Gabriel Melvin
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 155
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- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Atlantic Coast
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- Events:
- Sprints
Bio
Personal Bests: 60: 6.98 200: 23.56
TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)
Sophomore (2020-21): Competed in four indoor meets ... Won the 60-meter dash at the HCAC Indoor Championships with a time of 6.98, one of the fastest times in program history ... Placed seventh in the 200-meters (23.74) at the HCAC Indoor Championships.
Freshman (2019-20): Competed in four indoor meets ... Set personal best in the 60-meter dash (7.21) and the 200-meter dash (23.56) at the HCAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 22.
Prep: Two-year letterman in football at Atlantic Coast High School ... Also participated in track.
Personal: Son of Milagros Galan ... Majoring in sport management with a minor in business administration ... Also a member of the DC football team.
News mentions
On Saturday the Defiance College men’s and women’s track and field program will begin the 2020-21 outdoor season at the Cedarville Yellowjacket Collegiate Open. This season will be the first outdoor season for Defiance head coach Nathan Christianson, who was hired during the 2019-20 indoor season.
Despite being picked last in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches polls, the Defiance College men's track and field team placed third at the HCAC Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. on Sunday afternoon with a total of 66 points. This is the team's highest finish since 2015 when they placed fourth. Gabriel Melvin won the 60-meters with a time of 6.98 seconds followed closely by teammate Ja'qway Janvier who placed second with a time of 7.02 seconds. Robert Marshall finished second in the 200-meters with a time of 23.07 seconds, a personal best, while Janvier returned to the podium with a third-place finish in the event.
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Three first-place finishes from Ja'qway Janvier set the tone for an impressive outing by the Defiance College track and field teams at the John Hartpence Invitational on Friday evening. Janvier ran the third-fastest time in school history in the 60-meters, clocking in at 6.96 seconds in the finals to win the event. He followed up this record performance by win the 200-meters with a time of 23.48 seconds and also placing first in the long jump with a distance of 5.93m.
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