2023 Cross Country Roster
Gooley, Schuyler

Schuyler Gooley
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Hopkinton HS
- Hometown:
- Hopkinton, MA
Bio
TFRRS Profile
2022-23 -- Cross Country: Competed in one meet as a redshirt sophomore, placing 93rd at the UC Riverside Invitational. Indoor: Did not compete in any meets. Outdoor: Competed in four meets in third year at Cal Poly ... won the 3,000-meter at the Cal Poly Open with a personal best ... also recorded PRs in the 1,500 (4:28.90) and 5,000 (16:29.47).
2021-22 -- Cross Country: Competed in all five meets for Cal Poly as a redshirt freshman with a top finish of ninth in Big West Conference Championships, timed in 20:51.6 for 6,000 meters ... Cal Poly's top finisher in the conference finals, leading Mustangs to third-place team finish ... also placed 18th in Stump Invitational and 21st in Bronco Invitational ... was Cal Poly's third finisher in NCAA West Regional at Sacramento, placing 74th in 21:18.3 … earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors. Indoor: Placed second in the 3,000 at the Michigan Indoor Invitational with a PR of 9:51.69 … finished sixth in the 3,000 at the WSU Open. Outdoor: Redshirted … ran unattached in the Mustang Invitational and won the 3,000 (10:07.67).
2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Indoor: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor meets due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor: Qualified for Big West Conference Championships in 5,000, finishing 18th in 17:54.74 ... established personal bests in three other meets -- second in 5,000 (17:15.92) in Spring Break Invitational, fourth in 3,000 (10:28.17) at Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet and ninth in 1,500 (4:44.44) at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge.
Prep -- While with Hopkinton High School in Massachusetts, took 17th place overall in the 1,500 meters at the New Balance Nationals held at North Carolina A&T in June 2019, with a performance of 4:44.57 … in January 2020 at the New Balance meet, lowered her school record for the mile to 4:56.3 … her top 800m effort, 2:16.04, tallied seventh at the Battle Road Track Club Meet in 2019 … won the 2-mile event for the Hillers at the 2020 MSTCA Northeast Invitational held in Roxbury, via 10:55.02 (another program record) … had an outdoor 2-mile time of 11:11.7 at the Tri-Valley League Finals in 2018, taking second place … in the fall of 2019, won the TVL cross country title at Medfield State Hospital Course, in 19:06.8 ... was also a team captain, in addition to participating in Key Club and Youth Group ... won her school’s Science Award during her junior year.
Personal -- Majoring in nutrition (while minoring in psychology) ... also visited NC State, Northeastern and UMass-Amherst; chose Cal Poly because “the team was so welcoming on my visit, I loved coach Bayley’s coaching style, and the campus is beautiful and has my major” ... aspires to become a nutritionist or a therapist.
2022-23 -- Cross Country: Competed in one meet as a redshirt sophomore, placing 93rd at the UC Riverside Invitational. Indoor: Did not compete in any meets. Outdoor: Competed in four meets in third year at Cal Poly ... won the 3,000-meter at the Cal Poly Open with a personal best ... also recorded PRs in the 1,500 (4:28.90) and 5,000 (16:29.47).
2021-22 -- Cross Country: Competed in all five meets for Cal Poly as a redshirt freshman with a top finish of ninth in Big West Conference Championships, timed in 20:51.6 for 6,000 meters ... Cal Poly's top finisher in the conference finals, leading Mustangs to third-place team finish ... also placed 18th in Stump Invitational and 21st in Bronco Invitational ... was Cal Poly's third finisher in NCAA West Regional at Sacramento, placing 74th in 21:18.3 … earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors. Indoor: Placed second in the 3,000 at the Michigan Indoor Invitational with a PR of 9:51.69 … finished sixth in the 3,000 at the WSU Open. Outdoor: Redshirted … ran unattached in the Mustang Invitational and won the 3,000 (10:07.67).
2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Indoor: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor meets due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor: Qualified for Big West Conference Championships in 5,000, finishing 18th in 17:54.74 ... established personal bests in three other meets -- second in 5,000 (17:15.92) in Spring Break Invitational, fourth in 3,000 (10:28.17) at Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet and ninth in 1,500 (4:44.44) at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge.
Prep -- While with Hopkinton High School in Massachusetts, took 17th place overall in the 1,500 meters at the New Balance Nationals held at North Carolina A&T in June 2019, with a performance of 4:44.57 … in January 2020 at the New Balance meet, lowered her school record for the mile to 4:56.3 … her top 800m effort, 2:16.04, tallied seventh at the Battle Road Track Club Meet in 2019 … won the 2-mile event for the Hillers at the 2020 MSTCA Northeast Invitational held in Roxbury, via 10:55.02 (another program record) … had an outdoor 2-mile time of 11:11.7 at the Tri-Valley League Finals in 2018, taking second place … in the fall of 2019, won the TVL cross country title at Medfield State Hospital Course, in 19:06.8 ... was also a team captain, in addition to participating in Key Club and Youth Group ... won her school’s Science Award during her junior year.
Personal -- Majoring in nutrition (while minoring in psychology) ... also visited NC State, Northeastern and UMass-Amherst; chose Cal Poly because “the team was so welcoming on my visit, I loved coach Bayley’s coaching style, and the campus is beautiful and has my major” ... aspires to become a nutritionist or a therapist.
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