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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2016-17 Men's Track and Field

Lyle Wistar

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Highschool Germantown Friends

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
1,500m: 4:01.78
Mile: 4:18.52
3,000m: 8:19.00
5,000m: 14:37.67

CAREER ACCOLADES
2016 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion

OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in four meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in both the 1,500m and 5,000m.
  • Ran a time of 15:22.29 in the 5,000m at the Transatlantic Series (April 15).
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in three meets during the 2017 indoor season, focusing exclusively in the 3,000m.
  • Finished eighth in the 3,000m at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14).
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Competed in four events during his senior cross country season.
  • Finished a career-best third overall and first among attached runners at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 16).
  • Scored and placed 17th overall at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 15).
  • Placed 53rd overall in his final race of the season at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 29).
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Competed in the 1,500m and the 5,000m during the 2016 outdoor season.
  • Placed third in the 5,000m at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
  • Notched three top-10 finishes during the season.
  • Competed at the 2016 IC4A Outdoor Championships.
INDOOR 2016
  • Competed in the mile and 3,000m during the 2016 indoor season.
  • Placed first at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 6) in the 3,000m.
  • Recorded two 10th-place finishes at the Lehigh Angry Birds (Jan. 16) and Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30).
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
  • Placed 17th at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 18), and 29th at the Leopard Invitational (29th).


2014-15: Competed at four indoor meets and one outdoor meet.

2013-14: Competed at four indoor meets in the mile and 3,000 meters ... Also competed at four outdoor meets in several distance events, including the 10,000 meters at Outdoor Heps (May 11).

High School: 2010 Pennsylvania Independent School Athletic Association (PAISAA) champions in track and field ... 2010-2013 Friends School League (FSL) track and field champions ... 2009-2012 PAISAA cross country champions ... 2011 cross country MVP ... 2012 and 2013 indoor track MVP ... 2012, 2013 outdoor track MVP ... Lettered ten times in cross country and track and field ... Served as captain four times.

Personal: Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ... Related to Ross and Alice Wistar ... Ross ran for New York University and Alice ran for Germantown Friends ... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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