Godot Gaskins

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Marblehead, Mass.
High School:
Marblehead
Prev School:
Endicott College

2023-24
Indoor: Placed 4th in the 4x400 meter relay (Mattews, McKay, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:20.69 minutes at the UMass Amherst Flagship Indoor Invitational (1/14)... Earned 3rd place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.98 seconds, placed 4th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.86 seconds and earned his name in the record book as 4th all-time indoor, placed 6th in the 4x400 meter relay (Scalia, Mattews, McKay, Gaskins) with a time of 3:24.76 minutes at the Boston University Battle in Beantown (1/20)... Placed 8th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.59 seconds at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/26-27)... Earned 2nd place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.34 seconds and earned his name in the record book as 3rd all-time indoor, placed 5th in the 4x400 meter relay (Lewis, McKay, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:17.77 minutes, and placed 6th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.37 seconds at the A10 Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/23-24)... Earned 3rd place in the 4x400 meter relay (Mattews, Lewis, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:16.88 minutes, Placed 6th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.14 seconds, and placed 6th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.05 seconds at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/1-2).
Outdoor: Placed 8th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 47.16 seconds at the UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23)... Set a new personal record in the 100 meter dash of 11.30 seconds at the Black & Gold Invitational (3/29-30)... Earned 3rd place in the 4x400 meter relay (Gaskins, McKay, Pascoe, Truncer) with a time of 3:23.47 minutes, placed 4th in the 4x100 meter relay (Clark, Rodia, Ennoo, Gaskins) with a time of 42.66 seconds, and placed 4th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.46 seconds at the UMASS Flagship Opener (4/7)... Earned 1st place in the 4x100 meter relay (Clark. Rodia, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 41.24 seconds and earned 2nd place in the 4x400 meter relay (Harden, Gaskins, Truncer, Mattews) with a time of 3:26.91 minutes at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)... Earned 1st place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 47.63 seconds at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (4/26-27)... Earned 2nd place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.34 seconds, and earned his name in the record book as 5th all-time outdoor, earned 2nd place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 46.95 seconds, earned 3rd place in the 4x100 meter relay (Clark, Rodia, Lewis, Gaskins) with a time of 40.75 seconds and set a new SCHOOL RECORD, also placed 7th in the 4x400 meter relay (Lewis, McKay, Pascoe, Gaskins) with a time of 3:17.18 minutes at the A10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/4-5)... Earned 1st place, set a new personal record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 46.64 seconds, and set a new SCHOOL RECORD, at the Dani Palooza Last Chance (5/12)... Qualified for the NCAA East Region First round for the 400 meter dash.

2022-23
Indoor: Captured sixth place in the finals of the 400-meter dash in 50.25 seconds the A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-26) … Won the 400-meter dash in 50.31 seconds at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/11) … Earned bronze in the 400-meter dash crossing the finish line in 48.81 seconds and eighth place in the 200-meter dash in 22.34 seconds but ran 21.91 seconds in the preliminaries putting him in the record book with a No.4 all-time performance at the New England Championship (2/2-3) … Claimed seventh as a member of the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:23.75 Riverhawk Invitational (1/28)… Ran the sixth place in the 400-meter dash in 49.70 seconds at the Battle of Beantown (1/21) … Took sixth place as a member of the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:26.14 at the Beacon Invitational (12/10) … Won the 300-meter dash with a time of 35.17 seconds at the Alden Invitational (12/3)

Before UMass: Competed in baseball at Endicott College before attending UMass … Competed in Indoor track and field at Marblehead High School … Earned 7 varsity letters … Member of the Indoor Track and Field All Star team in 2021 … Holds school record in the 300m dash with a time of 35.04s … Also played football and baseball … Was an MIAA All Star and Norther Conference leader in stolen bases in 2021 for baseball

Personal: Born Godot Prince Gaskins … From Marblehead, Massachusetts … Son of Tina and Derek … Brother of Gigi … Intends to major in Marketing