2018-19 Track and Field Roster
Roster
John Gove
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Leominster, Mass.
- High School:
- Leominster
Collegiate Bests
• Outdoor 400m - 51.91
• 600m - 1:21.02
• Indoor 800m - 1:52.15
• Outdoor 800m - 1:50.29
• Indoor 1000m - 2:27.85
• 1500m - 3:49.61
2021:
CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
INDOOR: Placed fifth in the 600m at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational, running a 1:22.50 … Ran a 1:53.90 in the 800m, finishing sixth in the Hoosier Hills Invitational … Posted a personal-record 1:52.40 time in the 800m at the B1G Indoor Invitational … Also helped the 4x400 relay place eighth at the B1G Indoor Invitational, running a combined 3:26.11 … Finished 16th in preliminaries of the 800m at the Big Ten Championships, recording a 1:52.89 time.
OUTDOOR: Was the 800m runner-up in the B1G Invite #1, registering a 1:53.86 … Was a part of the 4x400 relay squad that finished eighth at the B1G Invite #1 with a 3:18.41 time … Placed ninth in the 800m at the B1G Invite #2 with a time of 1:51.93 … Finished third in the B1G Invite #3’s 800m race, notching a 1:51.57 time … Ran a 1:50.29 PR time at the Billy Hayes Invite, placing 10th … Was 21st in the 800m at the Big Ten Championships, running a 1:50.86 time … Helped the 4x400 relay place 12th in the Big Ten Championships at 3:16.48.
2019-20:
INDOOR: Clocked in at 1:56.82 in the 800m at the GVSU Big Meet Invite (Feb. 14).
2018-19:
Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Ran on the second place 4x800 (7:32.18) and second place 1600m (3:25.42) sprint medley relay team at the Raleigh Relays (March 29-30) ... Placed second in the 800m with a time of 1:53.71 at the Spartan Invitational (Apr. 5-6) ... Clocked a time of 1:54.68 in the 800m at the Louisville Invitational (Apr. 12-13) ... Set a new career-best with a time of 1:52.89 in the 800m to take sixth at the Jesse Owens Classic (April 26-27) ... Posted a time of 1:53.17 in the 800m and was a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted a school best time of 3:13.84 at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12).
INDOOR: Took sixth place in the 600m with a time of 1:22.64 at the Wolverine Invitaional (Jan. 12) ... Finished seventh in the 600m, clocking 1:21.51 at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19) ... Grabbed seventh place with a time of 1:21.74 in the 600m at the Power Five Invitational ... Posted a time of 1:55.02 in the 800m, ran on the first place distance medley relay team (9:55.69) at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9) ... Ran a personal best time of 1:21.02 in the 600m at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 22-23).
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Ran on the third-place sprint medley relay team and posted a 1:54.56 split in the 4x800m relay, placing third at the Raleigh Relays (March 30-31) ... Placed seventh in the 400m with a time of 51.91 at the Spartan Invitational (April 6-7) ... Finished third in the 800m with a time of 1:55.08 at the Louisville Invitational (April 13).
INDOOR: Claimed eighth place in the 600m with a time of 1:22.47 at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13) ... Placed sixth in the 600m with a time of 1:23.20 and member of the sixth place 4x4 team with a time of 3:22.11 at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20) ... Recorded an 800m time of 1:55.40 and member of the second place DMR team with an overall time of 9:57.23 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2-3) ... Finished second in the 600m with a time of 1:21.73 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9) ... Set a career-best 600m time (1:21.39) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24) and was a member of the Spartan 4x4 team with a time of 3:15.97.
High School:
Four-year letter winner in track and field ... Six-time team MVP ... Set six school records in SMR, 200, 600, 800, 4x100 and 4x200 ... Four-time league all-star ... Elected captain in his junior and senior year ... Also lettered in soccer.
Personal:
Born March 11, 1999 in Leominster, Massachusetts ... Son of Paul and Lisa ... member of the National Honor Society ... Majoring in horticulture.
