University of Georgia Athletics
2024 Track & Field Roster
Kushan Patel
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Duluth, Ga.
- High School:
- Lambert
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
2024: Outdoor – Placed 23rd in the 1500-meter at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, crossing the finish line in 3:56.38…Clocked a 5,000m time of 14:38.20 at the Raleigh Relays…Crossed the finish line in 15:04.77 for 29th in the 5,000m at the Georgia Tech Invite.
Indoor – Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational, recording a time of 14:42.05…Finished 30th at the SEC Championships with a 5,000m time of 15:04.95…Posted his fastest 3,000m of the season at the Music City Challenge, clocking a time of 8:20.47 to finish 24th in the seeded race…Took 10th place in the 3,000m at the Clemson Invite, finishing in 8:33.09.
2023: Cross Country – Placed 15th in his first collegiate race, posting a time of 15:11.75 at the 5k Stan Sims Cross Country Opener…Ran a time of 25:34.30 at the 8k Paul Short Run to place 177th…Clocked a time of 25:10.7 at the 8k Crimson Classic, finishing 71st.
High School: Helped Lambert place third at the GHSA 7A state cross country meet as a senior…Regional runner-up and cross country school record holder during his final season…Ran a leg of a school record-setting 4x800-meter relay during his fourth year…State runner-up in the 3200m and 4x800m relay at the GHSA 7A meet as a senior…Added a third-place finish in the 1600m at the state track meet in his last season…Qualified for the state cross country meet as a junior…Set the indoor school record in the 3200m during his third season…Qualified for the state track meet as a member of the 4x800m relay team…Personal bests of 4:13 (1600m), 9:18 (3200m) and 15:18 (5000m).
Personal: Born March 20, 2005...Son of Shruti and Manish Patel...Parents both attended the University of Georgia...Intending to major in Computer Science.
Indoor – Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational, recording a time of 14:42.05…Finished 30th at the SEC Championships with a 5,000m time of 15:04.95…Posted his fastest 3,000m of the season at the Music City Challenge, clocking a time of 8:20.47 to finish 24th in the seeded race…Took 10th place in the 3,000m at the Clemson Invite, finishing in 8:33.09.
2023: Cross Country – Placed 15th in his first collegiate race, posting a time of 15:11.75 at the 5k Stan Sims Cross Country Opener…Ran a time of 25:34.30 at the 8k Paul Short Run to place 177th…Clocked a time of 25:10.7 at the 8k Crimson Classic, finishing 71st.
High School: Helped Lambert place third at the GHSA 7A state cross country meet as a senior…Regional runner-up and cross country school record holder during his final season…Ran a leg of a school record-setting 4x800-meter relay during his fourth year…State runner-up in the 3200m and 4x800m relay at the GHSA 7A meet as a senior…Added a third-place finish in the 1600m at the state track meet in his last season…Qualified for the state cross country meet as a junior…Set the indoor school record in the 3200m during his third season…Qualified for the state track meet as a member of the 4x800m relay team…Personal bests of 4:13 (1600m), 9:18 (3200m) and 15:18 (5000m).
Personal: Born March 20, 2005...Son of Shruti and Manish Patel...Parents both attended the University of Georgia...Intending to major in Computer Science.
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