Colin Gannon
Colin Gannon
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    140
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Litchfield, Conn.
  • High School:
    Litchfield High School
  • Major:
    International Business

Bio

As a junior: Cross Country - Did not compete in any meets as a junior ... Named to the prestigious NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Indoor Track & Field - Did not compete. Outdoor Track & Field - Did not compete.

As a sophomore: Cross Country - Competed at the Bryant XC Invitational, finished with a time of 17:29 and a 30th place finish ... Raced in the CCSU Invitational where he finished 35th overall with a mark of 27:53 ... Competed in the 2010 Codfish Bowl where he finished 75th overall with a time of 28:27 ...  Participated in the  New England  Championships where he finished 221st overall with a time of 27:20 ... Ran in the Brown Invitational where he finished 18th overall with a time of 27:25 ... Competed in the Northeast Conference Championships where he finished the 8k course in 27:39 and recorded a 49th place finish. Indoor Track & Field - Finished ninth overall in the 3000m run with a time of 9:42.90 at the Alden Invitational ... Recorded a 54th-spot time of 4:42.26 in the mile run at the Harvard Invitational ... Recorded a time of 9:15.90 at the Tufts Invitational and a 45th-place finish ... Finished the New England Championships with a 26th-place finish in the 5,000m event with a time of 15:58.38. Outdoor Track & Field - Set a career-best time in the 1,500m with a time of 4:18.72, finishing 32nd at the Bryant Invitational ... Finished 22nd in the 3,000m with a career-best time of 9:12.22 ... Finished 29th in the 5,000m at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships.

As a freshman: Cross country - Competed in six events as a rookie in 2009 ... Placed 28th overall at Central Connecticut Invitational ... Finished 36th at Bryant Invitational ... Placed in top-100 at the 2009 NEC Cross Country Championships with a time of 29:38.9. Indoor Track & Field- Finished eighth in the 1,600m run at the Alden Invitational in his first collegiate race ... Ran to a 32nd-place finish in the 3000m run at the Tufts Stampede. Outdoor Track & Field- Earned a seventh-place finish in the 3000m run at the Brown Springtime Invitational.

Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of Litchfield High School, Gannon was a four-year member of the Cowboys' cross country team, earning two varsity letters ... Also a member of the varsity outdoor track & field team as a senior and a three-year member of the varsity ice hockey team ... Tri-sport captain as a senior ... 2008 Berkshire League Cross Country medalist ... High School Hobey Baker Award winner for ice hockey as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Scociety and the National Foreign Language Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Kris and Greg Gannon, Colin Gannon was born on June 8, 1991 ... Has two younger brothers, Sean and Ryan.