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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2020 Men's Track & Field Roster

Christopher Kenyon
Kyle Niermann
Scott Huck, Cedarville University

Joel Gatchell

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Red Lion, PA
  • High School Homeschool

Biography

CAREER STATS

2018-19
  • NCCAA Indoor All-American as a member of the champion 4 x 400 meter relay team (3:25.07)
  • Part of G-MAC Indoor championship distance medley relay (10:11.35) which rates fourth all-time at CU
  • Turned in a career-best indoor 400 of 51.91 seconds at Grand Valley State
  • Established outdoor PR’s in the 200 (23.59), 400 (51.08), and the javelin (154-6)
  • Saw action in four cross country with a career-best 8K of 29:33 at the Wilmington Classic.

2017-18
  • Established indoor PR in the 800 of 2:04.92 at Grand Valley State
  • Ran a career-best outdoor 800 (2:07.76) at the Cedarville Collegiate
  • Best time in the outdoor 400 was 52.21 at the Miami RedHawk Invitational
  • Competed in five cross country meets with a season-best 8K was 30:40 at the Wilmington Classic

2016-17
  • Participated in the 400 and 800 meter events during the indoor campaign
  • Top effort in the 400 meters was a 53:69 at the Grand Valley State Big Meet
  • Placed seventh in the 800 at Findlay with a time of 2:07.21
  • Posted an outdoor season-best 53:46 in the 400 meters at Hanover
  • Competed in the 800 (2:12.39) and 1,500 (4:33.50) at the Yellow Jacket Outdoor Open

High School
  • Homeschool graduate, who garnered experience at Red Lion High School
  • Earned two letters in four seasons on the track plus three letters in four years of cross country

Personal
  • Athletic training major at Cedarville University
  • Born February 15, 1998 in Bedford, N.H.
  • Son of Matt and Christine Gatchell
  • Older brother, Caleb, was a four-year distance runner at Hillsdale College from 2013-17
  • Older brother, Ethan, was a four-year distance runner with the Yellow Jackets from 2015-19
  • Has two younger sisters and a younger brother

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'11" 160 lbs
  • 2018Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2019Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2020Senior

    Middle Distance
    6'0" 165 lbs