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Colgate University Athletics

2006-07 Men's Track Roster

John Gillespie

John Gillespie

  • Position:
    Middle Distance
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    160
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    N. Andover, Mass.
  • Previous Team:
    St. John's Prep Danvers

Summary

Biography

Senior Year (2006-07): Indoor Track: Ran the middle distances for the Raiders … Finished eighth in the 1,000-meter run at the Patriot League Championship … Ran a season-best 1,000 time of 2:29.12 at the St. Valentine Invitational to qualify for the IC4A Championship … Turned in his fastest 800 time of the season, running 1:56.35 at the New Balance Invitational … Competed in the 1,000 at the IC4A Championship. Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 1:53.03 at the Patriot League Championships … Ranks ninth all-time at Colgate in the 800 … Was a member of the record-setting 4x800 relay that took fourth at the Patriot League Championship … Finished second in the 800 at the Holy Cross Quadrangular … Was a member of sixth-place 4x400 relay at league championship meet … Presented with the Walter Fullam Leadership Award.
 
Junior Year (2005-06): Cross Country—Competed in one meet … Took second in the 4.2 race at Harry Lang Invitational. Indoor Track: Earned fifth-place honors in the 800 at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 1:56.86 … Turned in a season-best 800 time of 1:54.93 at the Valentine’s Day Invitational … Captured the 800-meter run title at the Black Knight Invitational with a time of 2:00.05 … Won the 1000 at the Syracuse Invitational with a time of 2:30.88 … Was a member of the IC4A qualifying 4x800 relay at the Patriot League Championship. Outdoor Track: Did not compete.
 
Sophomore Year (2004-05): Cross Country—Joined the cross country team to help prepare for indoor and outdoor track seasons…came in 5th in the Harry Lang Invitational 4200-meter run…crossed the line in 18th at Binghamton Invitational with an 8k time of 28:16…hit the tape in a personal-best 27:04.70 at Maine’s Murray Keatinge Invitational. Indoor track—Ran a personal-best 1:56.45 in the 800 to take runner-up honors at the Class of 32 Invitational…eclipsed his previous personal-record in the 1,000 by nearly three seconds with a time of 2:30.34 at the Boston University Invitational…grabbed second placed in the 1,000 at Black Knight Invitational…took third place in the 1,000 at Reebok Boston Indoor Games…third in the mile at Cornell Upstate Invitational...member of third-place distance medley relay team at Patriot League Championships. Outdoor—Earned team's Most Improved award...scored at Holy Cross Quad Meet with sixth place finish in 800.
Freshman Year (2003-04): Placed fifth in the 1,000 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship ... Part of the Colgate freshman record-setting distance medley relay.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Junior

    Mid- Distance
    5'11" 160 lbs
  • 2006-07Senior

    Middle Distance
    5'11" 160 lbs