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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Cal Yackin

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Willoughby Hills, Ohio
  • Prev School:
    Otterbein University

Summary

Biography

2024-25: Ran a personal-best 14:14.25 5k time at the Raleigh Relays (O)... Crossed the 10k finish line at the Bryan Clay Invitational at a personal-best 29:58.02... Earned GLIAC All-Academic/Academic Excellence honors...

2023-24: Ran a personal-best 800m time of 1:56.23 placing seventh at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (I)... Placed seventh at the Meyo Invitational (I) with a personal-best 4:08.90 1 mile... Finished second at the GLIAC Outdoor Championships with a 3:55.56 1500m time...

Prior to GVSU

Otterbein (2020-2023)

4x national qualifier... 2021 NCAA Outdoor All-American in the 1500 meters... 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American...

2022-23: Placed first at the Otterbein Invitational in the 1 mile at a personal-best 4:09.80... Ran a personal-best 3k time of 8:18.37 at the Otterbein Snowglobe Invitational (I) finishing first... Placed third at the OAC Indoor Championships with a 3k time of 8:19.09... Placed third at the OAC Outdoor Championships with a 3:48.17 1500m time... Ran a personal-best 5k time at the OAC Outdoor Championships finishing third at 14:36.44...

2021-22: Ran in 15 meets to rack up another letter ... OAC Indoor champion with DMR, which also took second at All-Ohio ... Took 11th in the mile at NCAA Indoor Championships, setting new school record in the mile with a 4:10 ... Also finished 11th nationally at NCAA Outdoor in the 1500 meters ... Broke 40-year old school record in the 1500 after running 3:47 at Saint Francis, eclipsing Hall of Famer Mark Burns' previous mark by almost two seconds ... OAC runner-up in mile and 1500 ... Named Academic All-OAC, first team Academic All-District and third team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... 

2020-21: Competed in a team-high 17 meets ... All-American in the 1500 meters, taking sixth at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 3:48.89 to break Otterbein's 40-year old record ... USTFCCCA All-Region in same event ... OAC Indoor champion in the 1,000 meters, covering the distance in 2:30 (third all-time in program history) ... Also hit the podium at OAC's in the mile, distance medley relay, 1500 and 4x8 ... Part of 13 total victories on the season ...

2019-20: Laced up in eight meets to earn first letter ... All-OAC honors with the distance medley relay, which took runner-up status ... Also took fifth individually in the 1,000 meters at OAC Indoor with a time of 2:34 ... Posted 4:23 in the mile at Tufts Final Qualifying ... Finished in the top five of a race on five occasions ...

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