cross Country Championship
  • 1x NWC Men's Runner of the Week
  • Named USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Ran #1 All-Time mark of 24:11.7 in the 8k at the NCAA DIII West Region Cross Country Championships

SENIOR (2023-24)

  • Named USTFCCCA All-West Region after finishing 15th at the NCAA DIII West Region Cross Country Championships
  • PR of 25:04.3 (8k) at the NCAA DIII West Regional Championships
  • Finished 15th individually at the NCAA DIII West Regional Championships
  • Finished 19th individually at the NWC Cross Country Championship

JUNIOR (2022-23)

  • Member of the first Bruins team to compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 101st individually
  • Named USTFCCCA All-West Region after finishing 22nd at the NCAA DIII West Region Cross Country Championships
  • Named First-Team All-NWC after finishing 6th at NWC Cross Country Championships
  • Ran #3 All-Time mark of 24:22.7 in the 8k at NWC Cross Country Championships

SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

  • Named USTFCCCA All-West Region after finishing 32nd at the NCAA DIII West Region Cross Country Championships
  • Named All-NWC Scholar-Athlete
  • Named Second-Team All-NWC after finishing 8th at NWC Cross Country Championships
  • PR of 25:00.0 in the 8k at Charles Bowles Invitational

FRESHMAN (2020-21)

  • No season offered due to COVID-19 pandemic

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from Mount Si High school
  • Qualified for state his junior and senior year
  • Named team’s Most Improved his senior year
  • PR of 15:47 in the 5,000m his senior year

His Thoughts

  • “I loved the genuine excitement of all the faculty and coaches for the incoming students each time I visited campus.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior

  • 2024Graduate Student

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