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2023 Cross Country Roster
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Gavan Baxley
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wetumpka, Ala.
- High School:
- Wetumpka HS
Bio
Sophomore (2024-25)
XC: Entered four meets, with his highest finish coming in the FSU XC Invitational in 51st … Earned a personal best in the 8k with a 26:42.40 on Oct. 11 at the FSU XC Invitational ... Finished 62nd in the SBC Championships at 28:21.70
Outdoor: Competed in the 3000 and 5000 meters… Ran 3000 season’s best of 9:22.54 at the Southern Miss Invitational earning ninth… Finished ninth at the South Alabama Invitational (9:24.30)… Ran 5000 season’s best of 15:40.10 at the Crimson Tide Invitational… Finished ninth at the Doc Anderson Invitational (16:23.89)
Freshman (2023-24)
XC: Competed in three meets for the 8k with one top 10 finish (10th) at the Huntingdon 8k/6k (28:52.90) ... Personal record accomplished at the Alabama Crimson Classic at 28:09.00 ... Finished 56th at the SBC Championships with a time of 29:48.30
Indoor: Did not compete
Outdoor: Competed in the 3000 and 5000 meters… Set a personal best in the 3000 with a time of 9:26.92 at the South Alabama Invitational to earn sixth place… Placed third at the Troy Doc Anderson Invitational with a time of 16:08.96… Placed seventh at the 2024 Tiger Track Classic with a time of 15:58.97… Set a personal best of 15:57.33 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships to earn 27th place
High SchoolGraduated from Wetumpka HS… Timed at 2:07.30 in the 800m, 4:38.17 in the 1600m, 10:03.94 in the 3200m and 16:42.05 in the 5k… Named cross country and track & field team captain… 2022 AHSAA Section 2 XC Individual Champion… Member of the Section 2 Team Championship roster for 2020, 2021 and 2022… Eight-time AHSAA Individual State Finalist… 2019 USATF Junior Olympic National Finalist… Awarded the 2023 Joe Sewell Memorial Award… Two-time Wetumpka Herald All-County XC Team and Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro XC Team
Personal
Full name is Gavan James Baxley… Born on Jan. 5, 2005, in Gadsden, Ala… Majoring in broadcast journalism… Parents are Nacole and Ben Baxley… One sister named Ava
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