Gary Martin
Gary Martin Pronunciation
All-American
2025 Outdoor: 1500m (First Team)
2025 Indoor: DMR (First Team), 3000m (First Team)
2024 Cross Country
2024 Outdoor: 1500m (Honorable Mention)
2024 Indoor: Mile (First Team)
All-ACC
2025 Indoor: 3000m (First team), 5000m (First Team)
2024 Cross Country
2024 Outdoor: 1500m (First Team)
2024 Indoor: 3000m (First Team)
2024 Indoor: Mile (First Team)
2023 Cross Country
All-Southeast Region
2024 Cross Country
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2025 Outdoor
• Finished fifth in the 1500m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn first team All-America honors
• Another day, another meet/school/facility/personal record for Gary Martin, this time in the men’s 5000-meter invitational at the Virginia Challenge, running 13:16.82
• Recorded the fourth fastest time in collegiate history in the 1500m at Raleigh Relays and broke the school record running 3:33.71
• Broke the Virginia record in the 1500m (3:33.71) and 5000m (13:16.82)
• Won the Virginia High Performance 800m crossing the line in 1:48.08
• Competed as a member of Virginia’s 4xMile and DMR teams at the Penn Relays
• Won the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge to break the school record (13:16.82)
• ACC Men’s Athlete of the Week (April 1)
• CSC Academic All-District
2024 Indoor
• Wrapped up the indoor season as the NCAA Runner-Up in the men’s 3000m, running 7:52.69
• Anchored a 3:48.12 1600m in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships, delivering a win and NCAA title for his teammates; Alex Sherman, Conor Murphy, and Wes Porter
• Took home a win in the men’s 3000m with an ACC Championship meet record time of 7:36.69
• Ran 17 seconds under the previous ACC Indoor Championships meet record in the 5000-meters to take silver, breaking the school record with a time of 13:30.69 in the process
• For their record-setting performance at the Arkansas Qualifier, the DMR team was awarded USTFCCCA and ACC athlete of the week honors
• Anchored the Virginia DMR, a relay which set the fastest time in the world this year, breaking the NCAA, ACC, program, Randal Tyson facility, and Arkansas Qualifier meet records in 9:14.19
• Named the USTFCCCA Men’s National Athlete of the Week after clocking the eighth fastest mile time in world history at the Millrose Games
• Recorded the second fastest mile time in collegiate history at the Millrose Games, demolishing his previous personal best in 3:48.82
• In his premier mile race of the season, ran 3:54.94 at the Penn 10 Elite Meet, sitting at No.8 in the NCAA this season
• Shattered the 3000m school record by 10 seconds, running the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history(7:36.09) at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Mass.
• Named The Bowerman Watchlist update #2 (March 6) and update #3 (March 27)
• ACC Men’s Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11)
• VaSID Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
• VaSID Indoor First Team All-State
2024 Cross Country
• Named the 2024 ACC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Named the 2024 ACC Cross Country Performer of the Year
• Named to the 2024 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Finished 13th at the NCAA Championships, dropping nearly a minute off his 10k personal best(29:02.3) and earning All-American status
• Ran a 10k personal best(30:00.3) at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, finishing eighth and helping the team secure a win in Rock Hill, S.C.
