Gabriel Kwarteng
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- Hometown:
- Danbury, CT
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- Position:
- Distance
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Danbury High School
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- Events:
- Distance
Bio
Collegiate Personal Bests (TFFRS)
2024 Outdoor: All-Northeast Conference First Team (800m)...All-Northeast Conference Second Team (4x400)...Won gold in the 800m (1:53.27) at NEC Championships
2024 Indoor: All-Northeast Conference First Team (4x400)...All-Northeast Conference Second Team (500m)...Won silver with collegiate-best time of 1:04.04 in 500m at NEC Championships...Ran collegiate-best 1:20.24 in 600m at Scarlet Knight Open.
2023 Cross Country: Ran 8K course in 27:14.8 at IC4A/ECAC Championships...Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll8K (XC): 28:16.1
2023 Outdoor: First Team All Northeast Conference... Second Team All Northeast Conference...Came in at 1:53.50 in the 800m race at the Blue Devil Invite to take third... Was a part of CCSU’s first place finishing 4x800m relay (7:44.71) at 2023 NEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also competed in the 800m run, taking silver with a time of 1:54.11... Finished out the season competing in the 800m run at the 2023 Yale Last Chance Meet, coming in at 1:51.79 to place fifth and snag a collegiate best.
2022-23 Indoor: NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll... Ran a personal best time in the 800m race (1:59.10) at the Wagner Invite... Competed in the 600m race at the Ramapo College Opener, placing third with a time of 1:22.71 (personal best)...Crossed the finish line with a new best time of 53.30 in the 400m dash at the 2023 Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite...Placed fourth in the 500m race with a time of 1:06.76 (ran a personal best in prelims – 1:05.74) and was a part of the third-place finishing 4x400m relay (3:18.10) at the NEC Indoor Track and Field Championships to help his team to a second-place finish.
2022 Cross Country: Placed 60th at the NEC Championships, completing the 8K course in 28:38.7...Helped team to a second-place finish.
Before Central: Competed for head coach Robert Murray at Danbury High School. 2021 Connecticut State Champion (800m). 2021 Nike Outdoor Nationals All-American in the Sprint Medley Relay. Three-time All-New England Honoree. Multiple time Fairfield County team and individual champion. High honors student and scholar athlete at Danbury High School.
News mentions
The honor is the fourth in 10 seasons for the Blue Devils
The Central Connecticut men’s track & field team tallied 196.5 points to earn their fifth Northeast Conference Championship.
The Central Connecticut men’s track team tallied 41 points on day one to stand in second behind Wagner after day one of competition.
The Central Connecticut men's track and field team tallied 66 points and placed fourth out of eleven teams in the UMass Flagship Opener in Amherst on Sunday.
CCSU Track and Field ended their three-day season-opening meet at Raleigh Relays on Saturday night; They also had athletes competing in the Bryant Black and Gold Invitational this weekend as well.
The Central Connecticut men's track team was picked second behind defending champion Wagner.
The Central Connecticut men's indoor track team placed second and broke the school record in the 4x400 relay.
Whittaker takes home MVP and Most Outstanding Runner - Distance Awards as the Blue Devils were 7 points from the top team; Wagner.
Whittaker captured his medal in the 3000m and Yanko earned his in the high jump.
The Central Connecticut men's track and field team broke two school records on day two of the RU Scarlet Knight Open.
The Central Connecticut, men's track and field team competed on day one of the RU Scarlet Open on Friday.
The Central Connecticut men's track team competed at the 2024 John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday.
The Central Connecticut men's track team dominated with 22 top-10 finishers in the URI Invitational in North Kingston, RI on Saturday.
Blue Devils have eight top-10 finishes.
Men's track and field grabbed 18 top-three finishes at the Wagner College Invitational on Friday, competing in the first meet of the season.