Karsen Vesty

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Track and Field and Cross Country
June 27, 2004

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About Athlete

My name is Karsen Vesty and I am a distance runner from New Zealand. I aim to continue my sporting career and academic studies at college and beyond. I am a very hardworking and determined person which I believe is one of my key assets as a student-athlete.

GPA

3.75

Teams

Havelock North High School XC and Track and Field Team, 2018 - 2022
East Coast North Island Track and Field Team, 2020 - 2022
East Coast North Island XC Team, 2020 - 2022
Hawke's Bay Gisborne Track and Field Team, 2022
Hawke's Bay Gisborne XC Team, 2021
New Zealand Secondary Schools XC Team, 2022
New Zealand U20 Track and Field Team 2022

Championships

10 Apr 2021

North Island Secondary Schools Track Champs - 800m 2nd 1:56.43

9 Jun 2021

East Coast North Island XC Champs - 6km 1st 20:13 

17 Jul 2021

Hawke's Bay Gisborne XC Champs - 6km U18 1st 24:12 

23 Jul 2021

New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs - Sprint 2nd 

24 Jul 2021 

New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs - Long 4th 

7 Aug 2021 

New Zealand XC Champs - 6km U18 7th 20:41

18 Sep 2021

Hawke's Bay Gisborne Road Champs - 6km U18 1st 19:07

15 Jan 2022

Sir John Walker Mile Race - 2nd 4:10.46 

22 Jan 2022

Potts Classic 800m - 4th 1:52.22 PB

30 Jan 2022 

Cooks Classic, NZ Senior Men's Mile Champs - 15th 4:14.27

4 Feb 2022 

Capital Classic, NZ U20 Men’s Mile Champs - 3rd 4:13.92 

12 Feb 2022 

Hawke's Bay Gisborne Track Champs - 800m 1st 1:55.37, 1500m 1st 4:02.80

3 - 4 Mar 2022 

N​​ew Zealand T​​rack Champs - 800m 2nd 1:56.23, 1500m 1st 3:54.81 

16 Mar 2022 

East Coast North Island Track Champs - 1500m 1st 4:02.24 Record 

22 Mar 2022 

Hawke's Bay Gisborne Interclub - 1500m 3:48.26 PB, World Junior Champs qualifier. 

16 May 2022

East Coast North Island XC Relays - 2.3km 6:27 Lap Record and Team Record 

28 May 2022

Hastings Steeplechase - 4.5km 1st 14:42

2 Jun 2022 

Under Armour All Out Mile - 2nd 4:09.20 PB 

8 Jun 2022 

East Coast North Island XC Champs - 6km 1st 20:54 

18 Jun 2022 

New Zealand Secondary Schools XC Champs - 6km 7th 19:43, Selected for NZSS XC Team 

19 Jun 2022 

New Zealand Secondary Schools XC Relays - 2km 5:51 Fastest Individual Split 

1 Aug 2022

World Junior Athletics Champs - 1500m 39th 4:17.86 

Recovering from COVID-19

20 Aug 2022 

Hawke's Bay Gisborne Road Race Champs - 8km 1st U20 26:46 

27 Aug 2022 

Australian XC Champs - 8km 11th U20 28:06, 1st New Zealander

29 Aug 2022 

Australian XC Relay Champs - 1st U20 Team

 

Additional sporting info

I have also competed in orienteering, triathlons, and duathlons.

Personal Best

400m (relay) - 50.7
800m - 1:52.22
1500m - 3:48.26
3000m - 8:52
5km (road) - 15:12
10km (road) - 32:43

What makes you different?

I am always striving to better myself in both my academics and sporting career. I am a very focused person who will do whatever it takes to reach my goals.

Why do you want to compete in college?

I believe competing in college is the best way to keep improving and bring me closer to my goal of becoming a pro runner. I also want to compete and train with some world-class athletes at many of the best facilities in the world, as well as work with some great coaches.

College Goals?

My goals for college are to gain a degree in engineering and improve my athletic abilities as well as compete with the best in the world.

Portfolio

Awards

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Hawke's Bay Sport Awards Emerging Sportsperson Finalist

2022
Selected as a finalist for the Hawke's Bay Sports Awards in the Emerging Sportsperson category.
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Young Achievers Award

2022
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Athletics New Zealand pre and post race write-ups

2022
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Athletics New Zealand 'My Favourite'

2022
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Havelock North High School Sports Gold

2022
Awarded for representing New Zealand
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Havelock North High School Records - 800m, 1500m

2022