2007 Men's Cross Country
Roster
Jacob Gurzler
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ballston Lake, N.Y.
- Previous Team:
- Shenendehowa
- Weight:
- 0
As a Senior in 2007 (Cross Country):
Northeast Conference 2007 Outstanding Performer after taking first place at the NEC Championship with a time of 26:10.6...led Quinnipiac to their second consecutive NEC Championship...Was named the NEC Cross Country Athlete of the Week on back-to-back weeks on Sept. 18 and Sept. 25...finished 6th at the Seawolves Invitational with a time of 17:51.80...placed 3rd with a time of 26:20 at the Ted Owen Invitational, hosted by Central Connecticut State...finished 2nd overall at the Quinnipiac Invitational...finished 66th at the New England Championship with a time of 26:29...clocked in in 41st place at the Penn State National Invitational with a time of 27:12.
As a Junior in 2006 (Indoor Track):
Served as a tri-captain...earned All-New England honors individually in the mile and with the eighth-place DMR and 4x800m relay squads on Feb. 23 and 24...competed in the mile and finished fifth (4:19.05) at the Yale Season Opener on Dec. 10...placed fourth in the 3000m (8:51.37) at the Yale Collegiate Track Classic on Jan. 13...set a personal record in the 3000m (8:32.98) and finished fifth at URI's Sorlein Memorial Indoor Classic on Jan. 20...anchored the fifth-place DMR squad (10:14.90) and ran a 4:13 to qualify for the IC4A's at the Terrier Invitational on Jan. 26... set a personal record in the mile (4:16.65) at the Terrier Invitational on Jan. 27...set a school record and qualified for the IC4A's in the 1000m (2:28.28) for his second-place finish at the URI Men's Mega Meet on Feb. 2 while also competing on the 4x400m relay team that placed third in 3:31.60...placed fourth in the 3000m (8:44.40) at the NEC Championships on Feb. 10...finished third with a personal-best time of 4:16.72 and ran the 1600m anchor leg for the second-place DMR team (10:30.91) at the NEC Championships on Feb. 11...ran the 800m leg on the eighth-place DMR team which ran a season-best time of 10:12.20 at the New England Championships on Feb. 23...finished eighth in the mile (4:13.51) which qualified for IC4A[apos]s and ran a leg on the eighth-place 4x800m relay team (7:50.49) at the New England Championships on Feb. 24...competed in the mile (4:15.20) and ran the 1200m leg on the DMR team which ran the second fastest time in school history (10:04.09) at the IC4A Championships on Mar. 3.
As a Junior in 2006 (Cross Country):
Named All-NEC on Oct. 28 for placing third overall at the NEC Championships...Finished 37th overall and fifth on the team in 27:40 to help lead the Bobcats to a third-place finish of 19 schools at the Fordham Invitational on Sept. 9... placed 24th overall and eighth on the team in 27:42.5 at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 22...finished 71st overall and fifth on the team in 25:50 which helped the Bobcats match a program record with a fifth-place standing at the New England Championships on Oct. 7... placed 29th overall and second on the team in 25:45.8 to help lead the Bobcats to a seventh-place standing of 27 schools at the UAlbany Invtitational on Oct. 14... finished third overall and second on the team in 26:08.2 to help lead the club to its second NEC Championship in three years on Oct. 28...placed 113th overall and fourth on the team in 34:36.2 to help lead the Bobcats to a 16th place standing at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Nov. 11.
As a Sophomore in 2005 (Outdoor Track):
Named the NEC Track Athlete of the Week on Apr. 4...finished first in the 1500m (4:03.67) and ran a leg with the 4x800m relay team (8:08.00) that placed first at the Wagner Invitational on Apr. 1...placed first in the mile (4:28.21) at the Quinnipiac Track Classic, the first track meet ever hosted by the university, to help the Bobcats win the dual-scoring event on Apr. 5...finished fifth in the 5000m (15:57.54) at the UNH Wildcat Invitational on Apr. 15...ran the anchor leg on the first-place DMR team (10:37.27) and competed on the second-place 4x800m relay team (8:05.17) at the New York Relays on Apr. 21...won the 800m (1:57.35) and ran the anchor leg on the second-place 4x400m relay team (3:35.52) at the Holy Cross Invitational on Apr. 25...ran the second and fastest leg in 1:56 of Event 264, the College Men 4x800m, and the Bobcats placed 28th (7:56.76) at the Penn Relays on Apr. 29...finished fourth in the 800m (1:57.46) and anchored the 4x400m relay team (3:31.06) at the Yale Springtime Invitational on Apr. 30...ran a leg on the sixth-place 4x800m relay team (8:14.02) at the NEC Championships on May 6 and finished third with a personal record in the 1500m (3:59.43) and 11th in the 5000m (15:51.82) the following day at the same championship meet...placed 15th in the 1500m (4:02.01) at the New England Championships on May 13.
