2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Moronta, Gabriel
Gabriel Moronta
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class (Indoor):
- Fr.
- Class (Outdoor):
- Fr.
- Hometown:
- Pleasantville, N.J.
- High School/Previous School:
- Pleasantville HS
Bio
2022 Outdoor Season
Placed 21st in the 400m hurdles at the UF Tom Jones Memorial to earn a new personal best time of 53.10 (4/15-16)...Finished in tenth in the 400m hurdles at the Crimson Tide Invitational in 53.48 (4/22-4/23)...Won the 400m hurdles to earn a new personal best time of 51.98 at the Maroon and White Invitational (4/29-30)...Competed in the SEC Outdoor Championships, placed 13th in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 51.38 and placed sixth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:06.12 (5/12-5/14)...At the NCAA East Preliminary Round, Moronta placed 45th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.10 and placed 18th in the 4x400m relay (5/25-5/28).
2022 Indoor Season
Competed for the first time indoor at the UAB Blazer Invitational, running in the 4x400 and the 600m, finishing second in both, and achieving a personal best of 1:18.40 in the 600m (1/14)... Finished ninth in the 800m with a personal best of 1:50.80 and fourth in the 4x400 with a personal best of 3:08.34 at the Tiger Paw Invite (2/11).
2021 Outdoor Season
Ran a leg of the winning 4x800m relay at the Bulldog Relays (3/26) ... At the Crimson Tide Invitational he finished in ninth in the 800m in 1:52.00, also running a leg of the 4x400m relay (4/10) ... Came in seventh in the 800m of the War Eagle Invitational (4/17) ... Had a personal-best finish of 1:50.36 in the 800m invite, placing ninth at the Maroon & White Invite while also running a leg of the winning 4x400m relay (5/1) ... At the SEC Championships he competed in the 800m prelims to a personal-best 1:49.33, seventh-place finish to qualify for the finals where he came in ninth (5/15) ... Ran to a 21st-place finish in the 800m first round at the NCAA East Prelims to qualify for the quarterfinals where he finished in 20th (5/28).Placed 21st in the 400m hurdles at the UF Tom Jones Memorial to earn a new personal best time of 53.10 (4/15-16)...Finished in tenth in the 400m hurdles at the Crimson Tide Invitational in 53.48 (4/22-4/23)...Won the 400m hurdles to earn a new personal best time of 51.98 at the Maroon and White Invitational (4/29-30)...Competed in the SEC Outdoor Championships, placed 13th in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 51.38 and placed sixth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:06.12 (5/12-5/14)...At the NCAA East Preliminary Round, Moronta placed 45th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.10 and placed 18th in the 4x400m relay (5/25-5/28).
2022 Indoor Season
Competed for the first time indoor at the UAB Blazer Invitational, running in the 4x400 and the 600m, finishing second in both, and achieving a personal best of 1:18.40 in the 600m (1/14)... Finished ninth in the 800m with a personal best of 1:50.80 and fourth in the 4x400 with a personal best of 3:08.34 at the Tiger Paw Invite (2/11).
2021 Outdoor Season
2021 Indoor Season
Did not compete.Academics / Service
Named USTFCCCA All-Academic after the 2021 season ... Named to the Honor Roll at Pleasantville, along with being a member of the National Honor Society, a member of the Student Court, and being named to the Merit Roll.
Before the Bulldogs
Personal
Born Gabriel Moronta in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on October 19, 2002 ... Mother is Lilibeth Moronta ... Has three siblings, Jhoan, Jeremy and Lisbeth.Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
400m – 46.24 (Tiger Paw Invite – 2/10/2023)
600m – 1:18.40 (UAB Blazer Invitational – 1/14/2022)
Outdoor
400m Hurdles – 51.38 (SEC Outdoor Championships – 5/12/2022)
800m – 1:49.33 (SEC Outdoor Championships – 5/13/2021)
Indoor
400m – 46.24 (Tiger Paw Invite – 2/10/2023)
600m – 1:18.40 (UAB Blazer Invitational – 1/14/2022)
Outdoor
400m Hurdles – 51.38 (SEC Outdoor Championships – 5/12/2022)
800m – 1:49.33 (SEC Outdoor Championships – 5/13/2021)
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