2021-22 Men's Track and Field
Biography
ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS
PERSONAL RECORDS
800m: 1:51.46
1,000m: 2:26.08
1,500m: 3:45.90
3,000m: 8:42.98
Mile: 4:07.00
CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 XC Heps Team Champion
PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Indoor 1,000m: 9th ... 2019 ... 2:26.08
OUTDOOR 2021
- Competed in six meets, all in distance events
- Opened season with his best finish at the Penn Challenge, taking second in the 1,500m with a time of 3:47.98
- Set a personal-best time in the 1,500m at the Temple Invitational on April 9, clocking a time of 3:45.90
INDOOR 2021
- All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY 2020
- All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
- All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
- Competed four times during the indoor season, running distance races.
- Qualified for the final of the 1,000m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1), finishing ninth in 2:39.80 In the prelims, finished in 2:30.74.
- Finished second at the Villanova Invitational, running the 1,000m in a season-best time of 2:27.27.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
- Ran four times during the cross country season, including the Ivy League XC Heps (Nov. 1).
- Finished a season-best second at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 20), scoring and helping Penn to the meet victory.
- Also competed at the Penn State National Open (Oct. 18) and Paul Short Run (Oct. 5).
OUTDOOR 2019
- Ran in eight meets during the outdoor season, appearing in several middle distance events both individually and as part of a relay team.
- Scored at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5), placing third in the 4x800 relay.
- Ran the 4x800 at the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 25-27).
- Totaled five top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2019
- Competed in seven meets during the indoor season, running the 800m, 1,000m, mile, 3,000m and in a variety of relays.
- Scored at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 24) with a third-place finish in the 1,000m with a time of 2:26.21.
- Also helped the 4x880 yard relay team score at Heps with a time of 7:51.32 and fifth-place finish.
- Won the 1,000m in the Harvard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) in 2:27.57.
- Also won the 800m at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19) in a season-best time of 1:54.69.
- Earned five top-five finishes.
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
- Ran three times during his freshman season.
- Finished 32nd at the Bison Open, his collegiate debut, then 31st at the Main Line Invitational.
- Crossed the line 133rd at Penn State’s National Open.
High School: 2018 Millrose Games Trials 1,500m champion ... Champion in the mile and third in the 800m at the 2018 New Balance National Championships Emerging Elite ... Third in the 1,600m at the 2017 New York state indoor championships ... Placed 10
th at the 2017 Footlocker Northeast Regionals which qualified him for Footlocker Nationals where he took 36th.
Personal: Son of Christine Riordan and Robert Gatewood ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
Middle Distance
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2019-20Sophomore
Middle Distance
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2020-21Junior
Middle Distance
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2021-22Senior
Middle Distance