• Won the ACC Cross Country Championship at WakeMed Cross Country Course in Cary, North Carolina, demolishing the previous ACC Championship 8k record in 22:17.6
• Earn All-ACC honors for his performance at the ACC Championships
• Took home the win at the Panorama Farms Invitational, running the fifth-fastest 8k ever recorded at Panorama Farms in 22:58.9
• Opened the 2024 cross country season with an 18th place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational, running 23:49.8 over 8k
2024 Outdoor
• Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1500m
• Brought home the silver medal in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Championships running 3:40.87
• Finished eighth in the 5000m (13:47.57) at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Anchored the Virginia 4xMile squad at Penn Relays to 15:52.30 (second place at Penn Relays, 2nd NCAA all-time, 4th world all-time)
• Anchored Virginia’s DMR team at the Penn Relays to third place in 9:36.61
• Ran a personal best of 1:47.46 over 800m at the Virginia Challenge, taking the ninth spot on the Virginia all-time list
• Took eighth in a mixed collegiate/professional field, setting the school record in 3:37.66
• Earned ACC athlete of the week for 5000m performance at Raleigh Relays
• Set a new school record in the outdoor 5000m, taking second at Raleigh Relays with a time of 13:31.51
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• CSC Academic All-District
2024 Indoor
• Named to the All-ACC Academic team, pursuing a degree in American Studies
• Ran in the finals of the NCAA Indoor Championship mile, getting tripped up on the closing lap for a 12th-place finish
• Raced through the preliminary heat of the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships, clocking in at 3:57.29
• Advanced to the finals and placed 2nd overall in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Finished third in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Ran the closing 1600m leg in the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier where the relay placed second
• Competed in the 800 meters at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational
• Broke the school record in the mile run, clocking in at 3:54.73 for second place at the Eagle Elite Invitational
• Opened the season by placing first with a personal best of 7:47.49 in the 3000m at the Penn State National Open
2023 Cross Country
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by UVA at the Panorama Farms Cross Country Course
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Helped UVA to a fifth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships
• Earned All-ACC status placing eighth at the 2023 ACC Cross Country Championships
• First Cavalier finisher at the XC23 Pre-Nationals 8k with a 10th-place finish
• Led UVA placing 13th in an 8k race at the Virginia Invitational on the Panorama Farms Cross Country Course
2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Qualified for NCAA East Regional Preliminaries in 1500m — did not compete due to illness
• Scored a point for UVA at ACC Championships placing eighth in the 1500m (3:43.40)
• Runner-up at Virginia Challenge in 1500m with a PB of 3:39.53
• Won 800m at Virginia Grand Prix posting a PB of 1:47.74
• Second in 1500m at Raleigh Relays (outdoor debut) posting 3:40.08
2023 Indoor
• Qualified for the finals in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Helped set a Virginia record in the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier as the team clocked 9:23.71
• Martin’s performance in the mile set a Virginia Freshman record in the event and ranked as the second-fastest time in Virginia History
• Posted a time of 3:56.83 in his collegiate mile debut at the David Hemery Valentine Invite placing fourth in his heat
• Helped to win the Penn State National Open in DMR
• Ran 1:50.01 in his 800-meter debut at the Penn State National Open
2022 Cross Country
• Named to 2022 All-ACC Academic Team
• Ran a personal-best 10k time of 30:43.6 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/19/22)
• Placed 46th at the Southeast Regional Championships (11/11/22)
• Finished 58th at the ACC Championships (10/28/22)
• Ran a PB 8k time at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational finishing 16th (10/15/22)
• Helped UVA to a win at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown in his Virginia debut finishing 17th (9/23/22)
Background
• 4th Fastest Outdoor High School Mile in U.S. History
• 2022 Outdoor State Champion in 1600m + 800m
• 2021 Outdoor State Champion in 1600m + 3200m
• PA State Record Holder in the Mile (3:57.89)
• PA State Record Holder in the 3200m (8:41.57)
• PA State Record Holder in the 3000m (8:16.40)
• 3rd Fastest 800m in State History
• 2 Sub 4 Miles (3:57.98 and 3:57.89)
• Penn Relays 1 Mile Champion
• New Balance Indoor Nationals Mile Champion (4:02.34)
• New Balance Outdoor Nationals Mile Champion (4:03.57)
• National Commended Merit Scholar
• Student Council Vice-President
• National Honor Society Member (Tutoring and Community Service)
Personal
• Born in Warminster, PA
• Son of Heather and Rob Martin
• Volunteered for Harboro Little League Baseball, St. Catherine’s CYO Basketball, CYO track, and CYO Cross Country
• Majoring in American Studies and Media Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences