Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Rajpaul Pannu (St. Mary's College, Moraga)

Rajpaul Pannu
Height: 6'0"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Hercules, Calif.
Other College: Diablo Valley College
Experience: Junior College


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***2012 First Team All-WCC XC***

***2012 USTFCCCA XC All-West Region***

Collegiate Career Bests:

1500 meters: 4:06.68

5000 meters: 14:48.45

8000 meters (XC): 23:53 - 10/13/12 **School Record

10000 meters (XC): 30:10 - 11/9/12 **School Record

Saint Mary's Record Book:

5000m: 3rd

8000 meters (XC): 1st

10000 meters (XC): 1st

At Saint Mary's: Top scorer for the Gaels...looks to challenge WCC and NCAA best...returning All-WCC First Team and All-West Region athlete in XC…has full year of eligibility remaining

2012 (Junior): Continued to make Gael history in his second cross country season for Saint Mary's, never finishing worse than 19th place...placed 4th overall at opening season WCC Preview Meet in Portland, OR against mostly conference opponents...finished 12th at the Stanford Invitational (24:35), improving by roughly thirty seconds from the previous season...improved by nearly 1:30 at the Bronco Invitational, finishing 3rd overall (23:53) and the top Division I competitor...collected First Team All-WCC accolades after finishing 8th in a sloppy WCC Championships race (24:09)...became first Saint Mary's XC/T&F athlete to be named to the USTFCCCA All-West Region with 19th place finish at NCAA West Regional in Seattle, WA (30:10)…redshirt T&F season…ran 14:28.19 for 5K at the SFSU Distance Carnival competing unattached

2011 (Sophomore): Rewrote SMC record book in his first season...finished 27th at USF Invitational season opener (25:53)...broke existing four mile school record at Hornet Jamboree (20:23)...set season and personal best time of 25:06 at Stanford Invitational finishing 53rd overall...finished 25th (25:35) at first WCC Championships setting a new SMC record at the famed Crystal Springs course...toppled the existing 10K school record at NCAA West Regionals held at Stanford University (89th place - 31:12)...continued great first year with multiple sub-15 minute 5K performances...best race came at the Johnny Mathis Invitational with his 2nd place overall performance in 14:48.45...ended season with a competitive 14:53.90 at the West Coast Invitational finishing 12th overall amongst WCC competitors

At DVC: Raced freshman year for DVC and redshirt sophomore year...First-Team All-Big 8 and All-NorCal Conference in cross country...California Junior College track & field state qualifier in 5K and 10K placing second in the 10K

High School: Prepped at Hercules High School in Hercules, Calif. ...qualified for CIF Division IV state championship individually senior year...First-Team All-ACCA League for cross country...ACCAL champion for 3200m...two-time team MVP for cross country...team MVP for track & field his senior year...earned Titan Award for most inspirational athlete

Personal: Born Rajpaul Singh Pannu...majoring in Political Science...enjoys professional wrestling, performing community service at Bay Area Rescue Mission, and watching the Raiders and A's

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