2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
George Gleason
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Huntington Beach
2020 (Track & Field)
Competed in distance races in four meets this past indoor season โฆ Indoor: Capped his season with an appearance in the 3000m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, clocking a lifetime-best time of 8:09.85 for 12th place overall โฆ Was the runner-up in the mile at the Alex Wilson Invite, crossing with a time of 4:07.98 โฆ Notched a season-best mile time of 4:06.49 at the Husky Classic.
2019 (Cross Country)
Competed in five meets in his final cross country campaign with the Bruins ... Took 34th place in at the NCAA West Regional Championships, clocking an 8k time of 30:37.4 ... Finished 46th overall at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best time 8k time of 24:15.1 ... Opened the year at the UCR vs. UCLA Dual Meet, finishing seventh overall in the 5k with a time of 16:23.1.ย
2019 (Track & Field)
Did not compete during the 2019 season.
2018 (Cross Country)
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Competed in two meets ... Clocked a time of 24:32.9 to finish 44th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals ... Took 14th at the Stanford Invite with a mark of 24:36.1.ย
2018 (Track &ย Field)ย
Qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in the 1500mย ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Overall, competed in six outdoor meets and three indoor meets ... Raced in the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10K, and mile ... Won the 1500mย in the USC Dual Meet on Apr. 29, setting a collegiate-best and qualifying for regionals with a time of 3:43.91 ... Finished the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 19-21) in 14:01.35, finishing in fifth and setting a new collegiate-best ... Was the 10th-place finisher in the 1500m at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing in 3:47.55 ... Best mile time of the year came at the Jim Bush/Bob Larsen Invitational: 4:05.69 ... Raced in the mile (4:10.40, 18th) and 5000mย (14:15.47, 13th) at the MPSF Championshipsย ...ย Named to the 2018 MPSF Indoor Track All-Academic Team.ย
2017 (Cross Country)
Competed at the NCAA Championships (10k) and finished 164th overall with a time of 30:34.36 โฆ Placed 43rd in the 10k at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 30:23.3 โฆ Finished 40th overall at the Pac-12 Championships (8k) with a time of 24:34.5 โฆ Was the Bruinsโ second runner at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite (8k), as he finished seventh overall with a time of 23:49.3 โฆ Competed in the 8k at the Roy Griak Invite and finished with a time of 26:23.8, good for 41st place โฆ Opened his redshirt sophomore season with 10th-place finish at the George Kyte Classic (4.5mi) in Flagstaffย โฆ Pac-12ย All-Academic honorable mention selection.
2017 (Track & Field)
Competed in the 1,500m at the NCAA West Regional Prelims, finishing in 31st place with a time of 3:57.06 โฆ Won the 1,500m competition against USC with a lifetime-best time of 3:45.51 โฆ Ran a personal best in the 5,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays, posting a time of 14:13.08 for 16th place โฆ Clocked a lifetime-best time of 4:05.06 in the mile at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, good for eight overall โฆ Doubled at the MPSF Indoor Championships in the 3,000m (8:13.67) and 5,000m (14:14.76), finishing 23rd and 14th in the events, respectivelyย โฆ MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2016 (Cross Country)
Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention โฆ Raced in the NCAA West Regional Championships in the 10k and placed 59th overall with a time of 30:38.4 โฆ Raced at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in the 8k and finished 178th with a time of 26:18.8 โฆ Placed second at the Mustang Challenge in the 4.8mi with a time of 25:01.3 โฆ Opened the season with a ninth-place finish at the Nevada Twilight in the 5k with a time of 16.30.0.
2016 (Track &ย Field)
Competed in six meets in his first year on the track for the Bruins โฆ Ran a 1,500m best of 3:49.09 at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ Clocked a 4:08.86 in the mile at the Legends Distance Carnival โฆ Ran a 3,000m best of 8:32.21 at the Rafer Johnson/JJK Invitational.
2015 (Cross Country)
ย Ran unattached in the Titan Invitational (8k) and finished with a time of 24:50.
High School
Attended Huntington Beach High School โฆ A state meet qualifier in both track and cross country โฆ Placed third his senior season in the 1,600m at the CIF State Track & Field Championships with a time of 4:09.57 โฆ Clocked a personal best 4:09.02 to place fourth at the CIF Southern Section finals โฆ Finished ninth at the state meet as a junior in the 1,600m with a time of 4:13.92 โฆ Holds a personal best of 9:10.72 in the 3,200m โฆ Placed 12th at the CIF California State Cross Country Championships in the 2014 with a time of 15:32 โฆ Named the Huntington Beach HS Athlete of the Year for 2015 โฆ An all-state selection in cross country in 2014 โฆ An All-CIF and all-state selection in 2015.
Personal
Son of Patrick and Gina Gleason โฆ Has two brothers named Henry and Will โฆ Was a four-year letterwinner on the Huntington Beach HS surfing team โฆ English major. ย
