Gabrielle Byndas

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Michael Wade

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Milford, Mich.

Career
Made 22 meet appearances (11 indoor/11 outdoor) … In indoor, improved her time by 30 seconds in the 3000m … In outdoor, shaved 1:05 off her time in the 10,000m and 12 seconds in the 5000m.

Honors
Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) … Tiger Academic 30 (top-30 GPA in athletics department) four semesters … Dean’s List student … Tiger 3.0 Club member.

On The Charts
Indoor Performance List: Eighth in the 5000m … Outdoor Performance List: Ninth in the 10,000m.

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Ran in three meets … Posted a personal-best time in the 10,000m at the season-opening Rhodes College Invitational … Crossed the finish line in third place in the event at the meet … Placed fourth in the 5000m at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Ran in both events at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Logged a personal-best time in the 5000m at the conference meet … 2018: Competed in only one meet … Ran in the 10,000m at the Rhodes College Invitational … 2017: Made seven meet appearances … Ran in four distance events throughout the campaign … Posted a personal-best time in the 1500m at Ole Miss’ Joe Walker Invitational … Ran season-bests in the 5000m at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational and in the 10,000m at the Rhodes College Invitational … Finished second in the 10,000m at the Rhodes College Invitational, which was her collegiate outdoor debut … Ran in the 10,000m at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Indoor
2019-20: Made three meet appearances … Ran in her first meet of season at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Logged a personal-best in the 5000m at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge … Time is the eighth-best 5000m performance in UofM history … Ran in both the 3000m and 5000m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018-19: Competed in four meets … Posted a personal-best in the 3000m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Recorded her best finish in an indoor distance event with a seventh-place performance in the 3000m at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational …2017-18: Did not compete … 2016-17: Ran exclusively in the 3000m … Competed in four meets … Logged a season-best time in the event at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge … Made her college indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational.