COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 100m – 10.83, 200m – 21.33w 400m – 46.83, 600m – 1:21.51
CAREER AWARDS, RECORDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
No. 4 (3:05.97) and No. 5 (3:06.36) in school history in the indoor 4x400 relay
No. 6 (3:05.92) and No. 7 (3:06.17) in school history in the outdoor 4x400 relay
AWARDS:
1x Big Ten Champion (’24 indoor 4x400)
1x Big Ten bronze medalist (‘23 outdoor 4x400)
NOTES: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400 in 2023, his true freshman season…Competed in the 2023 USA U20 Championship meet in the 400, clocking a 47.14.
2024 Outdoor
Season: Set his 400-meter PR at UCF…Ran in the sixth-fastest 4x400 relay group in school history at the Penn Relays.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Clocked a 46.83 in the 400-meter dash, setting a PR in his fourth-place finish…Added a 21.33w (+2.2) in the 200-meter dash. Pepsi Florida Relays (3/29-30): Ran a 47.02 in the 400m…Clocked a 3:06.80 in the 4x400 relay, good for fifth overall. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Set his 100-meter dash PR with a 10.83. Penn Relays (4/25-27): In the 4x400 relay Championship of America finals, ran the first leg on the sixth-fastest team in school history…The group stopped the clock in 3:05.92…Also ran in the sprint medley relay, posting a 3:19.38.
2024 Indoor
Season: Won first career Big Ten Title as a member of Penn State’s 4x400 relay team…Finished sixth in the conference in the 400m.
Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Won the 400-meter dash with a 47.06. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Won the 4x400 relay with the second-fastest time in school history, a 3:05.87 effort. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Ran the first leg of Penn State’s Big Ten Championship-winning 4x400 squad that clocked a 3:06.36…Finished sixth in the conference in the 400m with a 46.96, the first sub-47.00 of his career.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for the NCAA Championships on Penn State’s 4x400 relay squad in his first collegiate outdoor campaign.
LSU Lloyd Willis Invitational (4/8): In his first outdoor meet at Penn State, clocked a 48.18 for ninth in the 400…Also helped his 4x400 group post a 3:08.85 to finish second. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Finished fourth in the 400 with a 47.83. Penn Relays (4/27-29): Ran the 4x400, setting the fifth-fastest time in the event in school history with a 3:06.17. Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/5): Ran a personal-best 47.03 for a win in the 400. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Finished third in the conference in the 4x400, going 3:06.91…Came in tenth in the 400 with a 47.52. NCAA East Prelims (5/25-27): The 4x400 group finished 10th in the region, qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row, Gallant’s first with the team. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10): Placed 20th in the nation in the 4x400 in his first collegiate season, helping the team of Savion Hebron, Callum Dodds, and James Onwuka go 3:06.57 at the championships in Texas.
2023 Indoor
Season: Competed twice, setting a personal best in the 600m.
Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Posted a 1:21.51 to finish 13th in the 600m.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 200m - 21.96, 400m- 47.05*, 500m - 1:02.64*, Shotput - 54’8*, Discus - 169’3*
*Indicates school record
Competed in track and field at Battlefield High School...Named team captain 2020-22 and team MVP 2019, 2020, and 2022...Two-time Adidas National Champion...Seven-time Virginia state champion...Named VHSL all-state honoree twice 2020 and 2022...16-time regional champion...17-time conference champion...Held eight school records upon graduation in 400m, 500m, 4x400m, SMR 1K, mixed 4x400m, SMR 1600m, shot put, and discus.
PERSONAL
Parents are Jennifer and Ron...Has one brother, Carter...Majoring in kinesiology...Born in Virginia.