Mason Elefant

Photo by: Kyle Calzia

Height:
5-8
Weight:
145
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mountain View, CA
High School:
St. Francis HS

2022 Track -- Helped 4x400-meter relay team place ninth at the Big West Championships in third year at Cal Poly … also took 14th in the 800 prelims … part of first-place 4x400 relay teams at Cal Poly Invitational and Cal Poly Open … ran a season best of 1:52.83 in the 800 at the Fresno State Invitational … received Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2021 -- Established new personal events in both the 800 and 1,500 in second year at Cal Poly ... placed second in 800 with personal-best time of 1:51.97 at Fresno State Invitational and was sixth in 1,500 at Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet with career-best 3:55.32 ... placed fifth in 800 at Big West Conference Championships with time of 1:52.64 ... earned second-place finish in Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge with time of 1:52.32 ... earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2020 -- Spring sports schedule was canceled due to COVID-19; however, retains an extra season of NCAA eligibility moving forward into next year.

Prep -- While with St. Francis High School of Mountain View, came in 16th place at the 2019 CIF State Championships for the 800 meters, earning a PR of 1:55.21 ... had a top relay split of 1:54.9; helped his 4x800m squad compile a performance of 7:53.35 at the 2019 Arcadia Invitational, good for No. 4 in the California state rankings for the year ... 4x8 team went on to improve the time to a school-record 7:52.81 at the USATF Junior Games ... was the Central Coast Section’s third-place finisher in the 800m as a senior ... also trained with the Menlo Greyhounds Track Club out of Menlo Park ... additionally, in the 1,500m, recorded a performance of 4:10.19 to take third at the 2019 USATF Region 16 Junior Olympics ... in cross country season, posted a 5k effort of 15:48.8 at Elkhorn Golf Course in Stockton (tallying 12th at the 2017 Pacific Invitational) ... also posted a time of 16:19.0 at the 2018 CIF D2 State Championship ... helped lead the Lancers to a combined four team league titles ... additionally, graduated Magna Cum Laude while also participating in BRIC Brothers Leadership Club as well as Photography Club.

Personal -- Majoring in business administration, with a minor in graphic communications ... aspires to work at Nike at one point in his life using the lessons learned from his major combined with his personal skills ... also visited USF & American University; chose Cal Poly because of “the focus on combining athletics and academics,” adding, “the connections I can get at Cal Poly are unlike any other, and the SLO area is beautiful too!”