Gabe Poppen
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- Hometown:
- Glenwood, Iowa
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Previous School(s):
- Cornerstone Christian HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
2020 Season (Freshman): Posted a PR of 29:35.0 at the Herby Blakely Invite (Sept. 12) ... Placed 27th at the NSAA Championships with a time of 33:27.65 ... Holds outdoor school records in the Long Jump (19-01.25), 100M (11.88), 200M (23.29), and 400M (53.31) ... Set indoor records in the 200M (24.80), 400M (55.32), and Long Jump (19-04.25)
High School: Prepped at Cornerstone Christian under head coach Mr. Dotzler ... A member of Cornerstone's first state-qualifying team in any sport in school history (Nebraska Class D) when he was a varsity member of the cross country team as a junior ... Finished 39th at the State Meet as a senior in 2019 with a time of 18:24 ... Poppen excelled in track as well, running the 100, 200, and multiple relays in addition to both long and triple jumping ... Won the Frontier Conference titles in the 100 and 200 as a junior running 11.85 and 24.87 seconds, respectively ... His personal bests are 11.69 and 23.74 ... Narrowly missed qualifying for the state track meet with two third-place finishes at the District where the top two finishers qualify ... Has a personal best of 20-1 in the long jump and 38 feet, ¾" in the triple jump ... Also a member of his high school's varsity basketball team ... Earned academic all-conference honors.
Personal: Son of Terry and Teri Poppen ... Has an older brother, Garrett ... Majoring in Cybersecurity ... Born on Oct. 25, 2001.
News mentions
Desyebelew Debesh had an outstanding, day cutting 1:18 from his personal and season's best, running 26:06.9 and placing 40th in the 186-runner field. In the process, Debesh established a new Bruin school record for 8K shattering the existing mark of 27:02 held by Chris Casart.
The Bruin men’s cross country team placed two runners in the top ten at today’s 25th annual Dean White Invitational held on the Doane University campus. As he has done all season, Des Debesh led the Bruins with a ninth-place finish running 28:20.8 for the eight kilometer, three loop course run in warm and breezy conditions.
The Bellevue University men’s cross country team recorded its highest team finish in program history with a runner-up showing at today’s Herb Blakely Invitational hosted by Dakota State.
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