GabrielSzalay

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Academic Accolades 

• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll – 2019, 2020, 2021

• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2020
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2019

2021-22 (Senior) 

Outdoor

• Ran the 1,500m in the Kentucky Invitational and Joe Walker Invitational

Cross Country

• Competed at SEC Championships for Kentucky

• Ran in the men’s blue five mile at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational as one of UK’s top eight runners
• Finished 18th in the Commodore Classic 8K (25:30.0)
• Placed in the top 30 at the Missouri Opener 6K

2020-21 (Junior) 
Cross Country

• Ran in one meet, the UAB Blazer Classic

Indoor

• Competed in four meets
• Finished seventh in the 800m run at the South Carolina Invitational with a personal-best time of 1:54.27

Outdoor

• Ran in four meets, placing seventh in the 800m at the Weems Baskin Relays and Rick Erdmann Twilight

2018-19 (Freshman) 
Indoor

• SEC 12th place in the mile
• Ran a mile season best 4:11.43 at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 8
• Ran an 800m best: 1:54.95 to place 11th at the Clemson Invitational

Cross Country

• Ran at one meet – the Louisville Classic, running an 8k time of 25:46.60

High School 

• Ohio finalist in the mile outdoors every year in high school, placing 11th, ninth and seventh improving each of the last three years
• New Balance Nationals competitor every year in HS, with a silver as a freshman, fourth as a sophomore and eighth as a junior in 2017.
• State title in 4×800 senior year in Ohio
• Four-year state qualifier in track

• Cross country state qualifier
• Student council representative

Personal 

• Birthday: January 26
• Parents: Carrie and Charles Szalay

• Siblings: Taryn, Regan and Christian Szalay
• Major: Economics
• Hobbies: Playing golf, watching movies
• Favorite sports teams: Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Fun fact: His nickname is Ric