Gary Ross III Season 2017-18

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BEST: 200m – 22.59, 400m – 48.33, 600m – 1:17.82, 800m – 1:50.03

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Ran to Big Ten bronze medal in 600m in 2019.

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26/18): Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in 800m and as a member of 4x400m relay.

AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Competed in three events in 600m and as a member of 4x400m and DMR...Scored points in all three events.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Ran in both  800m and 4x400m relay.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Ran in 600m and 4x400m relay…Set a personal-best time in 600m (1:17.82) for bronze medal.
Big Ten Championships (2/23-24): Finished seventh in 600m final (1:18.68).

2020 Outdoor
Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Scored points for the Nittany Lions in three events at Big Ten Indoor Championships (600m, 4x400m, DMR).

Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24-25): Finished third in 600m with a season best (1:18.38). Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Ran a season best 1:50.57 in the 800m.

2019 Outdoor
Season: Posted five top-five finishes…Competed in 800m and as a member of 4x400m relay at Big Ten Championships.

Florida Relays (3/28-30): Member of 4x800m relay team that posted 7:19.50 time to win event. LSU Battle on the Bayou (4/6): Placed third in 800m (1:51.62) and fourth in 4x400m (3:14.27).

2019 Indoor
Season: Set personal best marks in 200m and 600m...Finished third in 600m at Big Ten Indoor Championships (1:17.82).

Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Ran a personal-best of 1:50. 62 in 800m.  Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Set a personal-best time of 22.59 in 200m.

2018 Outdoor
Season: Turned in personal-best marks in 800m and 400m races...Placed ninth in 800m final at Big Ten Championships...Qualified for NCAA East Prelims as a member of 4x400m relay.  

Pac 12 vs Big Ten Invitational (3/23-24): Began season with a then-personal-best mark of 1:50.63 in the 800m race.

2018 Indoor
Season: Won three events and posted 14 top-10 finishes...Finished seventh in 600m at Big Ten Championships.

Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (2/2-3): Took first-place in 600m and as a member of 4x400m relay.

BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 400m (i) - 49:25, 400m (o) - 47:78, 800m (i) - 1:56:32, 800m (o) - 1:52:62, 500m (i) - 1:04:67, 1600m - 4:41:51, 5K (XC) - 20:51:55}
Earned four varsity letters at Oxon Hill High School...Won 2015-16 Maryland indoor county, regional and state championship...Won seven state championships at Oxon Hill…Set anchor leg school record in the 4x400m relay...Named team MVP and served as team captain...Earned All-America honors five times.

PERSONAL
Full name is Gary Henry Ross...Son of Tiana Washington, Gary Ross Jr. and step-dad Theodore Washington...Majoring in sociology...Born on April 5, 1998, in Fort Washington, Maryland.