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Monmouth University Athletics

2006 Men's Cross Country Roster

Dave Gaines

  • Ht./Wt. 5-6 / 150
  • Class Senior
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Freehold, N.J.
  • Highschool Colts Neck

Biography

2007 Cross Country:  Finished in fourth place at the SAC Cross Country Series Race #2 with a time of 16:25.

2006 Outdoor: Finished third at the NEC Championships in the 800m, anchored the second place 4x800m relay team and ran a leg on the fifth place 4x400m team...Qualified for IC4A Championships in teh 4x800m relay with a time of 7:45...Placed third in 800m with a time of 1:52:78 at the UVA Lou Onesty/Milton G .Abramson Invitational.

2006 Indoor: Led a group of three Hawks to place in the 800 meters at NEC Indoor Championships, finishing third... Ran an indoor best of 1:53.19 to qualify fo the IC4A Championships... Anchor leg of 4x800 relay team that ran 7:41 at the New Balance Games to finish third...Anchor leg of 4x800 relay at IC4As.

2005 Cross Country: Placed 12th overall as the Hawks won the team title at Monmouth University Invitational... Among the tip five finishers for the Blue and White at IC4As.

2005 Outdoor: Placed third in the 1500m at the MU Season Opener en route to a first place team finish...Anchor leg of the 4x800m relay that competed at the IC4A Championships...Won the 800m at the Bison Open at Bucknell with a time of 1:54.11...Placed third in the 800m and was a member of the 4x800 that placed second at NEC Championships.

2005 Indoor: Placed eighth in the 800 at NEC Championships...Ran first leg of Monmouth’s distance medley relay at NEC Championships which garnered a third place finish...Placed sixth in the mile run at Princeton Invitational...Member of school record-setting 4x800 relay which finished 11th at IC4A Championships.

2004 Cross Country: Finished 30th overall as Monmouth won the team title at Monmouth University Invitational... Covered 8-kilometer course in 27:52 to place 33rd at Quinnipiac Invitational... Placed 16th at Monmouth University Kickoff... One of seven freshman and sophomores to represent Monmouth at NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.

2004 Outdoor: Ran second-best qualifying time of 1:55.73 in the 800 preliminaries at NEC Championships, eventually placing seventh overall... Was the only freshman on a 4x800 relay that finished third at the NEC Championships.

2004 Indoor: Earned his first letter for the Hawks as a standout 800 performer...Ran 1200 leg on Hawks’ distance medley relay at IC4A Championships...Ran lead-off leg the Hawk’s sixth place distance medley relay at the NEC’s.

Personal: Majoring in business accounting... Son of Sandra Moore... Born David N. Gaines on March 14, 1985 in Lakewood, N.J... Three-sport standout at Colts Neck (N.J.) H.S... Set school records in 800 (1:54) and 1600 (4:21)... Helped squad to indoor Group II state title in 2003... Also helped school win Shore Conference and Monmouth County indoor and outdoor titles in 2003.