2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Calvin Katz

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Portola Valley, Calif.
  • High School Menlo

Biography

College Bests
800m - 1:50.61
1000m - 2:24.74
1500m - 3:46.95
Mile - 4:05.87
3000m - 8:24.78
6000m (XC) - 18:30.0
8000m (XC) - 25:02.8

2024-2025: Did not compete during cross country... Opened up indoors at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational, placing fourth in 1000 meters in 2:25.60... Placed fourth in 800m at Giegengack Invitational in 1:52.20... At Ivy League Indoor Championships, raced 800m and 4x800m, where team placed sixth... Began outdoors at UCF Black & Gold Challenge, racing 800m and 1500m... Placed seventh at Sam Howell Invitational in 800m running 1:51.23... Placed first in 800m at Mark Young Invitational, running 1:51.67, and was part of winning 4x400m team... At Ivy League Outdoor Championships, raced 800m and 4x800m where the team came fifth overall.

2023-2024: Opened up his season in a 6k PR at HYP of 18:30 to place sixth... Opened up indoors at Y-D-C in 3000m running a PR of 8:24.78... Followed up with a mile PR at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White meet of 4:05.87 to win his heat... At Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships raced in 1000m and 4x880y, part of relay team that placed fourth in 7:38.39... Placed ninth in final of mile at IC4A Indoor Championships... Opened up outdoors at UCF Knights Invite, where he ran 1:51.69 in 800m... Placed second in 1500m at Yale vs. Harvard dual... Set 1500m PR of 3:46.95 at Wake Forest Invitational... At Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships, set an 800m PR of 1:50.61; also part of 4x800m team which placed third in 7:24.84.

2022-2023: Opened his cross country season by equaling his 8k PR of 25:02.8 at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown... Finished 43rd at IC4A Championships... Placed 54th at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships... Opened up his indoor season with a 3000m PR of 8:24.90 at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia tri-meet... PR'd in 1000m at Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet, running 2:24.74... Placed 14th overall at Ivy League Championships in 1000m before running 1200m lead-off leg in Yale's fourth-place-finishing DMR team... Outdoors, set a new 800m PR of 1:52.05 to win his heat at Raleigh Relays... Ran a new 1500m PR of 3:51.73 at Virginia Challenge before placing 20th overall in same event at Ivy League Championships. 

2021-2022: In cross country, opened up his season finishing 20th at Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, running a personal best time of 25:02.8 over 8000m… Finished 26th at NEICAAA 2021 Cross Country Championships, running 25:23.6 over 8000m… Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships.

2020-2021: In indoor track, ran a personal best time of 2:26.10 at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational… Broke first-year record in mile, running a time of 4:07.46 at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational… Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships and IC4A Indoor Track and Field Championships… In outdoor season, ran a personal best for 800m against Harvard, finishing seventh with a time of 1:55.25… Finished 11th in 1500m at Mark Young Invitational, running a personal best of 3:57.49; followed his performance by contributing to winning 4x400m relay.

Menlo High School: Cross country and track and field MVP… Cross country and track and field captain… All-league in cross country and track and field… Track and field team was league champions… Second place in 1600m at 2021 California State Championships.
 
Notes: Avid fisherman, always looking for a fishing partner or a friend to teach… Tutored and mentored underprivileged elementary students through Lauren’s House, a non-profit program… Participated in a unique internship creating a curriculum for teaching high school students about environmental science and engineering… Interned at a music start-up called Riff, where he developed and conducted QA testing for their iOS app.
 
Why Yale?  “Yale's concept of a Y-shaped engineer caught my attention. I'm someone who likes to dive deep into my favorite subjects, while also expanding my knowledge into unfamiliar areas. The idea of becoming an engineer who has both breadth and depth sold me on Yale. I also got a good sense of the team... a team I wanted to be a part of."

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Sophomore

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior