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Hall of Fame

Michael P. Gordon

  • Class
    1999
  • Induction
    2006
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field

1995-96 Pole Vault: Posted wins against Hamilton (1/20), at Army Invitational (1/27) and at UAlbany against Siena, UAlbany and Saint Rose (3/30) … UCAA Champion with record height of 4.57 meters (4/11) … Won against Union and St. Lawrence at RPI (4/27) … 1996-97 Pole Vault: Won in meet with Siena and Union (2/2) … UCAA Champion (2/8) ... Won in meet with Saint Rose, Siena and Springfield (3/30) … New York State Outdoor Champion (5/2) … NCAA National Championships qualifier … 1996-97 Decathlon: Second in New York State Outdoor Meet (5/2) … 1997 New York State Field Athlete of the Meet (5/2) … Finished 13th at NCAA Championships … 1997-98 Pole Vault: Won at Capital District Championships (2/3) and Colgate Invitational (2/10) … Second at UCAA Championships (2/14) … ECAC Champion (3/9) … National All-American in Indoors after fifth place finish at NCAA Championships (3/13) … Won at outdoor meet against WPI and MIT (4/4) … Won at Adirondack Invitational (4/18) … New York State Champion (5/1) … 1997-98 Decathlon: New York State Champion (4/26) … National All-American after finishing fourth at NCAA Championships (5/21) … 1998-99: Did not compete … 1999-00: Won pole vault at Wesleyan (1/28) and at Colgate Invitational (2/5) … UCAA Champion with league record height (2/12), breaking his own previous mark … UCAA runner-up in high jump (2/12) … ECAC Field Athlete of the Week (2/16) … New York State Champion (2/25) … Third in long jump and fifth in high jump … UCAA Champion (4/8) … Long jump champion … UCAA Field Event Performer of the Year … Won at RPI Invitational … New York State Champion (5/5) … 1999-00 Decathlon: New York State Pentathlon Champion (2/20) … New York State Champion (4/30) … Other: Captain … Three-time team Most Valuable Performer … Graduated as school record holder in decathlon and indoor and outdoor pole vault ... Second all-time in pentathlon … Three-time New York State Field Performer of the Meet … Eight-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Olympia … Multiple UCAA All-Academic … Multiple New York State All-Academic ... Applied Physics major ... Master's in Mechanical Engineering ... Long Beach, California ... Long Beach Poly.

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