Gabe Poppen
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- Hometown:
- Glenwood
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- Year:
- Fr
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- Previous School(s):
- Iowa
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
2020 Season (Freshman): Posted a PR of 29:35.0 at the Herby Blakely Invite (Sept. 12) ... Placed 27th at the NSAA Championships with a time of 33:27.65 ... Holds outdoor school records in the Long Jump (19-01.25), 100M (11.88), 200M (23.29), and 400M (53.31) ... Set indoor records in the 200M (24.80), 400M (55.32), and Long Jump (19-04.25)
High School: Prepped at Cornerstone Christian under head coach Mr. Dotzler ... A member of Cornerstone's first state-qualifying team in any sport in school history (Nebraska Class D) when he was a varsity member of the cross country team as a junior ... Finished 39th at the State Meet as a senior in 2019 with a time of 18:24 ... Poppen excelled in track as well, running the 100, 200, and multiple relays in addition to both long and triple jumping ... Won the Frontier Conference titles in the 100 and 200 as a junior running 11.85 and 24.87 seconds, respectively ... His personal bests are 11.69 and 23.74 ... Narrowly missed qualifying for the state track meet with two third-place finishes at the District where the top two finishers qualify ... Has a personal best of 20-1 in the long jump and 38 feet, ¾" in the triple jump ... Also a member of his high school's varsity basketball team ... Earned academic all-conference honors.
Personal: Son of Terry and Teri Poppen ... Has an older brother, Garrett ... Majoring in Cybersecurity ... Born on Oct. 25, 2001.
News mentions
The Bruin Distance Track squad came home with three all-Conference medals at the NSAA outdoor track and field championships hosted by Waldorf University on Thursday and Friday, May 13-14. All-Conference awards are presented to the top three finishers and top relay team at the meet.
The Bellevue University distance track teams completed one final tune-up meet before taking on the North Star Association Meet on May 13-14. A brutal day for distance running with temperatures in the 80’s and steady winds of 25 miles per hour accompanied by gusts up to 40 mpg ruled out chances for personal bests at the Statesmen Relays on the William Penn University campus.
Bruin distance runners turned in a number of big improvements at today’s Concordia Track Invitational in Seward, held in cool and breezy conditions.
A very challenging wind had an impact on results today but the Bruin distance track squad gained more racing experience and lowered three more record marks at today's Bronco Invite in Hastings.
After 22 months, the Bruin distance track team was able to take to the outdoor track again with a promising first meet held in blustery conditions at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.