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2025 Men's Track & Field Roster

Santiago Gaitan

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Welland, Ontario
  • Highschool Notre Dame College Prep

Biography

Career Stats on TFRRS

2024 XC:

  • UCR Invitational
    • Took 34th in the 8K invite with a time of 24:05.3
  • Wisconsin Pre-Nationals
    • Took sixth in the 8K with a time of 23:59.3
  • WAC Championships
    • Took second in the 8K with a time of 23:16.3
    • Received All-WAC First Team honors
  • NCAA DI Mountain Regionals
    • Took 20th in the 10K with a time of 29:44.3
    • Received all-region honors

2024 Indoors:

  • BYU Cougar Invitational
    • Finished fourth in the 3000m Prelims with a time of 8:23.65.
  • Lumberjack Team Challenge
    • Finished eight in the 1 mile run with a time of 4:15.09
  • UW Invitational
    • Finished the 1 mile run with a time of 4:06.74
    • Finished the 5000m with a time of 14:30.58
  • Husky Classic
    • Finished the 3000m with a time of 8:10.35
  • WAC Championships
    • Placed third in the mile run with a time of 4:06.29
    • Placed third in the 3000m with a time of 8:24.14

2023 XC:

  • Finished with a 24:51.7 in the 8k at the WAC Championships.
  • Finished in sixth place at the UC Riverside Invitational with a time of 23:49.9.

2023 Outdoors:

  • 800 Meters: 1:55.76 at the 2023 Utah Tech Invitational (March 10-11, 2023)
  • 1500 Meters:
    • 3:46.35 at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11-13, 2023)
    • 3:48.11 at the Stanford Invitational (March 31-April 1, 2023)
  • Mile: 4:06.78 at the 2023 BYU Robison Invitational (April 19-22, 2023)
  • 5000 Meters:
    • 14:14.72 at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational (April 13-15, 2023)
  • 4 x 400 Relay: NT at the 2023 Utah Tech Invitational (March 10-11, 2023)

2023 Indoors:

  • Mile:
    • 4:05.46 at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championship (February 24-25, 2023)
    • 4:07.34 at the 2023 Husky Classic (February 10-11, 2023)
  • 3000 Meters:
    • 8:07.75 at the 2023 UW Invite (January 27-28, 2023)
    • 8:08.14 at the 2023 Husky Classic (February 10-11, 2023)
  • 5000 Meters: 14:23.23 at the 2023 UW Invite (January 27-28, 2023)

2022 Indoors:

  • Mile:
    • 4:09.61 at the 2022 Husky Classic (February 11-12, 2022)
    • 4:13.55 at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships (February 24-26, 2022)
  • 3000 Meters: 8:15.89 at the 2022 Husky Classic (February 11-12, 2022)
  • 5000 Meters: 14:52.97 at the 2022 Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener (December 3, 2022)

2022 XC:

  • 8k:
    • 23:43.8 at the 2022 WAC Conference XC Meet (October 29, 2022)
    • 24:15.5 at the UCR 41st Annual Cross Country Invitational (September 17, 2022)
  • 10k: 29:28.2 at the NCAA Division I Mountain Region Cross Country Championships (November 11, 2022)
  • 5 Mile: 23:59.7 at the Joe Piane Invitational (September 30, 2022)

2022 Outdoors:

  • 800 Meters: 1:57.66 at the 2022 Utah Spring Classic (April 9, 2022)
  • 1500 Meters:
    • 3:51.85 at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 11-14, 2022)
    • 3:52.79 at the 2022 Weber State Spring Classic (April 8, 2022)
  • Mile: 4:13.64 at the 2022 BYU Robison Invitational (April 20-23, 2022)
  • 5000 Meters:
    • 14:25.84 at the Stanford Invitational (April 1-2, 2022)
    • 14:43.29 at the 2022 Idaho State Bengal Invitational (April 29-30, 2022)

2021 Outdoors:

  • 800 Meters: 2:00.32 at the Utah Spring Classic (April 9-10, 2021)
  • 1500 Meters:
    • 3:53.30 at the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 12-15, 2021)
    • 3:54.02 at the Utah Spring Classic (April 9-10, 2021)
    • 3:55.79 at the NW Distance Jamboree (April 3, 2021)
  • Mile: 4:10.70 at the 2021 BYU Robison Invitational (April 21-24, 2021)
  • 5000 Meters:
    • 14:33.89 at the OSU High Performance Meet (April 30-May 1, 2021)
    • 14:42.94 at the Hayward Premiere (April 2-3, 2021)

2021 XC:

  • 8k:
    • 23:51.1 at the Battle Born Collegiate Challenge (February 19, 2021)
    • 24:13.8 at the FSU Winter XC Classic (February 5, 2021)
  • 10k: 32:06.4 at the NCAA DI Cross Country Championships (March 15, 2021)

2020 XC:

  • 8k: 24:51.4 at the 2020 Oklahoma State Invitational (October 17, 2020)

2020 Outdoors:

  • Season canceled due to concern surrounding COVID-19

2020 Indoors:

  • Did not compete

2019 XC:

  • Did not compete

Prep:

  • OFSAA Cross Country 2018 Bronze Medalist
  • Three time OFSAA South Region Champion
  • Junior school record holder in the 3,000-meter

Personal:

  • Major in Business Management
  • Favorite food is arepas

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023Senior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2024Redshirt Senior

    3000m/5000m
    5'10"
  • 2025Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'10"