Radford University Athletics

2012-13 HIGHLIGHTS
Broke the school-record in the 5000m with a time of 14:45.36 while placing seventh at the Big South Championships ... Set a PR and the fifth best time at RU in the 1500m at 3:49.00 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier ... Finished third while holding the ninth best time at RU at the Pepsi Relays at 3:50.09 ... Earned a first place at the Highlander Invitational in the 1500m (3:52.92), a second place at the UVA Invitational, third place at the Winthrop Invitational, fourth place at the Big South Championships and a fifth at the Roanoke College Twilight ... Ran the 1000m in 2:32.15 (PR) at the VT Invitational to place 13th ... Established PR in the 3000m at 8:40.05 (sixth-fastest in program history) to place sixth at VT Invitational ... Champion in the mile at Liberty Open with the fifth-fastest time in program history (4:12.71 - PR); finished third in 3000m (8:47.48) to earn Big South Track Athlete of the Week ... Ran the last leg of DMR at Hilton Garden Inn-vitational where group won with program's third-fastest time (10:16.31); placed fourth in mile (4:14.52 - sixth-best in record books) ... Ran the 800m at VT Challenge in a PR 1:56.06 to finish 17th; tenth-fastest time for event in school history ... Big South Champion in the mile with second-fastest time at Radford (4:09.45); ran 5,000 meters in PR 15:00.34 (fifth-best on top-10 chart) to place 12th; Ran final leg of DMR to help Radford earn all-conference honors with a school-record pace of 10:01.42 to finish runner-up.

2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS
Did not compete during the outdoor season ... Ran the second fastest indoor mile time of 4:23.86 to finish third at the Akron Invitational … Posted Radford’s top time in the 3000m when he crossed the line in 8:48.40 at the VT Challenge to record a ninth-place showing … Last leg of the school-record distance medley relay team (10:12.74) at the Big South Championships. 

2010-11 HIGHLIGHTS
Ran an indoor season-best 4:17.71 mile at the VT Challenge … Highest mile finish (7th) came at the Liberty Open with a time of 4:26.98 … Posted season-best times of 9:14.31 in the 3000m and 15:42.42 in the 5000m … Recorded first-ever outdoor 1500m victory at the Carolina’s Cup with a time of 4:02.39 … Posted back-to-back victories in the 5000m at the Liberty Invitational and Asics Winthrop Invitational with 15:04.42 and 15:17.53 times, respectively … Qualified for U.S. Junior Nationals with the 15:04.42 … Collected the Top 4 cross country times on the season … Led Radford competitors in every race … Collected three Top 20 finishes … Finished 23rd with a time of 26:30.93 at the Big South Championships (Oct. 30) … Ran a personal best 26:27.70 at the Blue Ridge Open (Oct. 15) … 62nd-place showing (26:32.00) at the Paul Short Invitational (Oct. 1), one of the nation’s largest cross country meets … Finished 18th at the Big South Preview with a time of 27:37.30.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named cross country team captain and recorded a fourth-place finish at the VHSL AA State Championship meet … Four-time all-state selection … Part of a 4x800-meter relay team that captured top state time … Finished fifth in Emerging Elite Mile at 2010 New Balance Nationals … Finished seventh at the 2010 Nike Indoor Nationals in the distance medley relay en route to clocking the 16th fastest time in indoor high school history … Three-sport athlete in track, cross country and basketball while at Grafton.

PERSONAL/ACADEMICS
Son of Ann and David Gorwitz … Pre-major.