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2015-16 Men's Track and Field Roster

Derek Gielarowski

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Mich.
  • High School:
    Plymouth

Summary

Biography

Gielarowski All-Time Results
Gielarowski Cross Country


Varsity Letters: 3

Career Marks:
Mile:
    4:25.64i
3000m:    8:35.80i
5000m:    15:04.48 (#12 Titan)
10,000m:    31:35.83 (#7 Titan)
2000m Steeple:    6:18.55 (UDM Record)
3000m Steeple:    9:36.92
8k XC:    26:23

2016 Outdoor: Placed 6th with 9:39.29 in 3,000m steeple at HL Outdoor Championships... Finished 12th with season best 15:32.30 in 5,000m at HL Championships... Mile best of 4:28.62 for 3rd at Detroit vs. Oakland Dual... 3,000m steeple PR of 9:36.92 at Colonial Relays.

2016 Indoor: Mile PR of 4:25.64 for 11th at GVSU Bob Eubanks Open... 3,000m PR of 8:35.80 for 11th at SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational... 5,000m best of 15:11.69 for 13th at YSU National Invite... Finished 11th with 15:17.61 in 5,000m and 13th with 8:40.96 in 3,000m at HL Indoor Championships.

2015 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2015 Indoor: Mile best of 4:33.17 for 6th at EMU Quad Meet.

2014 Outdoor: Opened season with 10,000m PR of 31:35.83 at Cincinnati…repeat win in 2000m Steeple versus Oakland lowering his UDM record to 6:18.55…15:06.24 5000m outdoor best at Jesse Owens Classic…Horizon League scorer taking 5th in 10,000m running 32:20.00 and then placing 11th in 5000m (15:38.60).

2014 Indoor: Won team Coach’s Award, all but two races were PRs…picked up where he left off from All-Horizon League Cross Country season with 5000m PR of 15:20.06 at Notre Dame…4:29.52 Mile PR at EMU…3000m PR of 8:53.97 at Simmons-Harvey Invitational…lowered it to 8:47.54 for third at IPFW…lowered it again at YSU National Invitational running 8:42.57 for 3rd after a 4:22.1 anchor carry on DMR (10:21.41)…took 5000m to 15:04.48 at GVSU Big Meet…Horizon League scorer in 5000m taking 4th in 15:11.42 and then placed 11th in 3000m running 8:45.95.

2013 Outdoor: Opened season with 5000m PR of 15:29.00 placing 5th at Toledo…won Steeplechase debut versus Oakland running UDM record of 6:26.62…bounced back from injury to get a couple of top 10 finishes at Horizon League, making 10,000m debut in 33:07.31 for 10th and 9th in 5000m in 15:38.01.

2013 Indoor: Opened season running 15:58.99 for 5000m at Notre Dame… 3000m of 9:14.73 at Central Michigan… 5th in Mile at IPFW running 4:31.05…3000m PR of 8:57.38 after running anchor leg (4:32) on rookie record DMR at YSU… 5000m PR of 15:45.47 for 12th and 19th place 3000m (9:03.44) at Horizon League.

High School: Represented Michigan at the Mideast Meet of Champions in cross country as a senior...Earned All-State honors by placing 12th in 2011 at the Michigan Division 1 state finals...He was also a four-time state qualifier...Won the regionals as a senior and was conference runner-up... His 5000m personal record of 15:50 is tied for second all time at Plymouth...As a senior in track, he was the Division 1 Regional Champion in the 1600m, 3200m, and the 4x800m team... Took runner-up at the regionals and 18th in the state in the 3200m as a junior...In 2010, he was a Division 1 state qualifier in both the 3200m and in the 4x800-meter relay.

Personal: Son of Alice and Greg Gielarowski... Has a younger brother, Dave.

Major: Robotics and mechatronics systems engineering

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