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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Paulina Gal

  • Class Senior
  • High School Reavis
  • Hometown Burbank, Ill.

Biography

2017-18: Clocked an indoor 200m dash personal-best of 27.72 (25th) at the GVSU Holiday Open ... Took second (43-01.75; 13.15m) in the shot put at the Jack Jennett Open ... Earned a victory in the same event at the Windy City Rumble, where she registered a top toss of 45-00.25 (13.72m) ... Picked up another win (43-03.25; 13.19m) at the Panther Tune-Up ... Finished ninth (3,349 points) in the pentathlon at the MVC Indoor Championships ... Took first (43-05.75; 13.25m) in the shot put to go along with a personal-best toss of 131-05 (40.05m) that saw her finish ninth in the discus at the Benedictine Invitational ... Posted an outdoor personal-best toss in the shot put of 45-03.75 (13.81m) en route to finishing seventh at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational ... Saw action in both the shot put (43-05.75; 12th) and the javelin (93-00; 16th) at the MVC Outdoor Championships. 

2016-17: Established herself as one of the most versatile athletes on the Rambler roster ... Opened the indoor season with a 15th-place finish (1:01.97) in the 400m dash at the GVSU Holiday Open ... Took first in the shot put at the Windy City Open, registering a top toss of 42-08.75 (13.02m) ... Earned a runner-up finish (5-00.50; 1.54m) in the high jump at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... Finished ninth overall in the pentathlon at the MVC Indoor Championships with 3,432 points ... Took second (40-03.25; 12.27m) in the shot put at the Ted Haydon Invitational ... Moved to second on Loyola's all-time outdoor record board in the same event following a top toss of 43-10.75 (13.38m) at the Benedictine Eagle Relays ... Finished third in both the 100m hurdles (16.67) and the high jump (4-11.00; 1.50m) at the Crusader Open ... Set new outdoor personal bests in the 200m dash (27.11) and high jump (5-01.00; 1.55m), moving into a tie for sixth all-time in the latter event, at the MVC Outdoor Championships as part of a performance in the heptathlon that saw her amass 3,744 points (18th). 

2015-16: Claimed a runner-up finish (12.01m) in the shot put at the Windy City Rumble ... Posted an indoor season-best mark of 12.17m in the event at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Clocked personal-best times in both the 60m (8.49) and 200m (27.88) dashes at the Orange & Blue Open ... Tossed an impressive 43.37m in the hammer throw at the EIU Big Blue Classic to move to fifth on Loyola's all-time outdoor record board in the event ... Also moved to the number seven spot in the javelin (30.55m) during the same weekend ... Jumped to the number nine spot all-time at Loyola in the 100m hurdles after posting a time of 16.80 at the Redbird Invitational ... Saw action in the shot put and javelin throw at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2014-15: Placed seventh in the weight throw at the Windy City Rumble with the eighth-best mark in school history...Recorded four top-10 finishes in the shot put during the indoor season...Threw the second-best mark in school history en route to an 11th-place finish in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships...Posted the second-best mark in school history en route to a second-place finish in the shot put at the Gene & Rose Edmonds Invitational...Also threw the fifth-best discus mark in school history meet...Finished 18th in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships with the seventh-best mark in school history...Also competed in the shot put, discus and javelin at the conference championships.

High School: All-State after placing sixth in the shot put at the 2014 IHSA State Championships...State qualifier in three events...Placed seventh in the shot put at the 2014 Illinois Top Times Meet...All-South Suburban Conference...2013 Class 3A Lyons Sectional Champion in the discus...Holds the Reavis High School record in the 300m hurdles and the discuss.

Gal's Collegiate Bests

Event Time Meet Year
60m (I) 8.49 Orange & Blue Open 2016
200m (I) 27.72 GVSU Holiday Open 2018
Shot Put (I) 13.72m Windy City Rumble 2018
Weight Throw (I) 13.55m Windy City Rumble 2015
100m (O) 13.60 Stan Lyons Invitational 2016
200m (O) 27.11 MVC Championships 2017
100m H (O) 16.80 Redbird Invitational 2016
Shot Put (O) 13.81m Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational 2018
Discus (O) 40.05m Benedictine Invitational 2018
Hammer (O) 40.46m MVC Championships 2015
Javelin (O) 30.55m EIU Big Blue Classic 2016
Long Jump (O) 4.97m USF Bulls Invitational 2017

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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