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2019-20 Men's Track & Field

Tom Weishaar

Mitchell Poynter

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tipp City, Ohio
  • Highschool Tippecanoe

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
1,000m: 2:35.33
1,500m: 3:51.10
Mile: 4:11.13
3,000m: 8:21.21

CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion
2016 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion

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 the mile and the 3,000m.
  • Finished 10th in the 3,000m at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 18) with a time of 8:28.41.
  • Ran a season-best time of 4:17.43 in the mile at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 25).
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Appeared in four races during cross country season, including Ivy League Heps (Nov. 1), scoring in one meet.
  • Led Penn at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 19) to a 14th-place finish, crossing the line in 24:23.3 in the 8K race.
  • Finished 68th at Heps.
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Appeared in five meets throughout the outdoor season.
  • Placed ninth in the 1,500m at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5), following a PR of 3:51.10 in the prelims.
  • Finished second in the 1,500m at both the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6) and Rider Invitational (April 13).
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in five meets during the indoor season.
  • Helped the DMR team score at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 24), finishing sixth in 10:03.33.
  • Scored and won the 3,000m race at the Harvard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) with a time of 8:21.21.
  • Placed third in the mile at both the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1) and the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 8).
  • Finished inside the top 10 in all five races and in the top three in three of them.
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
  • Competed in five races, scoring once.
  • Finished 55th in the Paul Short Run Gold race, helping Penn to a 28th-place finish.
  • Concluded the year with three top-40 finishes, including the Bison Open (33rd) and Main Line Invitational (23rd) to open the year.
  • Placed 40th at Heps, running the 8K in 25:40.2.
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Made appearances at six meets throughout the 2018 outdoor season, running primarily in the 1,500m and several relay teams.
  • Competed in both the 4x800 and 4x1500 relays at the Raleigh Relays (March 31).
  • Career-best time of 3:58.94 in the 1,500m came at the Bison Outdoor Classic (April 14).
  • Ran in the 5,000m at the Penn Relays (April 26-28).
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in four meets during the 2018 indoor season, running the 800m, 1,000m and mile.
  • Placed fourth in the 1,000m at the New Year Invitational (Dec. 9).
  • Finished eighth in the 800m at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 17).
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
  • Ran in two meets during the 2017 cross country season.
  • Placed 38th at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 15).
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in three meets during the 2017 outdoor season, focusing exclusively on the 1,500m.
  • Ran a season-best time of 4:01.12 at the Penn Challenge (March 25).
INDOOR 2017
  • Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Ran in four meets, making his collegiate debut at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 9).
  • Placed fifth overall and second among Penn runners at the Haverford Invitational (Oct. 21).

High School: Runner-up at the Ohio state cross country championships ... Placed third in the 1,600m at the Ohio state championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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