Karsen Vesty
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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
New Zealand Track 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.