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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

2016 Men's Track and Field

Avi Sheldon

Avi Sheldon

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    165
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Florence, Mass.
  • Highschool:
    Northampton

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his junior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Track and Field program, where he competes in the sprints...2015: SCIAC All-Academic team...Finished in third place at a home SCIAC Quad meet (of 12) in the 400 meters with a 50.53...2014: SCIAC All-Academic team...2013: Competed in the 400 meters at the SCIAC Championships and ran a 50.69, placing fourth out of eight in his heat...High School: Attended Northampton High School in Massachusetts, where he competed on the track team...Was the Western Massachusetts champion in the 300 meters as a senior, as well as the Western Mass Division I 400 meter champion...Ran on a 4x400 relay team that won Western Massachusetts Championships in both indoor and outdoor track his senior year, breaking the school record during the outdoor season...Ran in four state championship meets...Named to 2012 All-Scholastic and All-Academic teams by Daily Hampshire Gazette...An AP Scholar with Distinction...Personal: Attends Pomona College, where he majors in economics...Has one brother and a twin sister...Hobbies include cycling and hiking...Favorite athletes are Chris Solinsky, Usain Bolt and Mark Teixeira...Favorite book is On The Road (Jack Kerouac) and favorite movie is Good Will Hunting...Lists Ernest Hemingway as the public figure he most admires...Plans to either enter a law enforcement career or go to business school after graduation...Chose Pomona because "I had never traveled before, so an elite college across the country was appealing."

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints
    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2014Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2015Junior

    Sprints
    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2016Senior

    Sprints
    5'11" 165 lbs