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Gabriel Darosa

Gabriel Darosa - Men's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Birthdate 12/12/1995
Hometown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Last School St. Thomas Aquinas
Year Senior
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Gabriel Darosa - Men's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2019 Track: 
Indoor: Competed at one meet… ran the 800m in 1:52.34 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2018 Cross Country: 
Set a PR in the 7.6K with a time of 27:21.2 at the Georgia Bulldog Invitational… ran a personal best time of 28:09.5 in the 8K at the Berry Invitational.

2018 Track:
Indoor: Recorded an indoor PR in the 800m, running a 1:51.67 at the Music City Challenge to finish seventh … finished fourth at the Bob Pollock Invite in the 800m with a time of 1:51.72. Outdoor: One of the top 800 runners for the Jackets this season … Set his PR in the 800m by kicking to a 1:50.46 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to before falling just 0.22 shy of that at the ACC Championships … his PR ranked 13th in the ACC.

2017 Track:
Outdoor: Competed in three meets for Tech … ran a career-best time of 1:51.24 (16th) in the 800m run at the ACC Outdoor Championships … began the year with a 1:51.46 time (11th) in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished ninth in the 800m at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best time of 1:52.10 … Finished second in the 4×800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet relay with a time of 7:36.31 along with Andres Littig, Chris Burnett and Nico Metzler. Outdoor: Finished fifth in the 800m at the Georgia Invitational with a time of 1:55.05 … Finished 11th in the 800m at the Alabama Relays with a time of 1:53.57 … Finished 15th in the 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of1:57.90.

2015 Track:
Indoor: Made his college debut in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.01 at the Auburn Invitational … Posted his first top-10 finish by placing 10th at the Samford Invitational with a career-best 800m time of 1:53.17. Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 800 meters in a time of 1:52.94 at the Georgia Tech Invite … Logged a season-best 1,500-meter time of 4:17.60 at the Yellow Jacket Invite.

2014 Cross Country:
Did not compete.

High School:
Lettered four seasons in cross country under head coach Trish Butler and four seasons in track under Alex Armenteros at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. … Went to state meet in cross country in 2012 and 2013 and state meet in track in 2010, 2011 and 2013 … Finished second at the 2014 FHSAA state track meet … Dean’s List from 2010-2013.

Personal:
Full name is Gabriel Lauck Darosa … Son of Marcos and Saionara Darosa … Born Dec. 12, 1995 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. … Brother to Kevin, Daniel and Nicholas … Chose Georgia Tech because of the educational opportunites that Georgia Tech provides, the ability to compete in athletics at a high level and the high return on investment … Majoring in computer engineering.

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