2011-12 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS:
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2010)
2012 OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in three events in the 1500-meter and 3000-meter run ... Registered a career-best time in the 1500-meter with a mark of 4:19.12 at Dartmouth ... Ran a 9:26.10 in the 3000 at the Catamount Invitational against Middlebury to finish third overall.
2012 INDOOR SEASON: Competed in three events, mostly in the one mile run ... Ran his best mile time (4:45.83) at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic to place 35th overall ... Posted a time of 2:54.17 in the 1000-meter at the Joe Donauhue Indoor Games.
2011 OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in three meets in the 1,500m … Finished a season best third at the Middlebury Invitational (April 26) in a time of 4:19.65.
BEFORE VERMONT: Three-year cross country participant at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. ... Served as 2008 and 2009 team captain ... Named 2007 Rookie of the Year ... Earned varsity letter in track his senior year of high school.
PERSONAL: Is the son of Gopinath Govindaraj and Sucharita Gopinath ... Pronounced Va-roon Go-pee-nah-th ... Has a younger sibling, Vidur ... Lists Steve Prefontaine as his favorite athlete ... Is a history major at Vermont.
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