Gabe Poppen
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- Hometown:
- Glenwood, Iowa
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- Year:
- So.
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- Previous School(s):
- Cornerstone Christian HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2022, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 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
Led by three Bruin men who were named all-Conference, the Bruin men’s cross country team rose to the runner-up spot at today’s NSAA Cross Country Championship. This was the Bruin’s best finish as a team in their short four-season existence, bettering a fourth-place showing in 2019. The Bruins posted a team score of 59 (sum of their first five runners finishing places) to edge Dickinson State by two points. The Dakota State men put four runners into the Top Ten and tallied a team score of 40 points, advancing them to the NAIA National Championship on November 19 in Ft. Vancouver, Wash.
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