Gabe Poppen
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- Hometown:
- Glenwood, Iowa
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Cornerstone Christian HS
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- Previous School(s):
- Cornerstone Christian HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021-22, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
Gabe Poppen's Season-by-Season Marks/Career Bests
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 men’s and women’s track squads returned to the track on Thursday for the Prairie Wolf Invite hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln. For the first time this season, the winds relented and the Bruins took advantage of the great track and field conditions to record three school records.
The Bellevue University track teams were back in action on Saturday at the Jim Dutcher Memorial Track Invitational on the campus of Doane University. Persistent winds near 25 mph hampered all the athletes and personal bests were nearly impossible to accomplish in the conditions.
A pair of podium (top five) finishes and a pair of school records stood out as highlights for the Bruin track team competing at the Sioux City Relays on Friday and Saturday (April 8-9). The meet, held at Sioux City’s Elwood Olsen Stadium near the campus of Morningside University, features a competitive collegiate field as well as the top high school athletes in the area. Cold and blustery conditions on Friday gave way to sunshine and calmer winds on Saturday allowing some good early season performances.
In just his second competition as a Bruin, Collin Kotz established his second school record at Saturday's Dordt Invitational in Sioux Center, Iowa. Kotz would return later in the afternoon to narrowly miss a third record as he highlighted the Bruin performances on the day.
Cool and windy conditions greeted the Bruin track team as they opened their outdoor campaign at Saturday's Viking Relays hosted by Grand View University at Des Moines' Duke Williams Stadium.