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2024 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Gary Halverson

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Alpharetta, GA.
  • High School Milton
  • Major Art

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region - Mile (2021)
- USA South All-Conference Second Team – 1500m (2022)
- USA South All-Conference Third Team – 1500m (2021)
- USA South Track Athlete of the Week 1x (2022) 
- 2023 CCS 1500m Champion
- 2024 CCS 1500m Champion
- All-CCS Team (2023)
  - First Team 1500m
  - Second Team 800m
- All-CCS Team (2024)
  - First Team 1500m
  - Second Team 800m
- CCS All-Academic Team (2023)

2024 Indoor:
- Competed in 5 meets
- Set a career-best in the 3000m at the JDL Thursday College Classic (8:45.15)
- Set a career-best in the mile at the USC Indoor Open 24 (4:14.37)

2024 Outdoor:
- Competed in eight meets
- Won the 1500m with a career-best at the Collegiate Conference of the South Championship (3:54.86)
- Placed 2nd in the 800m at the Collegiate Conference of the South Championship (1:58.98)
- Placed 5th in the 5000m at the Collegiate Conference of the South Championship (17:08.40)
- Set a career-best in the 800m at the Berry Field Day Multi's (1:54.71)

2023 Indoor:
- Competed in 5 meets
- Set career-best in the 3000m at the Emory Crossplex Showdown (9:05.82)
- Helped set the program record in the DMR at the USC Indoor Open (10:29.40)

2023 Outdoor:
- Competed in seven meets 
- Set career-best time and placed 2nd in the 800m at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (1:56.00)
- Set program record and career-best time in the 5000m at the Berry Field Day (15:19.02)
- Placed 2nd in the 800m at the CCS Championships (1:56.29)
- Placed 1st in the 1500m at the CCS Championship (3:58.41)

2022 Indoor:
- Led the team in the mile and ranked second in the 3000m
- Set a school record with a race-winning mile time of 4:21.85 (4:18.55 converted) at the D3 Atlantic Indoor Championships
- Helped the Distance Medley Relay team set a school-record at the D3 Atlantic Indoor Championship (10:30.31)
 
2022 Outdoor:
- Led the team in the 1500m and ranked third in the 800m
- Finished top five in both his events at the USA South Championship meet
- Set a career-best and a school record with his 3:5819 in the 1500m at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial
- Set a career-best in the 800m at the Flames Invitational (1:57.33)
    -time ranked fourth in program history at season’s end
- Won the 800m race at the Gotta Run Invite in a field of 36 runners
 
2021 Indoor:
Set a program record with a 4:21.91 in the mile
 
2021 Outdoor:
- Set a program record with a 4:00.28 in the 1500m run
- Led the team with a 15:54.44 in the 5000m run
- Ranked third on the team in the 800m run (1:57.97)

Best Times: Indoor First, Outdoor Second – Bold Denotes School Record
2020 (outdoor season shortened due to coronavirus):
- Mile – 4:29.24
- 3000m – 9:06.89
- 4x400m – 3:41.14
- DMR – 10:39.17
- 1500m – 4:07.18
- 5000m – 16:56.71
- 4x400m – 3:42.63
- DMR – 12:20.7

Prep and Personal:
- Native of Alpharetta, Georgia
- Graduated from Milton High School in 2019
- Majoring in art 


Historical Player Information

  • 2019-2020Freshman

    Distance
    6'4"
  • 2020-2021Sophomore

    Distance
    6'4"
  • 2022Junior

    Distance
    6'4"
  • 2023Senior

    Distance
    6'4"
  • 2024Graduate Student

    Distance
    6'4"