As a Sophomore in 2005 (Indoor Track):
Set a school record with the 4x800m relay team...named to the All-NEC Team on Feb. 21 for running a leg on the second-place DMR Team at the NEC Championships... garnered All-New England honors on Feb. 25 for placing seventh in the 1000m at the New England Championships...Finished fourth in the 1000m (2:31.82) at URI's Sorlein Memorial Invitational on Jan. 20...ran the 1200m leg on the DMR Team that qualified for the IC4A's at the Geigengack Invitational with a season-best time of 10:11.45 on Feb. 3... ran the 1200m leg on the DMR Team that finished second (10:17.41) with an IC4A qualifying time at the NEC Championships on Feb. 12...placed fourth in the mile (4:22.20) at the NEC Championships on Feb. 12...finished seventh in the 1000m (2:30.04) and set a personal record at the New England Championships on Feb. 25...ran the second leg on the 4x800 relay team that broke a school record again by four seconds (7:42.01) at the IC4A Championships on Mar. 4.
As a Sophomore in 2005 (Cross Country):
Named to the All-NEC Team on Oct. 29 after placing 10th overall (third on the team) and leading the Bobcats to a second-place finish at the NEC Championships...led all Bobcat runners with a fourth place individual finish (16.28.73) at the Stony Brook Invitational on Sept. 2...led all Bobcat runners with a third place individual finish (26:58.6) at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 23...finished 53rd overall (26:18) and third on the team at the New England Championships on Oct. 8...finished 10th overall (27:15) and third on the team at the NEC Championships on Oct. 29...placed 123rd overall (33:15.0) and fourth on the team at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 12.
As a Freshman in 2004:
Placed 13th in the 5000 (14:58.8) at the USA Track and Field Junior Nationals at the Home Depot Center on June 25th...named to the All-NEC team after placing eighth at the NEC meet for the first-place Bobcats...Named the NEC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 8th) after finishing the race second on the team and third overall...honored as the NEC Rookie of the Week for the second time in as many weeks (Sept. 14th) after playing a key role in the Bobcats second place finish at the Fordham Invite behind regional powerhouse, Providence College...garnered NEC Rookie of the Week honors a third time (Sept. 28th) after finishing fifth at the Quinnipiac Invitational and propelling the Bobcats to a first place finish over UConn...awarded NEC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 12th) for a fourth time after finishing first among NEC Rookies at the New England Championships...finished third overall (16:12.11) at the Stony Brook Invitational on Sept. 3rd...finished at the Fordham Invitational 20th overall (27:05.94) on Sept. 11th...finished fifth overall (26:28.8) at the Quinnipiac Invite on Sept. 24th...ran to a 73rd place finish (26:14) at the New England Championships on Oct. 8th...finished 84th overall (27:06) at the Penn State Invitational on Oct. 16th...placed eighth overall (26:22.5) at the NEC Championship meet on Oct. 30th...ran to a 127th place finish (33:53.9) at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 13th...indoors, ran seventh overall in the 5-k (15:06.1) at the Husky Invitational on Dec. 4th...ran a 4:22.91 mile at the NYC Collegiate Opener on Jan. 14th...tallied the top Bobcat performance of the day at the URI Invite with a second place finish in the 3000 (8:36.12) on Jan. 21st...ran a personal-best in the 1000 (2:30.79) and took fifth place overall, and ran on the 4x800 meter relay team (8:02.08) which took third place at the URI Mega Meet on Feb. 5th...placed seventh overall in the 3000 (8:38.45) at the NEC Championship Meet on Feb. 12th...finished third in the 5000 (14:58.72) at the NEC Championships on Feb. 13th...placed 12th in the 5000 (15:30.8) at the New England Championships on Feb. 26th... outdoors, ran a leg on the winning 4x800 relay team (8:11), and placed second (4:04.45) in the 1500 at the Wagner Invitational on Apr. 3rd...ran a leg on the winning 4x800 relay (8:22.54) and took second in the 5-k (15:09.52) at the Wildcat Invitational on Apr. 16th...ran on the fifth place 4x400 relay team (3:41.51) at the UConn Invite on Apr. 23rd...ran a leg on the fourth place 4x800 relay team (7:57.51), and placed fourth in the 5-k (15:26.48) at the NEC Championships on May 7th and May 8th.
Before Quinnipiac:
Attended Shenendehowa high school along with fellow freshmen Phil Roach and Alex Grout, where he ran cross country and outdoor track...during his senior season, the Shenendehowa cross country team finished ranked seventh in the country...named first team all-state during both junior and senior seasons...finished fifth in the N.Y. state federation cross country meet as a senior and 14th as a junior...team placed fourth in the Great American Race of Champions, in which he placed eighth overall in the race...during the outdoor season he was part of the 4xmile team that was named national champions...All-American as part of the distance medley relay team that finished third at nationals...finished sixth in the state in the two mile and seventh in the federation...part of the Penn Relay champions in the distance medley relay.
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