University of Vermont Athletics

Coppinger's Career Results (via TFRRS)

CAREER HONORS:
• America East All-Conference First Team (2016)
• America East Cross Country Men's Performer of the Week (10/19/16)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2015)

SENIOR SEASON (2016): Captained the men’s team along with Aaron Lucci and Nick Salamone ... Competed at the 10K NCAA Northeast Regionals (11/11), posting a time of 31:56 ... Earned All-Conference honors following a seventh-place performance at the America East Championships (10/29, 25:01.5) ... Coppinger was the first to cross the finish line for UVM ... Took second overall at the Brown University Rothenberg Run (10/14) with a 25:02.9 mark as UVM claimed two of the top-3 spots ... That time was an 8K personal-best ... Placed 44th overall at the Minuteman Invitational (9/10, 20:17.4).

JUNIOR SEASON (2015): Finished 94th overall, second fort Vermont, at the NCAA Northeast Regional (10k) with a time of 32:27 ... Placed 23rd overall, second Vermont finisher, at the America East Championships with a time of 26:04 ... Finished first for the Catamounts and 3rd overall at the Minuteman Invitational (6k) with a time of 19:44 ... Placed 20th overall, second for Vermont, at the Iona Meet of Champions with a time of 26:55 ... Finished fourth for the Catamounts, 154th overall, at the New England Championships with a time of 26:38 ... Placed second for Vermont, eigth overall, at the Brown Rothenberg Run with a time of 25:20.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014): Competed in all seven races ... Finished third on the team and 32nd overall at the America East Championships with a time of 25:57.4 ... Posted a time of 32:53.5 at the NCAA Regional Meet (10K) ... Placed second overall in the home meet vs. UMass Lowell (6K) with a time of 19:05.0 ... Took sixth overall at the Brown Rothenberg Run with his best 8K time of the season of 25:17.0 ... Finished seventh at the America East Pre-Conference Meet with a time of 26:42.7.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013): Competed in six races ... Finished 60th at the America East Championships with a time of 26:49.3 ... Ran a time of 33:40.5 at the NCAA Regional Meet (10K) ... Posted his best 8K time of 26:37.2 at the New England Championships ... Placed 24th at the UMass Invitational (6K) with a time of 20:02.4.

BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Lowell High School in Lowell, Mass. ... Ran three years of cross country and four years of track & field ... Captain of both teams as a senior when they won the Massachusetts Cross Country and Indoor Track & Field State Championships ... Also a member of the 4x800 indoor state championship team ... Named 2011 and 2012 MVP in cross country ... Named 2011 MIP in outdoor track and won the 2012 coaches award in indoor track ... Was the Lowell High Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Earned 2012 Boston Globe All-Scholastic honors for cross country ... Owns the school track records in the mile (4:18) and 600-meter (1:23).

PERSONAL: Patrick Coppinger the son of John and Ellen Coppinger of Lowell, Mass. ... Father attended UMass Amherst and mother attended UMass Lowell ... Has an older brother Neil who was a member of the crew team at Gonzaga University ... Lists Dave Wottle as his biggest influence as an athlete ... Undecided on a major.