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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Denise Depierro

Avinabo Poddar

  • Events Sprints
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown West Grove, Pa.
  • Highschool Avon Grove

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS

• America East Commissioners Honor Roll (2024-25)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2025): Opened his season finishing fifth in the 400 at the Jim Boulanger Invitational (Apr. 5) … Came in 40th and 45th in the 100 and 200 at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (Apr. 12) … Placed 30th and 31st in the 200 and 100 at the George Davis Invitational (Apr. 19) … Finished fifth and 31st in the 4x100 relay and 100 at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet (Apr. 25) … Earned seventh and 26th in the 4x100 relay and 100 at the America East Championships (May 3-4).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2024-2025): Started off his indoor season at the Sharon Colyear Opener (Dec. 7) where he ran the 200m and 400m races and finished 14th and 16th…Competed in the 60m and 200m races at the Dartmouth Invite (Dec. 13-14), securing two 14th place finishes…At the Dartmouth Relays (Jan. 11), Poddar ran the 500m and 4x400 races and finished 16th and third…He competed in the 200m and 400m races at the Middlebury Winter Classic (Jan. 17-18)…Ran the 200m and 400m at the Riverhawk Invitational (Jan. 24-25)…Competed in the Scarlet Knight Open (Jan. 31), running the 400m race…Finished out the season at the Big Apple Invitational (Feb. 8) where he ran the 200m and 300m races, securing 34th and 26th place finishes. 

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened the outdoor season with a 12th and 10th place finish in the 100 and the 200 at the UMass Lowell Invitational (Mar. 30) … Placed sixth in the 400 at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (Apr. 13) … Logged a 16th and ninth place finish in the 400 and the 4x400 relay at the George Davis Invitational (Apr. 20) … Came in 24th in the 400 at the America East Championships (May 4-5).

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened his season with a seventh and 20th place finish in the 60 meters and 4x400 relay at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 2) … Was part of the winning 4x400 relay team and finished fifth in the 60 meters at the Dartmouth December Invite (Dec. 9) … Won the 400 and placed sixth in the 60 meters at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational (Jan. 13) … Recorded 31st and 33rd place finishes in the 60 meters and 500 at the River Hawk Invitational (Jan. 27) … Finished 14th and 42nd in the 60 meters and 400 at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 2-3) … Recorded a 25th place finish in the 60 meters at the America East Championships (Feb. 19-20) … Finished 27th in the 400 at the New England Championships (Mar. 1-2).

FIRST-YEAR OUTDOOR SEASON (2023): Logged a personal-best 200m time of 23.24s for seventh place at the UMass Lowell Invite (Mar. 24) ... Was sixth in the 100m and raced on the winning 4x100m relay team at the UVM Quad Meet (Apr. 8) ... Finished 10th in the 400m at the Commonwealth Invite, running a personal-best time of 51.10s (Apr. 15) ... Raced on the winning 4x100m relay team at the Rutgers Relays (Apr. 22) ... Competed in the 400m and 4x100m relay at the America East Championships (May 6 & 7).

FIRST-YEAR INDOOR SEASON (2023): Posted a third-place finish in the 55m and sixth-place finish in the 200m at UNH (Dec. 4) ... Was seventh in the 200m at the Middlebury Snowflake (Jan. 14) ... Placed 11th in the 200m at the Middlebury Winter Classic (Jan. 21) ... Posted times of 23.26s (200m) and 51.86s (400m) at the River Hawk Invite (Jan. 27) ... Registered a 400m time of 51.42s at the New England Championships (Feb. 2) ... Raced in the 400m and 4x400m at the America East Championships (Feb.18 & 19).

BEFORE VERMONT: From West Grove, PA… Competed in Track and Field at West Grove High School… Captained his track team in 2021-2022… Holds the Indoor 200m record at his high school… Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Mohua and Animesh… Has one sibling, Shahana… Majoring in psychological science and minoring in biology… Chose UVM because of the community on campus and on the track team… Lists his parents as the biggest influence on his athletic career… Lists the Lion King as his favorite movie, The Office as his favorite TV show, Future as his favorite artist, Allen Iverson as his favorite athlete, and the Philadelphia 76ers as his favorite sports team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints