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2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

Keith Nordstrom/ Atlantic 10
Art Pittman/Atlantic 10
Rafael Suanes/Atlantic 10
Rafael Suanes/Atlantic 10

Gordon Smith

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmington, Del.
  • Highschool Delcastle

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS/RECORDS

  • 60m: 6.82
  • 100m: 10.70
  • 200m: 22.12
  • Long Jump: 7.29m
2023 OUTDOOR
  • Part of the Atlantic 10 Champion 4x100m relay team
  • Leaped 7.29m in the long jump at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships to place fifth overall and set a new PR
  • Also achieved personal bests in the 100m (10.70) and 200m (22.12)
2023 INDOOR
  • Brought home two bronze medals for third-place finishes in the long jump and 60 at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Started his season with a win in the long jump at the Patriot Games, a victory that earned him Atlantic 10 Track Performer of the Week honors 
  • Advanced to the final in the 60 at the Crimson Elite Meet, Boston University Scarlet and White, and the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 

2022 OUTDOOR

  • Competed in the long jump Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships 
  • Finished eleventh as a member of 4x100 relay at the Texas Relays 

2022 INDOOR

  • Set personal best records in the 60 (7.00) and the long jump (7.16m) at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing ninth in the 60 and third in the long jump
  • Placed tenth in the long jump at the Kenneth Giles Norfolk State Invitational 

2021 OUTDOOR

  • Set a personal best of 11.12 in the 100-meter dash at the VCU Final Qualifier, also placing fifth in the long jump
  • Competed at the Atlantic 10 Championships, finishing 11th in the long jump
  • Secured top-10 finishes in the long jump and the USF Bulls Invite and USF Invite

2021 INDOOR

  • Earned a runner-up finish in the long jump at the Patriot Games, also placed sixth in the 60-meter dash

2020 OUTDOOR

  • Helped secure a fourth place finish in the 4x400 with a time of 44.36 at the Bobcat/Shark Relays
  • The NCAA canceled the remainder of the 2020 outdoor season

2020 INDOOR

  • Finished fourth in the long jump with a personal best of 7.03m at the VMI Team Challenge
  • Ran a personal record of 7.10 in the 60-meter dash at the VMI Team Challenge
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Indoor and outdoor 2018 Delaware state champion in the long jump
PERSONAL
  • Born on June 28, 2001
  • Major: Health Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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