Gabe Gonzalez

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Springdale, Ark. High School: Springdale HS

Height: 5-7 Event: Distance Experience: HS

Updated Personal Results

2012 CROSS COUNTRY
Ran in five of the Jayhawks' six meets on the year, finishing in KU's top seven in each... Earned All-Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) with his 24^th-place finish and 10K time of 30:58.76 where he was also Kansas' top finisher... Placed fourth in his first meet in a KU singlet, the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1), traversing the 6K course in 19:49.5... Notched a 35^th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (10/27) and was the seventh KU scorer with his 8K time of 24:58.7.

2012 OUTDOOR
Utilized redshirt season.

2012 INDOOR
Competed in both the mile and the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), finishing in 16^th with a time of 4:17.02 in the mile and collecting a personal best with his time of 8:27.32 in the 3,000 meters, placing 33^rd... Marked a personal best in the 1,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27) where he placed fourth, crossing the finish line in 2:27.84... Top mile time of the season came at the Tyson Invitational (2/10) with his 10^th-place finish, clocking in at 4:10.67.

2011 CROSS COUNTRY
Utilized redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL
7A cross country state champion both his junior and senior years (2009, 2010)...2011 state champion in the indoor and outdoor 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters...Springdale High School record holder in the 1,600 meters (4:16) and the 3,200 meters (9:18).

PERSONAL
Son of Orsy and Rosa Gonzalez... Has a younger brother, Romario... Majoring in health and physical education... Aspires to be high school coach following college.