2024 Track & Field Roster

Gabriel Abbes

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Temecula, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Great Oak HS

Biography

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CAREER HIGHS:
8k (XC): 24:00.6 
10k (XC): 31:27.1
Mile: 4:18.20
1500m (Out): 3:55.22
3000m (Out): 8:27.10
3000m (In): 8:22.85
5000m (Out): 14:33.01

CROSS COUNTRY
2023: Raced in all five meets for the Bears...set a new PR of 31:27.1 in the 10k at the NCAA West Regionals...raced his fastest 8k mark of the season at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing in 24:28, good for 51st place overall... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Competed in five meets...ran a new personal-best 31:44.4 in the 10k race at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships...Cal's top finish in 56th place at Pac-12 Championships, his fastest mark in an 8k in the 2022 season... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Competed in five meets… finished the 10k in a personal-best 32:33.1 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships…at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships, posted an 8k time of 26:09.9… set a new personal record of 25:01.7 in the 8k race at the Sacramento State Invitational, good for seventh place… at the USF Invite, ran an 18th-place 25:13.0 in the 8k... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2020-2021: Made his collegiate debut at the Pac-12 Championships as he raced in the 8k in 24:00.6

TRACK & FIELD
2024 (Outdoor): Appeared in one meet for Cal… ran the mile in a personal-best 4:18.20 and also competed in the 3000m, finishing the race in 8:35.36... named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2024 (Indoor): Appeared in one meet for Cal… ran the mile in a personal-best 4:18.20 and also competed in the 3000m, finishing the race in 8:35.36... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023: Appeared in one indoor meet for Cal… ran the 3000m in 8:27.06 at the Husky Classic... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2022 (Outdoor): Appeared in four meets… posted a personal-best time of 14:55.80 at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships… ran a 1500m PR of 3:55.22 at the Cardinal Classic… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Indoor): Competed in two meets… at the Husky Classic, ran a personal-best 8:22.85 in the 3000m run... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Competed in five outdoor meets for the Bears... took second place in the 3k run at the Cal-USC Dual with a personal-best 8:23.93... ran a personal-best 4:04.29 in the 1500m run at the Aztec Invitational... made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Great Oak High School 2020 Athlete of the Year… at the 2020 California Winter State Track & Field Championships, won the 3k race… was invited to the 2019 Nike Cross Nationals to compete in the 5k run… earlier that year, placed eighth in the 5k race at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Cross Country Championships… invited to the 2019 Arcadia Invitational, where he competed in the 4x1600m relay… placed third in the 3200m run at the 2018 Southwestern League Finals… competed in four events at the that year’s Arcadia Invitational (1500m run, 1600m run, mile run and 4x1600m relay)… earlier in 2018, took fourth in the 3k run at the California Winter State Championships… as a sophomore, was invited to the Nike Cross Nationals and competed in the 5k… reached the 2017 CIF State Cross Country Championships, racing in the 5k… reached the CIF-South Section (SS) Division Finals in the 3-mile run that year… competed in the 1600m run and the 3200m run at the 2017 Arcadia Invitational… entered the 3k and 1500m races at the 2017 California Winter State Championships… reached the 2016 CIF-SS Division Preliminaries and competed in the 3-mile run.

PERSONAL: Majored in business administration… son of Diego and Andrea Abbes.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

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  • 2022Sophomore

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  • 2023Junior

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  • 2024Senior

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