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Gonzaga University Athletics

2011-12 Track and Field Roster

Matt Gosselin

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Tacoma, WA
  • Highschool Bellarmine Prep

Biography

Gonzaga University- Graduated in 2012 as the school record holder in the indoor 800 meters and is #4 on the all time outdoor 800 meter list…he focused primarily on the 800 and 1500 meters...had his best year in 2012 as a senior where he PRed in both the indoor and outdoor 800 meters and set the indoor school record for the 800 meters…as a senior indoors he ran 1:55.70 to set the indoor 800 school record at the 2012 UW Final Qualifier in Seattle, WA…outdoors as a senior he ran his lifetime PR of 1:54.83 at the 2012 West Coast Invitational in Salem, OR…set his 1500 meter PR as a junior at the 2011 War 4 at Spokane Falls Community College where he ran 4:02.39…although he focused on the middle distances when on the track, he ran 4 years of cross country as well and set his 8k cross country PR of 26:21 at the 2011 Erik Anderson Invitational in Spokane, WA

High School- Graduated from Bellarmine Prep High School in Tacoma, WA…he earned two letters in each cross country and track…ran 17:30 for 5k at the District meet in the final race of his senior year to PR…ran the 4x400 and 800 meters in track…received Coaches Award both in cross country and track as a junior and senior…captained cross country and track teams as senior…co-MVP for track as a senior…personal bests of 51.0 (400) and 2:03 (800)

GU Career Bests

800m….1:54.83

1500m….. 4:02.39

5000m…. 15:39.90

800m (Indoor)….1:55.70

8000 (XC)……26:21

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

  • 2010-11Junior

  • 2011-12Fifth Year