Gus Newcomb

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-10
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Middleton, Wis.
High School:
Middleton

2018: Indoor: Newcomb competed twice during his 2018 indoor season, both times in the 3,000-meter run. His first race was at the Colorado Invitational in February where he clocked in at 8:49.09. Later that month, he competed at the Husky Classic where he set a personal record of 8:38.98.
Outdoor: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Newcomb was an outstanding athlete at Middleton High School, helping the cross country team to four consecutive conference championships and four straight trips to the state championship. MHS placed second at state his junior year. Individually, Newcomb recorded a pair of fifth place finishes at state as a junior and senior. He also won two straight conference titles those same years after a third place finish his sophomore season. During his senior season, he ran a school record 15:18.9 at the Verona Invitational. A four-time MVP, Newcomb earned four letters as a member of the cross country team. On the track, he earned four more letters and helped MHS to a runner-up team finish at state in 2016. Newcomb set the MHS 3,200 record (9:16.12) in 2015 before it was broken in 2016. As a senior, he placed fifth in the 3,200 and was seventh in the 1,600-meter run at the state championships. At state as a junior, he was third in the 1,600 (4:13.08) and fourth in the 3,200 (9:12.54); running both events in PR time. Newcomb was an eight-time all-conference honoree in track and cross country and was a five-time all-state selection, three for track and two for cross country. He was also recruited by Wisconsin, North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa State.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:13.08; 3,200-meters: 9:12.54.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Newcomb is an open option major.

PERSONAL: Gus Walter Newcomb was born on August 24, 1998 in Madison, Wis. He is the son of Brent, who played ice hockey at Gustavus Adolfus College, and Rachel Newcomb of Middleton, Wis. And has two younger sisters, Gretchen and Sadie. Newcomb started his athletic career playing hockey, but stopped playing competitively in eighth grade. In his free time, he enjoys reading and started competing in triathlons. He was seventh at the USA Triathlon Junior Elite Nationals in 2015 and ’16.